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WBD, YouTube Paris 2024 content creator partnership

Audiences will be immersed in the Olympic Games like never before this summer as a new collaboration between Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and YouTube is set to bring Paris 2024 to a diverse set of fans, further expanding the reach of Eurosport’s live coverage. The new content partnership will base a group of YouTube creators […]

July 16, 2024

Analysis: YouTube content spend grows

The latest report from Ampere Analysis focuses on YouTube’s significance in the media market. With a unique business model that places advertising as its main source of revenue – thanks to its huge user base – the platform is rarely compared to TV. In this analysis, Ampere compares its investment in content to the major […]

July 15, 2024

Prime Video orders Muhammed Ali scripted series

Prime Video has ordered The Greatest, the first authorised scripted series about the life of global icon, boxing champion, and humanitarian Muhammad Ali. The series, which has unprecedented access to the estate of Ali, is produced by Michael B Jordan’s Outlier Society, Ben Watkins’ Blue Monday Productions, Authentic Studios, Roc Nation, Polygram Entertainment, a Universal […]

July 12, 2024

Grass Valley, Diversified partnership agreement

Grass Valley, a specialist in live production solutions, has announced a new, multimillion-dollar strategic partnership agreement with Diversified, a technology solutions provider. Grass Valley says it will now leverage Diversified’s extensive integration and services expertise to enhance its offerings and deliver comprehensive solutions to broadcasters, content creators and media organisations. Tim Banks, Chief Revenue Officer […]

July 11, 2024

Sky Kids announces trio of new commissions

Sky Kids has announced three new Sky Originals that will all be produced in the UK: Jaime’s Yoga Adventures, Ten Little…who? and Emerald. YouTube sensation Jaime Amor is bringing movement and mindfulness to Sky Kids with her first ever TV series, Jaime’s Yoga Adventures. Kids will be taken on an inspiring journey to a world […]

July 9, 2024

Skydance, Paramount agree merger

Skydance Media and Paramount Global have entered into a definitive agreement to form ‘New Paramount’ – a next-generation media and technology leader, through a two-step transaction including the acquisition of National Amusements Inc (NAI), which holds the controlling share stake in Paramount, and subsequently a merger of Skydance and Paramount Global. The transaction combines the […]

July 8, 2024

UK writers call for better deal

The Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) has called for the incoming Labour administration to offer better protections in a number of areas. WGGB General Secretary, Ellie Peers, commented: “As the UK wakes up to a new government and chapter in our political history, we call for a better deal for UK writers, who have […]

July 5, 2024By Colin Mann

Ofcom licenses 2,000+ frequencies for Glastonbury

The Glastonbury festival is one of the UK’s biggest cultural events. This year some 210,000 people attended the event from June 26th to 30th, which was headlined by Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA. And although the main Pyramid stage is where the headline acts perform, the event is huge, with festival-goers entertained by acts and […]

July 5, 2024

U&Dave orders Silence is Golden; Gorman returns

Dermot O’Leary is set to host U&Dave’s Silence is Golden, a new entertainment show created by Richard Bacon, whose Yes Yes Media is set to produce the series for UKTV. At the start of each episode, the network gives £250,000 to the studio audience and all they need to do to keep it is remain […]

July 4, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Analysis: Netflix, Prime Video still dominate streaming Originals

In Q1 2024 Netflix and Prime Video returned to dominance in Original commissioning, having been challenged in recent years by the launch of studio-backed SVoD platforms. According to a report by Ampere Analysis, Netflix commissioned its highest number of new titles since Q3 2021, and Prime Video set a new record for its quarterly commissions. […]

July 1, 2024