A court has granted a confiscation order against a hacker who was jailed in 2022 after he stole unreleased material owned by famous recording artists and sold it on the dark web in exchange for cryptocurrency. Adrian Kwiatkowski, 23, of Ipswich, was given three months to pay £101,503 (€118,000) at Ipswich Crown Court following proceedings […]
UKTV’s catalogue of original drama continues to grow, with the latest commission of The Red King (6×60’) for crime drama channel Alibi. The six-part series is created and written by Toby Whithouse (Being Human, The Game) and produced by Quay Street Productions, in association with ITV Studios, which will handle international distribution, and supported by […]
FilmRise, the New York-based film and television studio and streaming network, and Canal+ Docs, the French TV Network part of the mass media company Canal+, have boarded the newest documentary of Award-winning director Sabrina Van Tassel (‘The Silenced Walls,” “The State of Texas vs. Melissa”), “Missing From Fire Trail Road.” The film delves into the […]
Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, has announced the launch of new owned and operated FAST channels. The company has now over 100 O&O channels in Europe, across multiple genres, such as Film, Documentary, Series and Kids. Following the success of its branded Rakuten TV Film channels, with top Hollywood and Local movies, the company […]
Phoenix Television, the UK based independent factual entertainment and non-scripted specialist, has announced that Netflix Acquisitions has pre-bought the new season of When Missing Turns to Murder. Netflix has acquired the 10×60’ series after the first season of the show aired in 2022 earning the show the number two position in its top ten ranking […]
Audible, a provider of spoken-word entertainment, today announces the launch of Radioman, a ten-part Audible Original crime drama — written by Joe Derick (Against The Ice), co-created by, and starring, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones, Against The Ice), with producers Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files, Leonardo) and Emily Feller (Leonardo, Medici) as creative lead. This gripping […]
Live trial and true crime network Law&Crime has reporting a record-breaking number of viewers tuning in across its platforms to watch coverage of the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial. To date, the network has seen more than 330 million viewers and the trial is expected to last another few weeks. Live coverage of the […]
The BBC has acquired crime drama series Tokyo Vice. The series is co-produced by HBO Max, Endeavor Content and Japanese broadcaster WOWOW is based on American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. Filmed on location in Tokyo and starring Golden Globe nominee Ansel Elgort as Adelstein, Academy Award nominee […]
Pluto TV, the FAST TV service from Paramount, has launched two new channels in partnership with A+E Networks UK. Inside Crime UK and Mystery TV are the first themed channels from the broadcaster to launch on Pluto TV in the UK. Inside Crime UK goes behind the headlines of some of the country’s most infamous […]
Law&Crime, the live trial and true-crime network, has announced the launch of an investigative podcast series with renowned crypto journalist Laura Shin. A former Forbes crypto editor, author of The Cryptopians, and host of the popular Unchained podcast, Shin will explore the case of Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein. The married couple, also known as […]