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Mariah Carey Xmas special on Apple TV+

Apple has announced Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special, an exclusive holiday event from multi award-winning artist Mariah Carey which, will debut globally on Apple TV+ this holiday season. The new special is set to premiere on the heels of the 25th anniversary of Carey’s iconic Xmas anthem All I Want For Christmas Is You, and […]

September 1, 2020

Netflix orders live-action Resident Evil series

Netflix’s has ordered a scripted, live-action series inspired by Resident Evil, Capcom’s long-running horror, video game franchise. The new Resident Evil series will tell a new story across two timelines: In the first timeline, fourteen-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker are moved to New Raccoon City. A manufactured, corporate town, forced on them right as […]

August 28, 2020By Nik Roseveare

I’m A Celebrity relocates to Wales

ITV has announced that the 20th series of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! will be filmed at the historic Gwrych Castle, Abergele in North Wales. Gwrych Castle is nestled in a tree-lined hillside overlooking the Irish Sea. The ruined castle with its sprawling design and turrets is spread across 250 acres of gardens […]

August 28, 2020

Grand Slam tennis returns to Eurosport with AR studio

Grand Slam tennis returns to Eurosport this weekend with the US Open. Eurosport’s production will also exclusively unveil the Eurosport Cube, an interactive mixed-reality studio using augmented reality (AR) and enhanced graphics, to transport fans into the heart of the action from New York and offer detailed and insightful analysis of the action. Barbara Schett […]

August 27, 2020

Prime Video announces new dating show & musical drama

At the Edinburgh TV Festival, Georgia Brown, Director of European Originals for Amazon Studios, announced two new Amazon Original shows, including an immersive reality dating show and the musical drama series, Jungle. The eight-part reality dating show, produced by Studio Lambert, will see a cast of unlucky-in-love Brits try to find ‘the one’ by going […]

August 27, 2020By Nik Roseveare

HBO Max reuniting West Wing cast for election special

Ahead of one of the most pivotal elections in US history, HBO Max and The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin have announced that for the first time in 17 years, the original cast of the celebrated Warner Bros Television drama series will come together with Sorkin and executive producer/director Thomas Schlamme for A West Wing […]

August 26, 2020

WaterBear Network commissions first original

WaterBear Network, the free, interactive VoD platform dedicated to supporting life on earth, has announced its first original short film: The Whales and the African Seaforest. This short is the first of a selection of original productions for the platform launch later this year. The Whales and the African Seaforest will feature WaterBear’s unique ‘connect’ […]

August 26, 2020

BBC Director: “BBC One fuels iPlayer growth”

Speaking at the 2020 Virtual Edinburgh Television Festival, Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content, said: “2020 has been unprecedented, and while the pandemic has had a devastating impact on so many, it has also highlighted the power of television and the valuable role that BBC One plays in people’s lives. She continued: “BBC One has […]

August 25, 2020

AEW welcomes fans back to TV tapings

All Elite Wrestling (AEW) has announced it will host limited, ticketed crowds of 10-15 per cent capacity for its live shows at the open-air Daily’s Place amphitheater in Jacksonville, Florida on August 27th. To safely bring back the energy of a live audience to AEW’s shows — in compliance with state and local regulations and […]

August 21, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Analyst: 5G to transform M&E

The media and entertainment industry is exploring opportunities to take advantage of 5G networks as the deployments start rolling out in many markets, according to tech market advisory firm ABI Research. Although most of the media and entertainment industry is focused on using the 5G

August 20, 2020