The Crown, a Netflix original series, tells the inside story of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, as the fragile social order established after the Second World War breaks apart. Based on the award-winning play, The Audience, the series reunites creator/writer Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) with director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and producer Andy Harries (The Queen). Beginning with soldiers in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces fighting an illegal war in Egypt, and … [Read more...] about The Crown in Netflix
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22nd Asian Television Awards 2017 Nominations Announcement
Singapore, 8 November 2017 – The highly anticipated Asian Television Awards returns for the 22nd season, bringing you nominees from the best of Asia’s television. Set to take place on 30 November and 1 December 2017, at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, this year’s Asian Television Awards sees 267 nominees from 19 Asian countries competing in 42 award categories, including new category – ‘Best Scriptwriting for Web Programme/ Series’. Highlights of award categories this year … [Read more...] about 22nd Asian Television Awards 2017 Nominations Announcement
NAGRA introduces OPENTV Signature Edition, a fully-featured pay-tv ecosystem to maximize content value and optimise experiences
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) company and the world’s leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, today announced the launch of OpenTV Signature Edition, the company’s brand-new, turnkey, cloud-based and multi-tenant solution for pay-TV operators. Powered by the OpenTV Suite and the NAGRA Insight data analytics platform, OpenTV Signature Edition is a cost-effective, fast time-to-market and fully-featured ecosystem that pay-TV operators can … [Read more...] about NAGRA introduces OPENTV Signature Edition, a fully-featured pay-tv ecosystem to maximize content value and optimise experiences
CHEAT and Netflix co-produces The End of the F***ing World
London – Channel 4 airs the first episode of its 8-part darkly comic road trip tale, ‘The End of the F***ing World’ (co-produced with Netflix). Directed by Jonathan Entwistle and Lucy Tcherniak, the series was coloured by CHEAT’s Toby Tomkins. The series invites viewers into the confused lives of teen outsiders James (Alex Lawther – Black Mirror, The Imitation Game) and Alyssa (Jessica Barden – The Lobster, Ellen, Penny Dreadful) as they decide to escape from their families and embark on … [Read more...] about CHEAT and Netflix co-produces The End of the F***ing World
Netflix offers The Mantis to a global audience
"The Mantis" (6 x 52'), a new series starring Carole Bouquet and produced by Septembre Productions, will be available globally on Netflix on December 29th 2017 (except in France where the series is already available following its broadcast on TF1). Valerie Vleeschhouwer, VP GROUPE AB, in charge of distribution and co-productions: "AB International Distribution is very proud to announce this agreement with Netflix, which once again confirms the demand for high quality French productions. … [Read more...] about Netflix offers The Mantis to a global audience
Netflix presents Korean Original series Busted
Singapore - Netflix, the world’s leading internet entertainment service, announced that its first Korean Original variety show Busted! has commenced production in Korea. Netflix has teamed up with Company SangSang, Hyuk-Jae Jang and Hyo-Jin Cho, one of Korea’s most successful variety show producers who produced top variety shows including Running Man and Family Outing, on the variety show, which will launch globally on Netflix in 2018. Busted! is an unconventional variety game show … [Read more...] about Netflix presents Korean Original series Busted