Barb has outlined a timetable for the next major upgrade to CFlight: the availability of 14 widely-used traded audiences to enable buyers to assess campaign performance across these audiences. This month, Channel 4, ITV and Sky have begun to provide traded-audiences data for ingestion into CFlight, and alongside RSMB, will be testing the campaign results. […]
Global pay-TV penetration will see its first-ever yearly decline in 2024, according to research by Ampere Analysis. The drop will follow pay-TV penetration peaking at 60.3 per cent in Q4 2023 according to the research, which forecasts that by 2028 global pay-TV penetration will have fallen by almost four percentage points. In North America, pay-TV […]
SVT and Disney+ has announced the cast that will join Rolf Lassgård in the six-part original miniseries Whiskey on the Rocks, as the final scenes were shot in Sweden last week. Whiskey on the Rocks is a thrilling, mind-blowing yet thought provoking six-episode satire miniseries about the dramatic days when the Russian submarine U-137 ran […]
Disney+ UK and Northern Ireland Screen announced a collaboration during the Belfast Media Festival to help support and grow the production sector in Northern Ireland. Local independent production companies are invited to pitch in a bid to receive a development fund awarded by Disney+ UK and Northern Ireland Screen. The brief: · Female-skewed · Factual […]
The Watcher returns to season two of Marvel Studios’ “What If…?” when the animated series begins streaming on Disney+ on December 22nd. And in the spirit of the holiday season, fans are invited to unwrap a new episode nightly for nine nights. Season two of “What If…?” continues the journey as The Watcher guides viewers through the […]
Disney+ has announced that the Emmy-nominated hit docuseries, FX’s “Welcome to Wrexham,” has received an order for a third season that will premiere in spring 2024 on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland. News of the new season comes as “Welcome to Wrexham” gets set to conclude its second season on November 15th exclusively on […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its fourth quarter and full year ended September 30th 2023. Financial Results for the Quarter and Full Year. Revenues for the quarter and year grew 5 per cent to $21.24 billion (€19.8bn) and 7 per cent compared to the prior-year quarter and prior year, respectively. Disney+ added […]
More than 1,500 people are expected to descend on The Mac, Belfast for the opening of the 14th Belfast Media Festival (BMF) entitled ‘A City in Motion’ which runs from November 15th to 16th. A schedule of 36 sessions covering all aspects of the industry from TV commissioning to gaming and filmmaking to podcasts has been […]
BBC Studios Kids & Family has announced that a special extended episode of the celebrated animated series, Bluey, will premiere globally in 2024 on Disney+ and ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). The Sign is an extra-long episode of the global hit show, with a run time of 28 minutes. It is penned by Bluey creator and […]
Hugh F Johnston has been named Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of The Walt Disney Company effective December 4th. Johnston is Vice Chairman and CFO of PepsiCo, where he has held numerous leadership positions during a 34-year career with the multinational food and beverage giant. As Disney’s CFO, Johnston will report […]