BBC Sport and Sidemen break new ground with FIFA World Cup watch-along
BBC Sport partnered with British YouTube collective the Sidemen to deliver a live watch-along of the Ecuador v Germany FIFA World Cup match on Thursday 25 June. The watch-along was streamed live across the BBC Football YouTube channel, the Sidemen’s MoreSidemen...
Netflix expands Hot Ones franchise with specials hosted by Sean Evans
Netflix is expanding the Hot Ones franchise with a new series of specials, Hot Ones: Extra Heat, according to an article published by Tudum. The series will adapt the established interview format for a series of 30-minute specials that move beyond the show’s...
Banijay Rights adds laughing chef Mike Reid to digital representation roster
Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of Banijay Entertainment, has cooked up a new digital representation deal with chef, TV presenter and author Mike Reid. Known as ‘The Laughing Chef’, Reid has hosted and judged on shows including Five Star Chef for Netflix, Good...
Channel 4.0 expands supplier base with three new digital original pilots
Channel 4 has unveiled three new original pilots for digital channel Channel 4.0 from GRM, V2L8 and Renaissance Studios, all ethnically diverse-led independent production companies. The new 20-minute-long single episode formats, Who Did Me Dirty?, Gen Wars and Fam or...
Merzigo secures David Letterman archive digital distribution task
Worldwide Pants Incorporated and NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution have announced a partnership with Merzigo to expand the digital distribution and monetisation of The Late Show with David Letterman library across global platforms. The multi-year collaboration will...












