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Sky & HBO partner with SISTER for The Baby

Sky has announced the commission of a comic horror Sky original drama, The Baby, from screenwriter Siân Robins-Grace (Kaos, Sex Education). The Sky and HBO co-production is co-created by Robins-Grace and Lucy Gaymer (credits as Production Manager include Gangs of London, Liar) and produced by SISTER and Proverbial Pictures. The Baby ,which will air on Sky Atlantic […]

August 12, 2020

BBC Three acquires HBO-Sky’s We Are Who We Are

Celebrated Italian director Luca Guadagnino brings his unique cinematic style to television for the first time in We Are Who We Are, an eight-part limited series which has been acquired for BBC Three from Fremantle. An HBO-SKY series, produced by Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment, and by Mario Gianani for Wildside, both Fremantle Companies, with […]

August 11, 2020

160 Emmy nominations for Netflix

Netflix has seen its content earn a combined 160 Emmy nominations – a record amount that beats the 137 nods received by HBO in 2019. HBO still had the most-nominated show in Watchmen – an innovative sequel to the celebrated graphic novel that tackled racism in the US – which earned 26 nods. Succession also […]

July 29, 2020

Friends is most-watched show on HBO Max

HBO Max has revealed that Friends is its number one performing show. Despite ending over 15 years ago, after 10 seasons, WarnerMedia paid $425 million for the rights to the popular sitcom in a 5 year deal, with that price tag already going the right way towards justifying itself. The Big Bang Theory clocked in […]

July 28, 2020

Dream Raider premieres August 16 on HBO GO and HBO

WarnerMedia’s new HBO Asia Original series is set to premiere on August 16th exclusively on HBO GO and HBO. New episodes will premiere every Sunday at the same time. Set in the near future, Dream Raider features a misfit team of scientists and cops that are trying to get to the bottom of a criminal […]

July 27, 2020

Spain: Sky OTT closing down

Sky’s OTT platform will close down in Spain on September 1st, the first victim of the country’s OTT boom. The service, which launched three years ago, has failed to make an impact in a crowded market featuring the likes of Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Filmin, Movistar+ and Disney+ among others. Sky’s streaming service launched its […]

July 23, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Survey: UK likes streaming, but wants cinema return

Research has revealed the UK’s viewing preferences during lockdown – and highlighted that consumers are keen to get back into cinemas as we adjust to the ‘new normal’. The findings come via a wide-ranging survey of over 3,000 pop culture fans in the UK undertaken by agency Experience12. Data was collected between June 25th and […]

July 15, 2020

Singapore: StarHub offering National Day Free Preview

StarHub is celebrating Singapore’s 55th birthday with a Free Preview from August 7th to 21st, available to all StarHub Entertainment customers. The National Day Free Preview features over 90 channels which include Astro Warna, BBC Earth, DreamWorks, HBO, Hub VV Drama, Sun TV HD, Zee TV and more. For this long National Day celebration, StarHub […]

July 15, 2020

Sulebakk leads HBO Europe

WarnerMedia has appointed Christina Sulebakk to lead HBO Europe, including the linear networks and streaming service, effective immediately. Sulebakk, who will report into President of WarnerMedia EMEA & APAC Priya Dogra, replaces Hervé Payan who will be leaving the company at the end of August. Dogra said: “Christina is a tremendously talented executive who has […]

July 9, 2020

Whip Media partners with BB for real-time streaming

Whip Media Group, a company offering data-driven content value management platform powering global entertainment organisations, has announced a strategic global partnership with BB, a media intelligence and content distribution researcher. As part of the exclusive partnership, the companies will provide a real-time streaming availability for more than 4+ million television episodes and movies across 60 […]

July 8, 2020