MultiChoice, NBCUniversal and Sky have entered into a new partnership to bring content and technology to streaming customers in MultiChoice’s 50 markets in sub-Saharan Africa. MultiChoice launched Showmax as the first African streaming service in 2015 and the deal announced today will build the new Showmax group, which will be 70% owned by MultiChoice and 30% by NBCU, to build on the previous success of Building Showmax and continue to lead the streaming service in Africa. It will be based on Peacock’s technology and will leverage MultiChoice’s accelerated investment in local productions with international content licensed from NBCU and Sky, as well as third-party content from HBO, Warner Bros International, Sony and others, and live football from the Combine English Premier League. Details on the launch of the new Showmax service will be announced at a later date.
Mexico’s federal government has agreed with major Hollywood studios to form a working group that will focus on growing the country’s film industry and encouraging new investment and jobs. An important goal is to bring further productions to Mexico. On Monday in Los Angeles, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard met with 50 mayors and 17 ministers of economic development from 22 Mexican states with representatives of Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros and the MPA and agreed to create a working group to create the interests of the studios in the production of new films and series in Mexico. “This means more or less more than a million jobs in Mexico,” Ebrard said. It was also agreed to include film-related issues on the agenda of the Mexico-US high-level business dialogue, which will facilitate coordination between the two countries to promote expansion in the audiovisual sector. The creative industries currently contribute 54 billion pesos (US$3 billion) directly and 42 billion pesos (US$2.3 billion) indirectly to the Mexican economy annually.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalists to strike next week in first protected union action in 17 years The protector. This is the first step in a series of measures to improve wages and working conditions. Although it will only be 40 minutes long, it’s time to tough it out to cover an important news story – the Reserve Bank of Australia’s board meeting and official spot rate announcement on March 7. It follows news that BBC staff will hold their first 24-hour strike at 11am on March 15, timed to coincide with the UK government’s budget, while the coronation of King Charles and Eurovision are also targeting industry is.
Source: Deadline
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