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Jordin Sparks’ original single featured in Mattel’s Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase

Glittering, a new original song performed by Jordin Sparks, that will be featured in the fourth episode of Mattel’s upcoming series Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase, premiering November 1st on Netflix. The single and animated music video are available to watch now on YouTube and streaming platforms globally. Sparks commented: “I loved Barbie as […]

October 26, 2024

Gracenote launches Watch Prompts

Gracenote, the content solutions business unit of Nielsen, has launched Gracenote Watch Prompts, a new dataset that equips video platforms and services with facts about TV programmes and movies to influence consumer viewing decisions. Designed to be paired with viewer preference and consumption behaviour data, the new offering enables customers to deliver more personalised viewer […]

September 4, 2024

Mega Movie Weekend returns for June

Mega Movie Weekend returns for June, running from June 21st to 23rd, featuring recent big-screen hits and a number of classics at promotional prices to help audiences build their digital libraries. The campaign runs across key retailers, including Amazon Prime Video, Sky Store, the Apple TV app, Rakuten TV, Virgin Media and EE TV Store, […]

June 21, 2024

Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase coming to Netflix

Mattel has announced Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase, Mattel Television Studios’ all-new animated children’s series, will debut globally on Netflix this autumn. Featuring an all-new animation style and storyline, Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase will consist of eight 25-minute episodes. The series follows Barbie ‘Brooklyn’ Roberts and Barbie ‘Malibu’ Roberts as they embark […]

May 30, 2024

OSN signs WBD content deal in MENA

OSN, the MENA entertainment company, has acquired the rights to all-new first run Max Originals and Warner Bros Pictures feature films in an exclusive multi-year deal with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD).   Subscribers will now enjoy access to Warner Bros Pictures film catalogue and exclusive Pay 1 features in MENA following their theatrical and home entertainment […]

May 28, 2024

Mattel FAST channels on Samsung TV Plus in US

Mattel has partnered with Samsung to deliver its first three 24/7 Free Ad Supported Streaming (FAST) channels on Samsung TV Plus, the free TV streaming service. The Barbie and Friends, Hot Wheels Action, and Mattel Jr channels are set to go live in the US later this year and will be free to access from […]

April 25, 2024

More Barbie: A Touch of Magic on Netflix

Mattel has announced that their fan-favourite animated series Barbie: A Touch of Magic is returning for a second season. Premiering April 18th on Netflix, the 13 new episodes will follow Barbie ‘Brooklyn’ Roberts and Barbie ‘Malibu’ Roberts as they embark on a new adventure. When a magical crystal gem goes missing, Barbie and Barbie are […]

April 5, 2024

ITV triples UK Oscars viewing

ITV1 and ITVX’s extensive Oscars coverage tripled UK Oscars viewing year-on-year while viewers also flocked to stream Ryan Gosling’s I’m Just Ken performance. In total, the combined reach of all of ITV1 and ITVX’s Oscars content offerings – including exclusive red carpet and behind-the-scenes moments – hit 5.2 million viewers, 7-day figures across devices show. […]

March 21, 2024

Barbie and Stacie to the Rescue on POP

The new movie from Mattel, Barbie and Stacie to the Rescue, will make its UK linear TV premiere exclusively on free-to-air children’s channel POP on March 23rd. This new adventure sees the Roberts family head to Wisconsin for a hot air balloon festival where Stacie finds herself caught in between, too young for the adult […]

March 14, 2024

Data: Barbie out-streams Oscar rivals

Barbie has accumulated a far larger audience than any other Oscar-nominated movie, after their arrival to streaming platforms, far surpassing Netflix’s nominee, Maestro, by 45 per cent according to data from Plum Research. In the first seven days of its release Barbie (on Max) was viewed by 4.1 million unique viewers in the US, compared […]

March 8, 2024