The on/off and much-delayed merger plan between Sony Pictures India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) could wrap during November according to reports out of Mumbai. The merger, which would create an entertainment and media giant in India, has been beset by legal problems and investigations by various regulators. Proposed back in 2021, the merged entity […]
Kantar, the insights and consulting company, has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the UK’s streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study in Great Britain uncovers the following behaviours within the VoD market between July – September 2023: · Between July – September, the number of British households with at least one SVoD, increased […]
Swisscom is to bring together what belongs together by offering both TV and streaming on the TV-Box 5. More compact, versatile and sustainable than ever – the possibilities are endless. Now with Google Android TV and the integration of the Google universe, Disney+ as a new streaming partner and a new super package that brings […]
Disney Animation’s all-new short film Once Upon A Studio is now available to stream on Disney+ as part of Disney’s hundred-year anniversary celebration. Featuring 543 Disney characters from more than 85 feature-length and short films, Once Upon a Studio welcomes heroes and villains, princes and princesses, sidekick and sorcerers—in all-new hand-drawn and CG animation—to celebrate 10 decades of storytelling, artistry and […]
Disney and Comcast have failed to reach a price that both will be happy with for US streaming service Hulu. In an SEC filing Disney disclosed that the companies will both hire outside investment banking firms to come up with a sale price if the two companies couldn’t agree on a price. Those two firms’ […]
The major global streaming platforms (Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Max/HBO Max) will invest $42 billon (€39.9bn) in original and acquired film and TV content this year, Ampere Analysis forecasts suggest. This marks a slower rate of growth of 7 per cent year-on-year, compared to the 24 per cent growth in streaming spending […]
Disney+ has announced that all eight episodes of Character 7’s upcoming UK original series Culprits will be available to stream on the platform from November 8th in the UK & Ireland. Culprits, a crime series from acclaimed executive producer Stephen Garrett (The Undoing, The Night Manager) and filmmaker J Blakeson (I Care A Lot, The […]
Disney+ has annouced that FX’s A Murder at the End of the World, a murder mystery, limited series set at the remote and isolated compound of a reclusive billionaire, will premiere on November 14th exclusively on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland. The series, formerly known as Retreat, stars Emma Corrin, Clive Owen, Harris Dickinson […]
The Wind Sun Sky content team continues to expand with the appointment of several key new members to the team including Robin Hays who has joined the company in a newly created role as Vice President Creative, Kids; and Bernice Vanderlaan who has signed on as Future Chicken Universe Executive Producer and Head Writer. In […]
Disney+ has announced that the popular original comedy series Only Murders in the Building, which hails from 20th Television, has been renewed for a fourth season. The first three seasons are streaming now on Disney+. The news is on the heels of a successful third season which features the legendary talents of Meryl Streep and […]