Major post-production and TV facilities house The Farm says that the shift to Ultra-HD in production, especially drama, is near-total. “It is safe to say that at least 75 per cent of our Drama clients are now working in UHD, and a big chunk of high-end Factual are also fully in UHD. Then our OTT […]
Quibi, the soon-to-launch streaming platform offering short-form content, has signed up Idris Elba to star in a car stunt show. The series, entitled Elba vs Block, will see Elba compete in a series of stunt challenges against renowned rally driver Ken Block. As a teaser of what viewers can expect, the challenges have names such […]
La Liga, Spain’s top flight football league, has been fined €250,000 for using its mobile phone app to spy on millions of fans as part of a ploy to catch venues showing unlicensed broadcasts of matches. The country’s data protection agency said the league’s app, which was marketed as a tool to track game scores, schedules […]
According to findings from digital piracy data specialist MUSO looking into the increasingly fragmented streaming services landscape, 80.4 per cent of European adults think that they’re currently paying too much for content streaming. In a year that will see new streaming services launch from the likes of Apple, Disney and BritBox, the joint-venture between ITV […]
The Premier League has confirmed the full list of fixtures for the 2019/20 season and – following Amazon’s acquistion of a package of games – two full rounds of fixtures will be shown exclusively online for the first time, via the Prime Video streaming service. Prime Video’s coverage will mark the first time a full […]
Netflix has announced that Matthew Aldrich has come on board to oversee the development and creative live-action adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series. He will work across both series and film and serve as a creative architect on all projects under the deal. Aldrich most recently co-wrote Coco for Disney and Pixar […]
BBC Studios, the Corporation’s commercial subsidiary, and multichannel programmer Discovery have confirmed the close of the UKTV transaction, announced on April 1st, 2019. Discovery formally takes over control of lifestyle channels Really, Home and Good Food and BBC Studios takes over entertainment channels Alibi, Dave, Drama, Eden, Gold, W and Yesterday, the UKTV brand, as […]
Sky has unveiled plans for Sky Studios, a new Europe-wide development and production capability. With the backing of new owners Comcast, under the Sky Studios plan Sky’s investment in originals will more than double from the current level over the next five years. The announcement comes after the recent smash hit success of Chernobyl (pictured) […]
Broadcasters and SVoD players are increasingly collaborating on co-commissions to create ambitious and exciting content for UK audiences, helping drive investment in UK TV drama production to record levels, according to new independent analysis commissioned from independent analyst Ben Keen by the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA) – the industry body for multichannel broadcasters in the […]
A new Facebook app will allow users to sell their data to the social meida giant, providing insights on how they use competitors’ apps. Facebook is recruiting users to download its new app, branded ‘Study’, from the Google Play store. Once downloaded, it will transmit data to Facebook on what other apps the users have, […]