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Brazil: Globo to invest $250m in new content

Brazil’s TV Globo, already a massive broadcasting and production powerhouse, is to invest $250 million in fresh content and as part of its local commitment to carry content from Disney+. Globo already has a premium streaming service (Globoplay) and the addition of Disney’s service means that Brazilian viewers can subscriber to both for $6.69 a […]

November 9, 2020By Chris Forrester

Love Island reaches 20 territory with South Africa

ITV Studios’ reality format Love Island continues its global expansion and reaches its 20th territory. The dating show will be produced by Rapid Blue in South Africa, making this the 6th new commission for the format in 2020 alone. The first season of Love Island South Africa will be recorded in the country’s Western Cape […]

November 6, 2020

Sky adapts Prachett’s The Amazing Maurice

Sky has announced a new co-production with Ulysses Filmproduktion and Cantilever Media, The Amazing Maurice, a Sky original.  This animated family film is based on one of Terry Pratchett’s popular Discworld novels and will star Hugh Laurie as Maurice, Emilia Clarke as Malicia, David Thewlis as Boss Man, Himesh Patel as Keith, Gemma Arterton  as […]

November 5, 2020

Movies made in Dagenham?

A US property developer that owns studios in the US is investing £300 million (€333m) to build a Hollywood-style complex in Dagenham, East London, according to various reports in the UK presss. Hackman Capital Partners, the owner of sites including Culver Studios in Los Angeles and Silvercup Studios in New York, has apparently agreed to […]

November 3, 2020

Prime Video unveils new UK series The Rig

Amazon Prime Video has confirmed a new UK produced Amazon Original series titled The Rig. The six-part thriller will be produced by Wild Mercury Productions (part of Banijay UK), created by new writer David Macpherson and directed by John Strickland (Line of Duty, Bodyguard. The Rig follows the crew of the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, […]

November 3, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Lockdown 2: TV production & elite sport can continue

The UK government announced over the weekend that England will go into a ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown for at least four weeks starting November 4th. However, Premier League football and other elite sports have been granted permission to continue during the lockdown due to the testing measures in place. Amateur sports will be put on hold. As […]

November 2, 2020By Nik Roseveare

US creatives: Big Tech’s copyright views ‘imbalanced’

CreativeFuture, a US coalition that promotes the value of creativity in today’s digital age, has criticised so-called Big Tech’s stance on copyright, calling its views “imbalanced”. In a blog post, Ruth Vitale, Chief Executive Officer, suggests Big Tech’s house is in shambles, shaken by scandals, and people all over the world are creating pressure to […]

November 2, 2020By Colin Mann

McMahon doc heading to Netflix

WWE’s CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon is set to feature in a multi-part, biographical series on Netflix. Nick Khan, WWE’s Chief Revenue Officer, confirmed the news, saying: “In a groundbreaking deal, we have sold a multi-part documentary with Netflix on the life of none other than our very own Vince McMahon. By groundbreaking, I mean […]

October 30, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Netflix orders Assassin’s Creed series

Netflix has entered into an agreement with French video game company Ubisoft to develop content based on the  best-selling video game franchise Assassin’s Creed. The first series is already in developmentand is slated to be an epic, live action adaptation. A search is currently underway for a showrunner. Ubisoft Film & Television’s Jason Altman and […]

October 28, 2020By Nik Roseveare

ViacomCBS, Netflix, Dynamo co-produce Dale Gas

ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has confirmed the production of Dale Gas, an action series produced in conjunction with Dynamo and Netflix. It is being filmed in Mexico City and will premiere on Netflix at the beginning of 2021. The series will be comprised of 10 episodes, each 45-minutes in length, telling the story of Kike […]

October 27, 2020