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YouTube uses Brandcast 2026 to highlight creator-led original content
Big Talk partners Mitchell & Webb on launch of global YouTube channel
Digital Creator Africa Academy partners with Video Rebirth to train African creators in AI-enabled microdrama production
Random or Related? Channel 4.0’s new genealogy format unites creators with long-lost family
Bryony Hopkins launches creator economy consultancy
Sports Illustrated launches FAST channel SI TV
Sports Illustrated has launched SI TV, a free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel that will operate 24/7 across multiple platforms, expanding the brand’s video distribution footprint. The channel is available at launch on platforms including Amazon Fire...
Fox expands microdrama push With Dhar Mann Studios deal
Fox Entertainment is scaling up its investment in vertical video through a multiyear deal with Dhar Mann Studios to produce original scripted microdramas for Holywater’s fast-growing MyDrama platform. The deal marks the creator-led studio’s first official move into...
Alix Earle to star in Netflix reality series From Fulwell Entertainment
Netflix is expanding its unscripted slate with a new reality series centred on social media star Alix Earle, according to the streamer’s in-house brand Tudum. The yet-to-be-titled series, slated to debut in 2026, will follow the Gen Z influencer as she navigates a...
TikTok creator Khaby Lame (and AI twin) set to shine after Rich Sparkle deal
US-listed Rich Sparkle Holdings has completed the acquisition of Step Distinctive Limited, a company associated with TikTok creator Khaby Lame, and entered into a strategic agreement covering the global commercialisation of his content and brand. Various media outlets...
The rise of micro drama and why UK producers need to take vertical seriously
Micro drama is moving fast and Samantha Sun thinks the UK is only just waking up to what is already a mature, multi-billion-dollar ecosystem elsewhere. Sun, a producer at ReelForce, joined Justin Crosby on TellyCast to unpack how vertical-first scripted series are...
Cosmic Shambles to launch eight part music history series on YouTube
The Cosmic Shambles Network has unveiled the trailer for its upcoming eight part docuseries For The Record: An Incomplete History of Music, which will launch on YouTube over Glastonbury Fallow Weekend 2026. The series, four years in the making, is presented by...
Substack expands video footprint with launch of TV App
Substack has launched a dedicated TV app for Apple TV and Google TV, giving subscribers the ability to watch video posts and livestreams from the creators they follow directly on their TV sets. The move extends Substack’s expansion into video and positions its growing...
BBC accelerates digital-first strategy with BBC Three YouTube channel and TikTok Creator Lab expansion
UK public broadcaster the BBC is doubling down on its digital-first ambitions, unveiling two new initiatives that further underline its determination to reach younger audiences on the platforms where they already spend most of their time. Following its recently...