WarnerMedia has greenlit more episodes and specials of the comedy animation Titoo – Har Jawaab Ka Sawaal Hu for POGO, its kids entertainment channel in India. The original series premiered in July 2020. After a standout debut – one of the year’s biggest for any kids TV show in India – and 4 successful seasons, […]
WarnerMedia Kids & Family has announced it will soon launch the Cartoonito preschool block in the US on streaming service HBO Max and Cartoon Network. WarnerMedia says the new block offers “a modern approach to preschool programming with its proprietary educational framework, Humancentric Learning.” On HBO Max, Cartoonito programming will be presented as a dedicated […]
Tabloid entertainment publisher and broadcasting brand TMZ is reportedly being sold to Fox by AT&T. The move is yet another sign that AT&T/Warner is looking to divest itself of non-core business divisions. AT&T is also in the process of combining WarnerMedia’s entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery’s nonfiction and international entertainment and sports businesses […]
LG Electronics USA and WarnerMedia have confirmed that the HBO Max app is now available on LG Smart TVs in the US, including its line-up of LG OLED TVs. The arrival of WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer streaming offering on LG Smart TVs makes it easier than ever for subscribers to access the popular streaming platform’s full portfolio of […]
WarnerMedia has announced On The Job, a new original series from the Philippines. The crime thriller (6×60’) will premiere exclusively on HBO GO in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan in September. It will also air later on the region’s HBO channel. Inspired by true events, select episodes from the series will screen in-competition at […]
AT&T is expected to close the spin-off of its DirecTV and other pay-TV operations in early August. The new division will be part-owned (30 per cent) by TPG (the former Texas Pacific Group) while AT&T holds onto 70 per cent. AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches told equity analysts during the wireless company’s Q2/2021 earnings call that […]
CNN+, the streaming subscription service from CNN, will debut in Q1 2022, expanding CNN’s multiplatform global reach to provide a new, additive experience that complements the core CNN linear networks and digital platforms. “CNN invented cable news in 1980, defined online news in 1995 and now is taking an important step in expanding what news […]
WarnerMedia has boosted its HBO Asia Originals team, appointing industry veteran May-Yi Lee as the lead of Development & Production – Unscripted, while Garon De Silva has been named the new lead of Development & Production – Scripted. Taiwan-based Lee is an award-winning executive producer who has worked with Asian storytellers on hundreds of productions […]
WarnerMedia has announced Traffickers: Inside The Golden Triangle, a new HBO Asia Original documentary series that exposes the secretive epicentre of Asia’s illicit drug production. The three-part, hour-long miniseries premieres exclusively on WarnerMedia’s regional streaming service HBO GO on July 23, and follows the rise and demise of three infamous drug kingpins in Thailand, Myanmar […]
Channel 4 and Sky have renewed and expanded their long-term commercial partnership. The broadcasters say that their new multi-year agreement will “extend the strategic relationship, giving both parties more opportunities to collaborate, support commercial growth, and innovate as broadcasting evolves in the future”. The partnership will make even more Channel 4 content available to Sky […]