ZEE5 Global, the largest OTT platform for South Asian content, recently announced a unique murder mystery laced with dark humour – SUNFLOWER. With Sunil Grover leading the pack at the Sunflower society, the 8 episode web series also features Ranvir Shorey as Inspector Digendra, his team-mate Girish Kulkarni as Inspector Tambe, Ashish Vidyarthi as Dilip Iyer, Mukul Chadda as Mr. Ahuja, Radha Bhatt as his wife Mrs. Ahuja and joined by Ashish Kaushal as Raj Kapoor, Shonali Nagrani as Mrs. Raj … [Read more...] about ZEE5 Global launches the teaser for upcoming murder mystery ‘Sunflower’
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Global marketplace allrites bolsters its senior management team
allrites, the global online marketplace for TV and film rights announced a number of new hires to its senior management team. Nathalie Morley has been appointed Senior Vice President Content Strategy, a role that will see her spearhead allrites’ content strategy and liaise with key buyers and sellers on their editorial plans. Nathalie was formerly Chief Content Officer at Trace Group until 2020, and prior to that co-created FashionTV where she was Chief Creative Officer for 12 years. Last … [Read more...] about Global marketplace allrites bolsters its senior management team
Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings’ Midoriyama Studio to go fully renewable in FY2021
Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings (TBS HD) announced that as a part of its efforts to drive actions on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and combat climate change, the electricity consumed at the company’s TBS Midoriyama Studio will be 100% renewable for FY2021. This will be accomplished by the utilization of the Japanese Government’s J-credit certificate(*1), and will make TBS Midoriyama Studio one of the largest "100% renewable energy studios" in Japan. The "J-credits" that … [Read more...] about Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings’ Midoriyama Studio to go fully renewable in FY2021
‘All Those Things We Never Said’ adapted from best-selling novel by Marc Levy kicks off production
STUDIOCANAL, Europe’s leader in production, distribution and international sales of TV series and feature films, CANAL+ Group and STARZPLAY announced the start of principal photography for All Those Things We Never Said, a comedy drama series based on the best-selling novel by Marc Levy. Written by Marc Levy, who will also act as showrunner and Miguel Courtois (El Lobo, GAL, Operacion E) who will direct, the 10 x 30’ French-language drama is a bittersweet comedy with soul. A wryly fun … [Read more...] about ‘All Those Things We Never Said’ adapted from best-selling novel by Marc Levy kicks off production
Former Disney executive teams up with CAKE and Kickstart Entertainment’s new production company
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE and international animation and live-action producer Kickstart Entertainment have announced their new venture CakeStart, a full-service production company that will develop and produce kids’ and family live-action projects for the global market. Former Head of Current/Vice President Original Series at Disney Branded Television, Kory Lunsford will take the helm at CakeStart as President and Partner. Responsible for developing and producing some of … [Read more...] about Former Disney executive teams up with CAKE and Kickstart Entertainment’s new production company
ATEME brings broadcast-level latency via Just-In-Time packagers in world first
ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, announced that its NEA-Live® Just-in-Time (JIT) packager now offers production-grade low latency in pull mode for both HLS and DASH. These updates make ATEME the first to bring to market a low-latency JIT packager – a complex technical challenge that ATEME has overcome by using its own patented technology. The latest enhancements to NEA-Live have huge implications for streaming service providers. They … [Read more...] about ATEME brings broadcast-level latency via Just-In-Time packagers in world first