Mar 29 2019
BritBox – Too Little Too Late?
ITV’s Carolyn McCall has defended the broadcaster’s SVOD service with the BBC, BritBox UK, saying the endeavour is sufficiently “distinctive” and will be “liberating” for producers. Unveiled a month ago by McCall, BritBox UK is intended to be the British equivalent of the eponymous two-year-old US SVOD, offering both archive content and originals. However, its […]
Apr 18 2019
My5 acquires Sony dramas
VOD service My5 will host the UK premieres of two dramas from Sony Pictures Television. The platform has picked up OTT-originated dramas The Oath and Bloom, which will both air on My5 as first-run exclusives in the UK, bolstering the platform’s drama slate. Mystery drama Bloom (6 x 60 minutes) originally aired on Australian SVOD […]
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By Expat • Channel 5 • • Tags: Channel 5, Crackle, James Tatam, My5, Sony Pictures Television, Stan, SVoD, The Oath, Viacom, VOD