Polaris, the 100 per cent black-owned TV, digital and social media platform, has announced its first free ad-supported streaming TV channel (FAST) will soon debut on VIZIO’s SmartCast platform. Created by digital media pioneer and journalist, Rahman J. Dukes, Polaris exists to uncover and share stories created by Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) […]
BET, a unit of ViacomCBS has launched BET Studios, a studio venture that offers equity ownership for Black content creators. Propelled by the infrastructure and financing of BET and ViacomCBS, BET Studios will create premium television series and films for an array of internal buyers, including Paramount+, Showtime, CBS, Nickelodeon, BET+ and BET, in addition […]
A series of specially commissioned films, as well as the return of the only comedy panel show about black history, will lead ITV’s programming for Black History Month, this October. Building on last year’s on-air campaign, October will again see a high-profile awareness raising campaign from ITV Marketing and ITV Creative. Commissioning Editor for the […]
Channel 4 has announced AJ Odudu and Sir Trevor McDonald will present shows as part of Black to Front, the diversity project airing this September. Across the day Channel 4 will broadcast programming fronted by Black talent and featuring Black contributors, to champion Black voices and stories, and the Black talent that make, shape and […]
A lawsuit filed by Law&Crime Network against Court TV over incorrect marketing materials has been settled. Court TV has issued an apology on its website, clarifying that its marketing materials prior to the Derek Chauvin trial were incorrect and misleading to the public. The apology read: “Marketing materials promoting Court TV prior to the trial […]
Netflix and Gold House, the nonprofit collective of Asian & Pacific Islander (API) cultural leaders behind #GoldOpen, have created a partnership called “Netflix Gold” to amplify API stories, artists, and creators. The partnership marks an evolution for Gold House by expanding their support beyond films for Asian Audiences. Gold House will work closely with Netflix […]
Blaze Media has announced the release of the first podcast episode of Fearless with Jason Whitlock. This release comes after last month’s announcement of Whitlock joining Blaze Media as it expands into sports and culture. In the first episode, Whitlock discusses his tweets from over the weekend about the New York Times leaking private comments […]
Singular.live, the pioneer of revolutionary cloud-based technology for live graphic overlays, and easylive.io, the cloud-based, all-in-one, streaming production studio, have announced they partnered with Sky News to launch a dedicated broadcast channel covering Derek Chauvin’s trial, for the George Floyd murder case, in a record-breaking nine days. Sky News made the decision it was in the […]
Law&Crime, the legal and true crime network, is now available on YouTube TV in the US as an optional add-on service. Law&Crime features multiple live trials daily along with expert legal analysis and commentary. The network is in the midst of daily live coverage of the murder trial of real estate heir Robert Durst and […]
Sky and Adobe have announced the topic for the second year of The Edit, a programme for schools to help close the digital divide by improving the digital and media literacy skills of young people across the UK & Ireland. For this year’s competition Sky and Adobe have teamed up with Kick it Out to […]