M2A Media Supports BritBox Expansion in Canada
London, United Kingdom – M2A Media, leading innovators in cloud video solutions, is delighted to announce that its M2A VOD WORKFLOW product enabled the successful launch of BritBox on Amazon Prime Video in Canada on 4th June. Having recently renewed its partnership with M2A Media, British SVOD streaming service, BritBox, uses M2A VOD WORKFLOW to…
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Titan Comics Reveals Involvement in Time Lord Victorious
London, United Kingdom / New York, NY – Titan Comics announced today its involvement in BBC Studios multi-platform Doctor Who story Time Lord Victorious, launching two over-sized comic issues which will debut on September 2, 2020. Available to pre-order now, Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious #1 is a ground breaking new comic adventure for the…
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Ben Whishaw Cast as Lead in BBC Two’s Adaptation of This is Going to Hurt with AMC Co-Producing
London, UK / New York, NY – BBC TWO and AMC have today announced that Ben Whishaw (A Very English Scandal, Skyfall, London Spy) will star in the new series This is Going to Hurt, produced by global content company SISTER (Giri/Haji, Chernobyl, Gangs of London) in association with Terrible Productions. Based on Adam Kay’s…
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Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff Join Chris Harris As Top Gear Unveils New Presenting Lineup
London, UK – Following Matt LeBlanc’s announcement that he will leave the show after the next series, Top Gear has announced a new look line-up of hosts who are destined to cause comedic car chaos and take the world’s biggest motoring entertainment show to another level. Lancashire lads Paddy McGuinness, the primetime entertainment host and…
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BBC Worldwide and ITV SVOD Service BritBox to Launch in Canada Early 2018
New York, NY / London, UK – BritBox, the subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming service from BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, will launch in Canada in early 2018. The service initially launched in the U.S. in March of this year. This unique streaming service will celebrate the…
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BBC AMERICA’s New Thriller Killing Eve Commences Filming Across Europe
London, UK – Filming has commenced on BBC AMERICA’s all-new eight-part thriller, Killing Eve, penned by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and produced by Sid Gentle Films Ltd. Based on the ‘Villanelle’ novellas by Luke Jennings, Killing Eve follows two fiercely intelligent women – a psychopathic assassin and the woman charged with hunting her down. Starring Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Sideways) and Jodie Comer (The White Princess,…
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BBC Worldwide and Snapchat Inc. Announce Unique Content Partnership to Bring Planet Earth II to Snapchat Shows
New York, NY /London, UK – BBC Worldwide and Snap Inc have partnered to launch an exclusive series of Planet Earth II ‘Shows’ on Snapchat’s Discover Platform in the U.S. and Canada. In a first for mobile audiences, never-before-seen footage filmed for the landmark series will launch on Snapchat a day before the show’s February…
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BBC Worldwide and ITV Partner to Bring New SVOD Service BritBox to the U.S.
New York, NY /London, UK – BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, today announced a new joint venture that sees the two British content powerhouses combine forces to launch BritBox, an ad-free subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, in the U.S. during Q1, 2017. AMC Networks, which has…
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Sherlock Special Enjoys Global Cinema Success
London, UK /New York, NY – The 90 minute Victorian special, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, released in more than 6,000 screens in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and has already been seen by over five million people in these countries to date. It took the #1 spot in Hong Kong and South Korea…
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BBC and PBS Announce Four New Co-Productions: THE GREAT RACE, KOKO, MOUNTAINS, and NATURE “Natural Born Hustlers”
London, UK / Arlington, VA – Following the success of the ground-breaking BIG BLUE LIVE multimedia television, digital and social event that unfolded over two weeks from Monterey, CA, the BBC and PBS announce four new co-productions as part of their overall partnership deal signed earlier this year. These exciting new programs from the award-winning…
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