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Sky U.K.’s Meghan Lyvers Discusses IP, Original Content Mix and “Increasing the Emotional Stakes”
Sky, owned by Comcast, is continuing to expand its investment in original scripted content even as it pursues a separate $2.13 billion deal to acquire ITV’s networks and streaming businesses. Meghan Lyvers, Sky UK’s managing director of scripted originals, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of her appearance at the Edinburgh TV Festival about the…
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Netflix’ Latest Marketing Mash-Up Pairs Stella Artois With ‘The Gentlemen’
Netflix has struck a marketing partnership with Anheuser-Busch InBev to promote the second season of its Guy Ritchie series “The Gentlemen” by transforming the historic Marlborough Pub in London into a themed venue in the show’s style. Running from 3 to 5 September, the takeover lets visitors hunt for hidden references to the series while…
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Husband of skincare mogul who was found dead at Sunshine Coast home was struck and stabbed during a home invasion, court told
A committal hearing has heard that Zdravko Bilic, husband of Melbourne skincare entrepreneur Gry Tomte, may have been struck with a hammer as well as fatally stabbed during a home invasion at their Sunshine Coast property. Nineteen-year-old Kieysha Jade Sky appeared at Maroochydore Magistrates Court charged with murder, vehicle theft and break-in offences, with the…
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Star Wars Zero Company launches worldwide on 27 August
STAR WARS Zero Company is scheduled to launch worldwide for PC and consoles on Thursday, 27 August, with no reported changes to its release plans. The game is a single-player turn-based tactics title from Bit Reactor, set during the final stages of the Clone Wars and centred on commanding an elite squad through an original…
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Showjumper rides down aisle at her ‘magical’ wedding in ‘most meaningful tribute’ to late father
A former showjumper, Kelly Ogier, 34, from Guernsey, rode her horse Tink down the aisle at her wedding as a tribute to her late father, who could not be present to give her away. She said the loss of her father had put her off marrying, and that having Tink accompany her was the “most…
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UK energy secretary says looking at ‘what more we can do’ as typical annual bill rises to £1,723 from October – business live
UK households face a fourth energy price cap rise this year, with the typical annual bill increasing by £60 to £1,723 from October, Ofgem announced, making it the highest level in three years. The increase stems from wholesale gas price volatility linked to the ongoing Iran conflict, prompting renewed pressure on the government to shield…
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With no friends left to burn, Trump is running out of diplomatic ammunition | Rafael Behr
Rafael Behr argues that Donald Trump’s war against Iran has become a strategic and reputational disaster for the United States, even as the president insists he is winning. Six months after military action intended to topple Tehran’s regime and seize its oil resources, Iran remains under hardline control and is demanding financial concessions from Washington,…
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‘Trying’s Rafe Spall & Esther Smith on Why Season 5’s Perfect Ending Isn’t Really the End
Apple TV’s comedy-drama Trying has wrapped its fifth season, with stars Rafe Spall and Esther Smith discussing the finale in an interview with Collider. The season pushed adoptive parents Nikki and Jason into new emotional territory following the return of their children’s biological mother, Kat, while also testing the couple’s relationship through Nikki’s growing attachment…
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Marlo Miazga Launches M Media With CBC Order For “Deeply Personal” Doc ‘Ground Control’
Canadian producer Marlo Miazga is launching a new Toronto-based production company, M Media, with its debut project being a deeply personal documentary for CBC about the loss of her 14-year-old child, Mars, to suicide in 2020. The film, titled Ground Control, is being made alongside a memoir of the same name that Miazga is writing…
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Ventures Platform goes bigger — and broader — with its second Africa fund
Ventures Platform, a Pan-African venture capital firm headquartered in Nigeria, has closed an oversubscribed $83 million second fund, expanding its geographic focus beyond its home market as it responds to a tougher, more selective fundraising environment. The firm will back early-stage founders across fintech, healthcare, SaaS and other sectors, with a particular interest in how…