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Tata Communications opens live production facility in LA

Tata Communications has opened a new production and delivery facility in Los Angeles – an investment that will it says will support the future development of its services and business growth. The facility, named The Switch @ Victory, bolsters Tata Communications’ ability to serve a growing number of live content customers anywhere, anytime, with end-to-end […]

March 7, 2024

Electric Entertainment acquires Archstone Entertainment titles

Electric Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based production and distribution company, has acquired four feature length films from Archstone Entertainment, the distribution and sales arm of Archstone, focused on delivering high quality theatrical films to the world-wide audience. The films, headlined by “Adam the First” starring Oakes Fegley and David Duchovny, include “Futra Days,” starring Tania Raymonde, […]

December 20, 2023

Electric Entertainment content deal with BluTV

Electric Entertainment, the LA-based production and distribution company, and BluTV, the SVoD platform for Turkish and Arabic-speaking audiences, have entered into an agreement to license five of Electric’s franchised series. The deal includes SVoD rights to the recently launched original SYFY series The Ark, Amazon Freevee’s original series Leverage: Redemption, the episodic crime series, Almost […]

October 16, 2023

Writers’ strike could mean content shortage

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has called its first strike in 15 years after failing to reach an agreement on higher pay from broadcasters and studios. A WGA statement said: “The companies’ behaviour has created a gig economy inside a union workforce, and their immovable stance in this negotiation has betrayed a commitment to […]

May 2, 2023

Net Insight, Globecast bolster partnership

Net Insight has announced that its Nimbra 1060, has been selected by Globecast, a provider of integrated media solutions, to help enable the company’s continuing transition from SDI to an IP-based infrastructure after its move to its new Westlake Village Studios facility in Los Angeles. This is the latest in a series of implementations enabling […]

April 13, 2023

WrestleMania 39 “most successful” WWE event ever

WWE has announced the WrestleMania 39 premium live event became the most-successful and highest-grossing event in the company’s history. The two-night, sold-out event at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on April 1st and 2nd set new records for viewership, gate, sponsorship, merchandise and social media. Night 2 of WrestleMania 39 surpassed the existing global viewership record […]

April 3, 2023By Nik Roseveare

WrestleMania 39 sets ticket sales record

WWE has announced a record for first-day ticket sales for WrestleMania 39 taking placeat SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Over 90,000 tickets were sold within the first 24 hours – more than any event in WWE history and a 42 per cent increase over first-day sales for WrestleMania 38 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. WWE […]

August 16, 2022

Ampere Analysis opens LA office

Ampere Analysis has opened its first office in North America, in Culver City, Los Angeles. With its movie-making past, Ampere says LA is the ideal location for serving the firm’s growing roster of broadcast and media clients including major film studios, streaming players, telecoms and pay-TV operators, TV channel groups and technology companies. Executive Director […]

August 10, 2022

ShortsTV’s Oscar noms are Box Office hit

ShortsTV, the global short film network, has announced that its ‘Oscar Nominated Short Films’ theatrical release opened in cinemas across the US and Canada on February 25th, and is a box office hit, grossing $1.5 million in its first three weeks. In its 17th year, the cinema presentation of the Live Action, Animation and Documentary […]

March 17, 2022

Electric Entertainment Announces Keller as VP of Finance

Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment, the Los Angeles based production, distribution and post-production company has announced the promotion of Christina Keller to the newly created position of Vice President of Finance. The announcement was made today by Jeff Gonzalez, Chief Financial Officer, Electric Entertainment. Keller will be working closely with Jeff Gonzalez on fostering Electric’s banking […]

March 3, 2022