The September 2022 AI/ML Adoption Trends report from broadcast and media technology supply industry trade body IABM reflects the rapid uptake of these technologies to automate what were previously labour-intensive tasks in a media landscape where data volumes are growing exponentially while speed and accuracy are ever more important in the battle for viewers. Key […]
Amazon Studios has closed a three-year first look film deal with Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell’s Safehouse Pictures. Under the pact, Amazon Studios has a first look on films that Safehouse Pictures intends to produce. “We are thrilled to be collaborating with Amazon Studios—who are not only ambitious and forward-thinking content creators—but also lovely and […]
Kate Ward has been appointed to the role of MD Factual at BBC Studios Productions. Reporting to Ralph Lee, CEO BBC Studios Productions, she will oversee all BBC Studios’ Factual production units and partnerships, taking responsibility for the overall strategy, creative health, pipeline, and production capability across the genre. Ward will join from VICE Media […]
Warner Bros Discovery UK has commissioned three new linear series; Secret Life of the Auction House (w/t), Vintage Brokers (w/t) and Supercar Airport (w/t), and has also confirmed the return of Kings Of The Wood, MotorPickers, Fifth Gear Recharged and Wheeler Dealers on linear channels and discovery+ starting next year. Secret Life of the Auction […]
Sky Italia is investing €1.2 billion per year for content and TV rights in Italy, revealed CEO Andrea Duilio speaking to local daily Il Sole 24 Ore. According to Duilio, the pay-TV broadcaster allocated €260 million in 2021 alone, which is 30 per cent more than three years ago. Despite the continued multiplication of OTT […]
LADstudios, the entertainment division of LADbible Group, has announced its expansion into podcast and vodcast production with the launch of two new digital entertainment show brands. Following partnerships with Audioboom and Spotify, LADstudios will launch Extraordinary Lives: The Minutes With Podcast and SPORTbible Stories across multiple podcast platforms and as vodcast episodes. Extraordinary Lives; The […]
London Film Studios (LFS), a new studio complex, situated on the banks of the River Lee Navigation in Enfield, North London, has opened its doors with a busy schedule of productions already confirmed. The brainchild of Danny Hayward, who co-founded SHL Film & TV Lighting in 2008, LFS boasts five, fully equipped stages with further […]
Amazon has announced that a Blade Runner TV series is in development for its Prime Video streaming service. Ridley Scott, director of the celebrated 1982 Blade Runner movie will return to the sci-fi franchise as executive producer of the series, set to be titled Blade Runner 2099 on account of being set 50 years after […]
The DPP, the media industry’s business network, has released the third and final report in the Tomorrow’s News series – Making The News. More than any other content type, news is experiencing disruption in formats and outputs. In this final report, 34 contributors were brought together to examine the technology and workflow changes necessary to […]
Gravity Media, a provider of complex live production and media services, has continued its expansion with the launch of their second London Production Centre – in the heart of the media campus in White City, launching later this year. Gravity Media will open a new state of the art, future focused Production Centre which will […]