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Omens Studios partners with VlogBox

Singapore and UK-based animation company Omens Studios has partnered with global video content distribution platform VlogBox to further extend the reach of Omens’ hit series with two brand new AVoD and SVoD apps. The initial roll out via VlogBox sees free, ad-supported and SVOD apps for the internationally loved series Leo the Wildlife Ranger and […]

February 21, 2022

Liberty Global “in great shape”

Liberty Global has announced its Q4 2021 financial results, saying it achieved all 2021 guidance targets including increased Adjusted Free Cash Flow. CEO, Mike Fries, stated: “Our fourth quarter and full year results demonstrated continued commercial momentum across our FMC champions. Operationally, we delivered 306,000 aggregate broadband and postpaid mobile subscribers during Q4 and over […]

February 18, 2022

Data: Over 19m UK homes have SVoD

BARB, the UK’s television audience measurement currency, has released data from its Establishment Survey for Q4 2021. BARB says the Establishment Survey enables it to understand the characteristics of UK households, part of ensuring that its daily reporting of television audiences is representative of the whole population. One of the most-discussed metrics that the Establishment […]

February 17, 2022

TeamTO, Sunwoo team for Mighty Mike

kids entertainment company TeamTO is delighted to announce its agreement with Sunwoo to distribute its global hit series, Mighty Mike (78 x 7) in South Korea, across all media (linear, SVOD, satellite and cable). Patricia de Wilde, Director of Marketing and New Business at TeamTO, commented: “We are delighted to be working with the leading […]

February 17, 2022

Paramount+ reveals first UK drama commissions

Paramount+ has revealed the first UK drama series commissioned for the global streaming service, which is set to launch in the UK this summer. The announcement follows plans outlined last year by Ben Frow, Chief Content Officer at ViacomCBS UK, to feature premium local drama and documentary content from the UK alongside an expansive catalogue […]

February 16, 2022

Update: Mental health still an issue for UK production

The Film and TV Charity has published Looking Glass ’21, a follow-up to the charity’s 2019 research that uncovered a mental health crisis in the UK film and TV industry. The new research was conducted during the summer of 2021 to establish baseline metrics against which the charity will use to measure the industry’s long-term […]

February 16, 2022

WWE’s Bianca Belair talks Elimination Chamber

WWE Superstar Bianca Belair has revealed her thoughts and predictions ahead of this weekend’s Elimination Chamber. The WWE premium event will be streamed live on the WWE Network from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on February 19th at 5pm GMT. The event will make history, featuring more women’s matches than ever before at a WWE show in Saudi Arabia […]

February 16, 2022

World of Wonder announces Frockumentary

World of Wonder, the award-winning media company behind the Drag Race franchise and documentaries including The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Party Monster, announces its brand-new documentary series, Frockumentary (4×25’) will air weekly from March 15th exclusively on WOW Presents Plus; World of Wonder’s very own streaming platform. The series follows the lives of RuPaul’s […]

February 16, 2022

Channel 4 recommissions Moneybags

Following a successful first season, Channel 4 daytime has commissioned a new series of quiz show Moneybags from Youngest Media. The quiz that challenges contestants to literally grab themselves a fortune every afternoon will be back later this year with host Craig Charles. The series has been recommissioned through Channel 4’s Global Format Fund, the […]

February 16, 2022

discovery+ Ad-Lite proposition for UK

Discovery UK has unveiled plans to introduce an ‘Ad-Lite’ offering for discovery+ customers in the UK and Ireland. Discovery says discovery+ will be the first global SVoD service to launch an ‘Ad-Lite’ offering in the UK, this follows the successful launch of the product in the US, with a further roll-out across EMEA expected this […]

February 15, 2022