BT Sport will premiere the next documentary from its BT Sport Films series, Proud To Be Town, on BT Sport 1 on October 3rd. The first full-length documentary to highlight the profound impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on football, the film uniquely captures the dilemmas and challenges facing sport at present. Beginning in June, with […]
The Premier League has cancelled its £564 million (€633.1m) TV rights contract in China two years early, creating a major financial hole as football struggles to retain its revenues through the pandemic. China was the English top flight’s most lucrative overseas television rights territory, with a three-season deal agreed in 2019. The ending of the […]
For the first time Nielsen has included an SVoD top 10 ranking in its audience performance report for the US. For the week starting August 3rd
Many headlines rang out ‘New BBC DG against subscription model’ following Tim Davie’s first speech. If my memory of reporter school is right – it is a very long time ago – this is a classic ‘dog bites man’ headline. In other words, no news at all. The news would have been ‘New DG does […]
Virgin Media has added YouTube Kids to its TV platform. The app, which is available to all Virgin Media customers with a V6 set top box, allows parents to customise the experience to suit their children’s needs and preferences. This includes different content settings for preschoolers, younger, or older kids, and the ability to block […]
The new HBO Max Original documentary Class Action Park has been the #1 movie on the US streaming platform since it debuted on August 27th. It is also the most popular title across the entire HBO Max catalogue among new subscribers, and ranks #3 among all subscribers behind the hit HBO series Lovecraft Country and […]
Irdeto, a specialist in digital platform security, has announced the integration of Irdeto TraceMark for Distribution, a watermarking solution for content owners, post-production studios, and content aggregators, with IBM’s Aspera on Cloud, the file transfer solution. The companies say that the combined solution “offers the film industry a fast to market, easy to implement, and […]
Zack Snyder’s upcoming zombie action heist film Army of the Dead is already spawning a film prequel and anime series at Netflix. Shay Hatten, one of the writers of the screenplay for Army of the Dead, will write the prequel as well as the anime series. Hollywood director Snyder commented: “I’m incredibly excited for the […]
Coronation Street will return to ITV with six episodes a week from September 14th in the run up to the soap opera’s 60th anniversary. Viewers will once more be able to catch up with all the drama in a double bill of episodes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Producer Iain MacLeod said: “The amount of […]
Netflix has announced the production of the first fictional drama about the late Ayrton Senna da Silva. The project will explore the personality and family relationships of the three-time Formula 1 champion. The show is produced by Gullane for Netflix with active participation of the driver’s family. The miniseries will have international locations in addition […]