Backlight, a media and entertainment software solution provider, has announced the appointment of Kathleen Barrett as its Chief Executive Officer. After more than a decade of leading video businesses, Barrett most recently served as CEO of IAC subsidiary Mosaic Group, one of the largest non-gaming app developers in the world with over 40 products and […]
Former network and studio head Holly A Hines and Eric Jarboe, former COO of the Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA), have launched their new LA-based film and TV studio Happy Accidents. Happy Accidents will specialise in the production and distribution of films, scripted and unscripted series, documentaries and formats. The studio will work with […]
The BBC and NBC have announced that Twofour will produce both versions of the adventure reality competition series Destination X for the US and UK following NBC’s greenlight of the series. The innovative series will combine adventure travel and immersive gameplay with the ultimate guessing game. The NBC version will be co-produced with Universal Television […]
Fuller Voices has announced its transformation into Bedford Square Voices (BSV), backed by investment from DLT Entertainment, with immediate effect. This announcement follows the recent departure of Becky Fuller from Fuller Voices. Retaining a portfolio of over 70 existing clients, the rebrand is bolstered by the addition of Alexei Sayle, Georgina Cudby, Michelle Ogundehin, Craig […]
LG Electronics has announced the global launch of the LG StanbyME Speaker (model XT7S), the company’s latest portable speaker which works in harmony with an LG StanbyME lifestyle screen or as a standalone speaker that can be taken anywhere. LG says its StanbyME Speaker is for design-conscious individuals who relish streaming content and music at […]
ITV has revealed the five companies that have been matched with one of the broadcaster’s commissioners and given funding to pitch to a brief, as part of Amplify: The Regions – a new development initiative being piloted by ITV in the nations and regions. The five companies are: Afro-Mic Productions, Blazing Griffin, Bowled Over, Drummer […]
Most observers do not expect there to be any resurrection of the Zee merger with Sony’s India assets. Consequently Zee Entertainment says it is to examine and review its entire structure. The aim is to focus on those divisions and elements that are the most profitable. CEO Punit Goenka told analysts that he would be […]
Quadrant, an entertainment and gaming brand founded by Lando Norris, has closed a seven-figure investment round to fuel its growth ambitions. The raise also sees one of the world’s most watched YouTubers, WillNE, join the organisation as Co-Owner.The investment aims to help Quadrant to further its creation of more entertaining and more uplifting stories than […]
Apple TV+ has unveiled a selection of original content, produced with Apple Immersive Video, that will become available in the Apple TV app on Apple Vision Pro when it launches on February 2nd. Apple Immersive Video is a new entertainment format pioneered by Apple that aims to transport viewers to the centre of a story […]
The HBO and Max brands have announced a multiyear pay-1 US output deal with A24 that brings the entertainment company’s theatrical film slate exclusively to Warner Bros Discovery’s HBO, Max and Cinemax. Among the films to be available under the new deal are Sofia Coppola’s award-winning Priscilla starring Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny, Kristoffer Borgli’s […]