Roku and ARTE.tv, the European streaming platform, have announced the launch of ARTE’s app on Roku’s TV streaming platform in the UK, Germany and France. “At Roku, we want to offer our customers a wide variety of entertainment across genres and formats, in all the languages they speak,” said Bernhard Gloeggler, Director of Content Distribution […]
Paramount+ has released a first look at UK original drama series Insomnia, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by bestselling author Sarah Pinborough. Paramount+ has also confirmed that the six-part series, produced by Left Bank in association with All3Media’s Build Your Own Films, will debut exclusively on Paramount+ in the UK on […]
Viaplay Group will complete the sale of its UK direct-to-consumer business to SSBL Limited, trading as Premier Sports, on April 4th. The proposed transaction was announced by Viaplay Group in December 2023 and has now received final clearance from the Irish authorities. Dublin-based Premier Sports was the previous owner of the UK business, which comprises […]
Larry Tanz, EMEA boss for Netflix, has told Series Mania that local European quotas “stifle creativity”. Tanz calling for “greater flexibility” given how many shows Netflix is currently making around the world. He pointed to Spain’s attitude; it has quotas in place but with “flexibility” so that Netflix can make Spanish-originated films and series but […]
The new movie from Mattel, Barbie and Stacie to the Rescue, will make its UK linear TV premiere exclusively on free-to-air children’s channel POP on March 23rd. This new adventure sees the Roberts family head to Wisconsin for a hot air balloon festival where Stacie finds herself caught in between, too young for the adult […]
Netflix UK, the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) and the Personal Managers’ Association (PMA) have signed a new deal on remuneration which will apply to UK writers on Netflix scripted live-action commissioned series. The deal became effective as of February 1st and is the first agreement between a streaming service, the WGGB and the PMA. Anne […]
The UK’s government is awarding £100 million (€117m) in grants to British-based space organisations in particular focusing on the development of low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. In addition, it is also granting £10 million to Scotland’s SaxaVord rocket launch site. The intention is to highlight development of on-board data processing, laser optical links for satellite-to-satellite […]
TrillerTV has announced the acquisition of exclusive broadcast rights to the Dutch football league Eredivisie in the UK and Ireland for the next two years. There will be 52 matches streamed live as part of the TrillerTV+ subscription throughout the 2023/24 season. The broadcast deal, facilitated by IMG, will also expand to include France and […]
Love is in the air at Warner Bros Discovery UK & Ireland this Valentine’s Day, as a new season of the global franchise 90 Day Fiancé has been announced. Season 4 of 90 Day Fiancé UK, one of the top performing shows on discovery+, will drop on the streaming service in summer 2025. Fans of […]
Figures published by the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit show that in a year in which film and high-end TV production was impacted globally by the Hollywood strikes, it continued to generate billions to the UK economy. The combined spend by film and high-end television production (HETV) during 2023 reached £4.23 billion (€4.96bn), 32 per […]