Bad Wolf has announced its first major new drama commission since joining Sony Pictures Television, The Winter King. Based on Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles, The Winter King is an epic but intimate 10 part returning series which will shoot in Wales and the West Country in 2022. Portraying a revisionist take on the well-loved Arthurian […]
The DPP, the media industry’s business network, has announced that 50 media companies have officially joined its DPP Committed to Sustainability programme. The scheme, enabled by DPP members Atos and Red Bee Media, was first launched at the DPP Technology Leaders’ Briefing in 2019 and was set up to celebrate and promote good practice in […]
GTPL Hathway Limited (GTPL), the Indian Digital Cable TV and Broadband Service provider, has launched GTPL Genie – Hybrid Android TV Set Top Box which offers the convenience of Live TV channels and OTT Apps at an attractive bundle price starting at effective rate of ₹459 per month. GTPL Genie combines the strength of traditional Cable […]
Xbox is the world’s most popular console brand, according to a study by gaming site solitaired, which analysed Google Trends data for searches for Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch in more than 200 countries. The data revealed that Xbox is the world’s favourite console, with it being the most searched in 97 nations around the world, […]
A report from Seeking Alpha’s Jason Aycock, based on an examination of major interested parties by market research company NPD Group including Microsoft, Sony, Activision and others, suggests that as the Covid lockdown periods ended – or softened – then sales of video games also suffered. February 2022’s sales numbers fell again, for the fourth […]
The Film and TV Charity is launching The Whole Picture Toolkit: For Mentally Healthy Productions as part of the next phase of its 12-month behaviour change campaign to redefine working culture in the film and TV industry. To celebrate the launch, the charity has brought together a coalition of industry changemakers – leaders and individuals who worked […]
Arctic7, a newly announced games development company founded by Igor Efremov, Mark Rizzo and Alan Van Slyke, has successfully closed its seed round of $2million. Bay Area-based venture capital firm Grishin Robotics leads the round, alongside two angel investors. A brand-new venture delivering technical and creative solutions within the games industry, Arctic 7’s ambition is […]
In a move that it says will create a “global leader in edge enabled software solutions”, content delivery specialist Limelight Networks has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yahoo’s Edgecast, a provider of edge security, content delivery and video services, in an all-stock transaction. The transaction values Edgecast at approximately $300 million (€275.7m), or […]
Production and distribution company, DLT Entertainment, has appointed podcast and radio producer Ben Walker, as Head of Audio for DLT Entertainment UK’s podcast division, effective immediately. Ben will be tasked with expanding DLT’s footprint in the podcasting and radio sectors and continue to build on their already successful slate, specialising in comedy and comedy entertainment […]
Sony Pictures Television (SPT), a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), is set to acquire Industrial Media, the independent non-fiction production company responsible for talent show American Idol, for $350 million (€320m). SPT has also announced the formation of a new Game Show production division to be led by longtime SPT executive, Suzanne Prete. Industrial […]