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Entertainment
New film contest spotlights LGBTQ filmmakers
Digital prodco Project Greenlight, VOD player Section II and Glaad are taking on diversity challenges through a filmmaking contest.
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Advertising
Chipotle looks for love with new animated film
The feel-good digital short comes as the fast-food chain fights to repair its image in the wake of the 2015 outbreak of foodborne illnesses in the U.S.
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Entertainment
Shaftesbury/Smokebomb returns with Inhuman Condition
The prodco behind the runaway hit web series Carmilla is once again tapping the millennial female market with a short-form drama series.
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Entertainment
Amazon strikes exclusive streaming deal with PBS Kids
As it continues to take on Netflix and Hulu in the children’s SVOD market, the e-commerce giant has secured the rights to a massive new slate.
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Entertainment
India’s ArrĂ© spreads its wings
For the new digital media co, the partnership means global exposure through YuppTV, an OTT platform with eight million mobile downloads.
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Entertainment
Twitch sinks its teeth into Social Eating
The new food vertical is intended to provide broadcasters with a space to live-stream the preparation of a meal in front of viewers, and eat it, too.
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Entertainment
Cameras roll on Adam Wingard’s Death Note for Netflix
The global SVOD picked up the adaptation of the Japanese manga earlier this year after the project was reportedly dropped by Warner Bros.
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Entertainment
Netflix heads to space with its newest reboot
The SVOD has commissioned a remake of the 60’s sci-fi series Lost in Space, hoping to tap fans of the original, along with younger audiences.
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Distribution
The Runner goes live July 1 on go90, AOL
The debut of the series comes as Verizon looks to raise the profile of its mobile streamer, and vastly boost its content-discoverability capability.
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Entertainment
Sarah Gadon to headline Netflix miniseries Alias Grace
The project, created by and starring Canadians, is another example of the global SVOD’s strategy of tailoring international content to local markets.