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Lionsgate gives Amazon ‘first stream’

Amazon has agreed a deal with Lionsgate to be the UK’s first window streaming home to the studio’s recently released and upcoming theatrical feature films. The multi-year deal, which begins on January 1st 2020, will enable Prime members in the UK, or those subscribing to the monthly standalone Prime Video service offer, to access recent […]

November 14, 2019

Netflix, Nickelodeon animation deal

In a move that better positions the streaming giant to take on the recently-launched Disney+, Netflix and Nickelodeon have formed a new, multi-year output deal to produce original animated feature films and television series – based both on the Nickelodeon library of characters as well as all-new IP – for kids and families around the […]

November 14, 2019

Vodafone Spain adds 5 new TV packages

Vodafone Spain is reshuffling its TV line-up to boost subscriptions with personalised TV offers. The company has added five new packages with prices between free and €10 a month: Universal, Música, Deportes, Adulto and Caza. Each package can be taken individually. Deportes, at €5 a month, offers the main tennis competitions, cycling, skate, surf with […]

November 14, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid  

Research: Nostalgia to drive new SVoDs

Audience insights supplier GlobalWebIndex has shared the findings of its research into the trends that will shape consumer behaviour throughout 2020. Against a backdrop of economic shocks, from the US-China trade war to the German economy’s weak performance in recent quarters, one of the most surprising findings of the Trends 2020 report is the strength […]

November 14, 2019

Marvel vs DC docuseries for Quibi

Joe and Anthony Russo, the co-directors behind the Marvel blockbucter movie Avengers: Endgame, will be part of a team adapting Reed Tucker’s book, Slugfest: Inside The Epic, 50-year Battle Between Marvel And DC, into a new documentary series for Quibi. Tucker’s book, published in 2017, looked at the rise and history of the two most […]

November 14, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Amazon greenlights Gibson’s The Peripheral

Amazon Studios has greenlit the one-hour drama, The Peripheral, based on The New York Times-bestselling novel by William Gibson, from the critically-acclaimed  writers, producers, and directors Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy (Westworld), their company Kilter Films, and Warner Bros Television. The Peripheral will launch globally on Amazon Prime Video. The Peripheral centres on Flynne Fisher, a […]

November 14, 2019

Damages, injunction success for ACE

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has obtained a consent judgment and permanent injunction against Omniverse One World Television, Inc. in the federal district court for the Central District of California. Omniverse was a major supplier of unauthorised […]

November 13, 2019By Colin Mann

NENT Group to stream Joshua vs Ruiz rematch

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, will provide exclusive pan-Nordic coverage of the heavyweight world boxing title fight between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr on December 7th. The contest will be shown live on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service as a pay-per-view event. Ruiz shocked Madison Square Garden and the sports […]

November 13, 2019

Testronic achieves Dolby Vision Certification

Testronic, a specialist in quality assurance (QA), localisation services, and compliance for the film, television and games industries, has achieved Dolby Vision Certification following a period of training and investment in their Burbank facility. Dolby Vision certification ensures that all of Testronic’s Master QC personnel have been trained by Dolby and that the facility has […]

November 13, 2019

Research: Broadcasters not exploiting content libraries

More than a third (36 per cent) of broadcasters are failing to utilise their content library despite facing increasing competition from streaming services, according to research by ATEME, a specialist in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV and OTT. Although almost all (98 per cent) of the broadcasters surveyed use their content library […]

November 12, 2019