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Blue Zoo launches creator-focused Ideas Fund to fast-track digital-first IP
Animation studio Blue Zoo has launched The Ideas Fund, a new internal development initiative designed to accelerate creator-led projects and test audience demand through digital-first releases. Positioned as a complement to the studio's traditional production...
Netflix expands creator strategy with multi-show deal for Mythical Entertainment content
Netflix has struck a content partnership with creator-led studio Mythical Entertainment that will see three of the company's flagship unscripted series become available on the streaming platform from September 2026. The deal represents the latest example of Netflix...
UK tightens the screw on social video’s youth audience
The UK government will impose default overnight curfews on social media use by 16 and 17-year-olds and switch off addictive platform features for the age group, in measures announced today that carry significant consequences for anyone building digital-first video...
Channel 4 opens sport social channels to branded entertainment with North Sails series
Channel 4 has commissioned its first social branded entertainment series for Channel 4 Sport's digital channels, partnering with sailing brand North Sails on Force of Nature, a three-part series produced by Finite Films & TV. The series pits three professional...
Wall of Entertainment partners Chronicle Media on audience growth strategy for US YouTube originals
UK-based digital entertainment studio Wall of Entertainment has partnered with AI audience platform Chronicle Media as it expands into the US market with its first original American YouTube series. The agreement will see Chronicle provide audience discovery, channel...
Little Dot Studios aims to triple clients’ YouTube revenue with introduction of HyperLaunch
Little Dot Studios has launched a new proprietary optimisation technology called HyperLaunch. According to the company, HyperLaunch “helps broadcasters, distributors, sports rights holders, brands and content owners rapidly scale their YouTube output, significantly...
Video rebooted the audio star: the rapid rise of the visualised podcast
Podcasts are no longer just audio experiences. As platforms, audiences and economics shift, a new video-first era is emerging - turning simple shows into multi-platform brands designed to be watched, shared and scaled. The Drop investigates. The podcast boom has been...
Rakuten partners Sony Pictures Entertainment on launch of 20 FAST channels
Streaming platform Rakuten TV has announced the launch of twenty new FAST channels in a new deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). The 20 free ad-supported channels - a mix of single IP channels and scripted series genre channels - have launched across the UK,...