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Blue Zoo signs Alphablocks, Numberblocks Japan deal

Alphablocks Ltd and Blue Zoo Licensing, the licensing division of the animation production company Blue Zoo Studios, have announced a new agency agreement for two of its popular preschool educational series, Alphablocks and Numberblocks, with Phoenixx. The deal was brokered in partnership with Barrister & Broadcaster Andrew Eborn, the President of Octopus TV and Head […]

October 5, 2023

Netflix bringing Stranger Things to London’s West End

Stranger Things: The First Shadow – a new play based on the hit Netflix series – will receive its world premiere in late 2023 at the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End, directed by Stephen Daldry with co-direction by Justin Martin. Produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions, the play will go on sale this […]

March 2, 2023By Nik Roseveare

CBS Reality commissions Murder: Fight for the Truth from Phoenix

CBS Reality, the factual entertainment channel, has commissioned the UK-based independent factual and non-scripted specialist Phoenix Television to produce Murder: Fight for the Truth. The 10×60’ series reveals the stories of heroes who went the extra mile when the odds were stacked against them to crack murder cases and bring killers to justice.  The brand-new, […]

March 1, 2023

Netflix picks up When Missing Turns to Murder

Phoenix Television, the UK based independent factual entertainment and non-scripted specialist, has announced that Netflix Acquisitions has pre-bought the new season of When Missing Turns to Murder. Netflix has acquired the 10×60’ series after the first season of the show aired in 2022 earning the show the number two position in its top ten ranking […]

February 10, 2023

Dufrain secures Phoenix investment

Dufrain, the data management services and data analytics consultancy with a focus on telecoms businesses, has secured investment from Phoenix Equity Partners, a UK growth-focused private equity firm, to fuel the next stage of its growth as part of a management buyout. Founded in 2010, Dufrain helps its clients discover, manage and optimise their data […]

July 18, 2022

France: Cellnex Telecom to dispose 3,200 sites

Cellnex Telecom has agreed — subject to the French Competition Authority (FCA) approval– the disposal of a package of c.3,200 sites with Phoenix Tower International (PTI) in order to fulfil Hivory closing remedies that were determined by the FCA, following Cellnex’s acquisition of Hivory in 2021. PTI will acquire 1,226 telecommunications sites in dense areas […]

March 22, 2022

Data: US broadband speeds among global best

In an analysis released entitled A Comparative Analysis of Fixed Broadband Speeds in Cities Across the World, Phoenix Center Chief Economist Dr. George S. Ford compared fixed broadband speeds in US cities to speeds in cities in other advanced economies. Data from Ookla’s Open Data Initiative were used to compare fixed broadband speeds across 4,480 […]

February 8, 2022

2nd next-gen transmitter for Phoenix Model Market

Another chapter in the rollout of next-generation TV service in the US is being written in the collaborative Phoenix Model Market, with the launch of ATSC 3.0 signals from KASW-TV (CW). The station becomes the second TV transmission source in the nation’s 11th largest TV market. Phoenix now has two ATSC 3.0 transmission towers whose […]

July 9, 2020