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Apple TV+ poaches Sony’s Parnell

Sony Pictures Television co-president Chris Parnell is leaving the company after more than 16 years to work at Apple TV+. Parnell will take on a senior programming role at the streaming service later this month, and help to drive development of Apple’s original series. He will report to Matt Cherniss, Apple’s head of scripted development. […]

July 2, 2020

Sony takes majority stake in prodco Eleven

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has agreed a deal to take a majority stake in production company Eleven –  maker of the hit Netflix show Sex Education. The company was founded in 2006 by Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson, and has also delivered series including Glue on E4 and The Enfield Haunting on Sky. Future projects […]

July 1, 2020

Sony & Panasonic sue Samsung over OLED patents

Japan’s JOLED, the joint-venture between the OLED divisions of Sony and Panasonic, is suing Samsung Electronics and its subsidiaries in the US and German courts and alleging patent infringements on the joint venture’s organic light-emitting diode panel technologies. The US lawsuit accuses Samsung and its Samsung Electronics America subsidiary as well as Samsung Display of […]

June 25, 2020By Chris Forrester

Cinedigm partners with Vewd for OTT distribution

Cinedigm, a provider of OTT entertainment networks and content, has announced a partnership with Vewd, the Smart TV OTT software provider, offering Cinedigm’s portfolio of streaming entertainment networks on Vewd-enabled devices worldwide. As part of the agreement, Cinedigm’s networks will be available on an install base of more than 300 million Smart TVs and connected […]

June 5, 2020