BBC opens £80,000 YouTube development scheme for Northern Ireland indies
The BBC and Northern Ireland Screen are backing eight independent production companies with £10,000 each in development funding to pitch series for two new BBC YouTube channels. The Digital Hot House initiative, announced at the Belfast Media Festival by BBC factual...
Goalhanger renews audio thriller Bear Hunt after 1m downloads
Goalhanger has confirmed a second series of its original geopolitical audio thriller Bear Hunt for 2027, after the ten-part debut run surpassed one million downloads. The first series follows a fictional British mission to assassinate the Russian president, with the...
Jubilee Media moves into short-form series with People Watching and Dateable
Jubilee Media, the digital media studio behind YouTube formats Surrounded and Middle Ground, has launched its first dedicated short-form series, People Watching. A second format, Dateable, is due to debut on December 8 across the YouTube Shorts, Instagram and TikTok...
wedotv adds seven FAST channels to Fire TV Channels in deal that takes it into Japan
Swiss streaming operator wedotv is rolling out seven free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels on Amazon’s Fire TV Channels service, with three going out internationally and four tailored to Germany and Japan. Under the agreement announced on November...
Drew and Jonathan Scott (aka Property Brothers) launch original YouTube series Open Concept
Drew and Jonathan Scott, the hosts and executive producers behind HGTV’s flagship show Property Brothers, have launched an original long-form series on their own YouTube channel. Open Concept premiered on November 10, with new episodes scheduled to drop on Tuesdays...
BBC opens £80,000 YouTube development scheme for Northern Ireland indies
Goalhanger renews audio thriller Bear Hunt after 1m downloads
Jubilee Media moves into short-form series with People Watching and Dateable
wedotv adds seven FAST channels to Fire TV Channels in deal that takes it into Japan
