Passion Distribution Launches UpStream Media
Passion Distribution has launched UpStream Media, a subsidiary focused on digital rights management and digital growth opportunities.
The launch follows the business surpassing 500 million hours of content viewed across Passion’s portfolio (…)
VA Media Signs Deal with Lesflicks
VA Media has signed an agreement with Lesflicks to monetize its LGBTQIA+ content on VA’s recently rebranded YouTube channel We Are Pride in advance of April 26, Lesbian Day of (…)
WB Discovery Acquires ‘Totally Spies!’ S7
Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired the seventh season of spy-fi animation series Totally Spies! across EMEA and the U.S.
French broadcaster Gulli and Discovery Kids LatAm have previously been announced as (…)
Extremes Meet in the News
Big news today about news. Two TV news outlets, at the opposite ends of the political spectrum, FOX News and CNN, have fired their star hosts: far-right advocate Tucker Carlson (…)
SPI Partners with Yettel Bulgaria
SPI International has partnered with Yettel Bulgaria, a new interactive television service launched on April 6, 2023.
SPI’s movie channel FilmBox Extra, as well as thematic channels such as Erox and FashionBox, (…)
‘History Hit’ Launches on Comcast Platforms
History Hit, the SVoD, podcast and content platform founded by historian Dan Snow and acquired by Little Dot Studios (an All3Media company), has launched across Comcast’s Entertainment platforms in the U.S.
Xfinity X1, (…)
NBCUni’s Shell Shocked
NBCUniversal’s CEO Jeff Shell is leaving the company after an internal investigation into a complaint of an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a woman in the same company. Shell ran a division (…)
Cable TV Experience Nostalgia
In a front-cover article of today’s (April 24, 2023) edition, The Wall Street Journal decried streaming services as “overwhelming.”
The “abundance [of entertainment options] and the indecision it causes,” wrote the Journal, “is (…)
Bomanbridge Secures Factual Content Deals
Bomanbridge Media has secured several content sales to various international broadcasters.
The U.S. version of crime series Secrets of the Interrogation Room has been sold to Canadian media group Bell Media. The series, (…)
Realness Institute Partners with FAME Week Africa
The Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy will be hosted for the first time at FAME Week Africa in Cape Town, South Africa on September 3-9 this year. The event will also include (…)