New York, NY– HISTORY has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to the original scripted drama Blue Book from A+E Studios, it was announced by Paul Buccieri, President, A+E Studios and A+E Networks Portfolio Group. Executive produced by Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Contact), Blue Book chronicles the true top secret United States Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950’s and 60’s known as … [Read more...] about HISTORY gives straight-to-series order
ITV Studios and AMC in collaboration
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has signed a deal with AMC Networks International – Latin America (AMCNI-LATAM) to air new seasons of The Graham Norton Show throughout Latin America on AMCNI-LATAM’s Film&Arts channel. The deal sees series 21 of the award-winning comedy talk show premiere this month on Film&Arts, with series 22 scheduled for Autumn. Produced by So Television, an ITV Studios company, the show features a weekly dose of celebrity chat and is a global success, … [Read more...] about ITV Studios and AMC in collaboration
Olympic Channel presences the Shredding Monsters
Madrid and Biarritz, France – Showcasing the adrenaline-filled world of big wave surfing, the Olympic Channel presents Shredding Monsters. To celebrate the worldwide premiere of Shredding Monsters, the 44-minute documentary will be featured this evening at a surf-studded, “blue carpet” event and film screening at the Municipal Casino Theatre in Biarritz, France on the occasion of the 2017 ISA World Surfing Games. Shredding Monsters follows a group of surfing friends as they descend on the … [Read more...] about Olympic Channel presences the Shredding Monsters
A Virtual Reality check for the TV industry
VR was listed by Gartner’s Hype Cycle as one of the trends set to be “of the highest priority” for businesses over the next few years. According to industry reports, Asia-Pacific ranks as the fastest growing regional market for VR (hardware and software) with an expected growth rate of 108.1% from 2015-2020. Given the rising consumer interest in VR, it is little wonder so many companies are chasing this rapidly-growing opportunity and TV companies are no exception. There has been a host of … [Read more...] about A Virtual Reality check for the TV industry
The Fight Against a New Breed of Pirates
There has never been a better time for TV entertainment. According to most predictions, content for TV is only going to boom from Hollywood to Bollywood. However, despite the success of the media and entertainment industry (M&E), there is the persistent and menacing trouble of online pirates who illegally access content and distribute them via direct downloads from websites, torrents sites, and streaming services. IPTV piracy isn’t a new phenomenon, but with the production in mass … [Read more...] about The Fight Against a New Breed of Pirates
Local content drives traffic
What are the new trends that you have observed in the industry? Craig: I think one of the important trends that we are seeing especially around the ‘watch-side’ is the splitting of content and advertising. Before it was a very linear relationship with advertising scheduled within programming and it was easy to track. Now, with programmatic advertising, the content and the commercials are not always packaged together. In fact, more often than not, they are completely different. So … [Read more...] about Local content drives traffic