Category: Film & TV
Warner Bros. says it will send ALL its 2021 releases to a streaming service at same time as to cinemas. Book publishers – wake up and smell the coffee
This is just one more digital genie that, once out of the bottle, is not going to go back in. HBO...
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“Let there be more films based on books by contemporary Ukrainian authors”
“It’s great that we have so much literature spanning different genres. Let there be more...
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Netflix targets 500 million subscribers by 2030. Rolls out mobile-only subscription option for Nigeria’s 126 million internet users. Publishers look the other way
“We want to tell amazing stories tailored to different languages, different tastes, and different...
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Showmax Pro rolled out video streaming across more than 40 African countries last month as digital publishing remained a novelty
A big part of the problem lies in content rights. How is it, for example, that Amazon can provide...
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The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter for serious self-publishers, Publish Global # 5, is now out
The free StreetLib-TNPS B2B global-perspectives newsletter for the serious self-publisher with...
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Netflix globally releasing 44 Arabic films from MENA. MENA publishers dither over digital and limit reach
Netflix is releasing a catalogue of 44 Arabic films combining cinematic masterpieces with...
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Netflix Nigeria to adapt classic African literature for TV streaming. Can publishers rise to the opportunity?
When news broke on June 12 that Netflix Nigeria was to adapt some classic African literature for...
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Mapping the New Normal: Children’s book wins Australia Book of the Year award for first time. Ceremony streamed, of course. This is 2020
The Australian Book Industry awards, affectionately known as Abias, is hosted by the Australian...
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Mapping the New Normal – unlimited streaming services from Alamo, Yippee and Mills & Boon as Faber CEO admits “lockdown lessons will outlast the pandemic”
Unlimited video streaming services are proliferating like wildfire, and unlimited ebook and...
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The TNPS Week In Review: January 19-25
For those who don’t get the chance to open all the regular email notifications from TNPS, a...
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As publishers look the other way, Hopster joins the video operators that understand Africa’s half billion internet user digital-first potential
Africa starts the new decade with substantially over 520 million people online. 522 million was...
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Someone forgot to tell Witcher fans about “Screen Fatigue” and the “Attention Economy”. Publisher struggles to keep up with “phenomenal” sales across print, ebook and audio
One of the more amusing aspects of watching publishing evolve is seeing what the next sound-bite...
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