OUTtv, the world’s leading LGBTQ+ streaming service, is partnering with the BBC to co-commission season seven of hit reality competition series Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make Up Star. Having previously boarded as the new exclusive global SVoD rights holder excluding the UK for season six, they are expanding their partnership and stepping into the role of co-commissioner for the highly anticipated seventh instalment of the series. Glow Up is broadcast on BBC Three and iPlayer in the UK. Produced … [Read more...] about OUTtv and the BBC co-commission Glow Up season 7
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First look revealed from Two Brothers Pictures new comedy Dinosaur
The first look images for new comedy, Dinosaur, the latest series from Two Brothers Pictures, the team behind Fleabag and the global hit thriller The Tourist, have been released. The six-part series, created by Matilda Curtis and Ashley Storrie, was filmed and set in Glasgow and will premiere on Hulu in the US on 5th April and on BBC Scotland, BBC iPlayer and BBC Three in the UK next month. All3Media International are handling global distribution for the series. Dinosaur follows Nina (Ashley … [Read more...] about First look revealed from Two Brothers Pictures new comedy Dinosaur
BBC acquires The Traitors US
Following the runaway success of The Traitors on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, the BBC has acquired the rights to The Traitors US from All3 Media International produced by Studio Lambert for NBC Universal. The series will land as a boxset on BBC iPlayer tomorrow (January 13th 2023) and then be shown on both BBC Three and BBC One. Dan McGolpin, Director, iPlayer and Channels, says: “Following the huge success of The Traitors, which has been streamed more than 28 million times on BBC iPlayer … [Read more...] about BBC acquires The Traitors US
BBC commissions cutting edge doc
7 Wonder, one of the UK’s fastest growing independent production companies, has landed a commission from BBC Three to produce Obesity – The Post Mortem (1x60’), a ground breaking film that takes viewers on a unique journey inside the human body to investigate the devastating impact of obesity. Obesity – The Post Mortem will look directly at the fat on the inside of our bodies, revealing that it’s what we can’t see that’s killing us. Morbid obesity reduces life expectancy by an average of nine … [Read more...] about BBC commissions cutting edge doc
“Jonah From Tonga” to premiere first on ABC iview
Every episode of the six-part series will premiere in a weekend iview binge, available from 6pm May 2 until 6pm May 4 AEST. With more than 15 million monthly programme plays according to Webtrends, iview is Australia’s most accessible TV on demand service, available on 15 connected platforms including computers, tablets, smart phones, internet-enabled TVs, gaming consoles and set top boxes. Last time we caught up with Jonah Takalua he was expelled from Summer Heights High. Jonah From Tonga … [Read more...] about “Jonah From Tonga” to premiere first on ABC iview
BBC announces plans to close BBC Three as a TV Channel in 2015
The BBC announced, on March 6, plans, subject to the approval of the BBC Trust, to close BBC Three as a broadcast TV channel in autumn 2015. The plans would mean: The BBC saving over £50 million a year £30 million of that going into drama on BBC One BBC Three being reinvented as a new and innovative online service The freed-up spectrum being used to extend CBBC by an hour a night and to provide a BBC One +1 service In an email to BBC staff, BBC Director-General, Tony Hall said: … [Read more...] about BBC announces plans to close BBC Three as a TV Channel in 2015