Roku Surpasses 90 Million Households
California-based Roku has surpassed 90 million streaming households in the first week of January 2025.
In 2024, Roku celebrated 10 years of the Roku TV program and 15 years since the (…)
Up the Ladder: Kanal D, WildBrain
Kanal D International has appointed Sangerim Zhakhina as Sales manager for Russia and the CIS regions. A multilingual executive (English, Kazakh, Russian, and Turkish ) with over ten years of (…)
Fubo Ends Litigation With Venu
Last February, Fubo TV, the New York City-based streamer that offers a package of online linear channels similar to a cable TV operator, sued to block the launch of Venu (…)
Amazon to Release Melania Trump Doc
Amazon Prime Video has licensed a documentary about the former and future first lady Melania Trump.
Filming of (…)
WildBrain Unveils Teen Drama ‘Finding Her Edge’
WildBrain is teaming up with Netflix and Family Channel to produce the new live-action, teen drama Finding Her Edge, based on Jennifer Iacopelli’s novel of the same name and inspired (…)
Golden Globe Winners
The 82nd Golden Globe Awards were held last night at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles at a ceremony hosted by stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser and aired live on (…)
Up the Ladder: FEG, Fifth Season
• Prentiss Fraser has been appointed as president, FOX Entertainment Global. Based in Los Angeles, Fraser will oversee worldwide distribution, formats and off-platform sales for the FOX Television Network (…)
William (Bill) G. Gilbert 1932-2024
VideoAge first met with William (Bill) Gerald Gilbert in 1983 on the occasion of the publication of its annual Who’s Who issue. At that time Gilbert was working in the London program (…)
Streaming’s Lower Ad Spend
According to EDO, the Los Angeles and New York City-based firm that measures the impact of TV advertising across linear and streaming, Amazon Prime Video was the main U.S. streaming platform TV spender (…)
‘Going Home for Love’ in Poland
Endemol Shine Poland will produce a new season of reality dating format Going Home for Love (Żona dla Polaka) for TVP. Originally created by Nordisk Banijay Norway for TV2 Norway, this (…)