BBC Select: BBC Studios To Launch Subscription Streaming Service In U.S. & Canada

2021 began with a postponement of hope, the usual optimism surrounding the start of a new year dampened by the bleak reality that all of 2020’s biggest crises will be with us for a while longer. Continued quarantine, combined with the winter chill, probably makes the January 4 launch of Discovery+ one of the best-timed debuts of a streaming service.

BBC risks losing “large parts” of its BAME audience forever due to worse representation than streaming services such as Netflix.Speaking in his new book Access All Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond (via The Times), Henry says the high-profile death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May, which sparked worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, made him realise that “systemic change” is needed in the film and TV industry.“A lot of the time at work, I am lonely.

Brandi Carlile has shared her Soundgarden collaboration ‘A Rooster Says’ on streaming services.The two-track 12″ vinyl was originally shared for the second edition of 2020’s Record Store Day series.The single features versions of Soundgarden tracks ‘Black Hole Sun’ and ‘Searching With My Good Eye Closed’, recorded with the band’s surviving members.Until now, they’ve only been available in physical form, but to welcome 2021, the two tracks are now available to hear online – listen to both

The Office were given a New Year’s Day surprise yesterday (January 1) in the form of a previously unseen cold open.The five-minute unaired cold open, which was originally cut for time from the 2013 series finale, marked the show’s move from Netflix to NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service.In the clip Jim, Pam, a trained black cat, Glenn from the warehouse and his twin brother Ben, and security guard Hank are all in on an elaborate plan to convince Dwight that he’s living in The Matrix.You can

The KLF have added a number of tracks from their back catalogue to streaming services for the very first time.The British electronic duo (made up of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty), who scored a series of global hits in the late 80s and early 90s, famously walked away from the music industry in 1992.Their departure from the business followed an appearance at that year’s BRIT Awards, during which they fired machine gun blanks into the audience and then dumped a dead sheep at the aftershow

FuboTV’s yo-yo action on the New York Stock Exchange continued today as shares in the streaming service fell 14% to $33.25 amid a noisy debate about the stock’s potential.

You can add Pedro Almodóvar to the list of filmmakers not entirely happy with the rise of streaming in the movie industry. The Spanish filmmaker was among a group of filmmakers who signed a letter calling for a levy that would make streaming services re-invest part of their turnover in European countries back into independent cinema.

Daft Punk have released a new deluxe edition of their TRON: Legacy soundtrack on streaming platforms, featuring songs that have never previously been available on services.The dance duo created the soundtrack to the movie, which was released in 2010.While all of the tracks on the new edition have been available in some form, nine of them were only released on vinyl or as exclusives on various digital stores.‘TRON: Legacy – The Complete Edition’ was released on December 18 – 10 years and one day

EXCLUSIVE: DAZN Unveils ‘Club Ibiza: The Sessions’ Original Sports streamer DAZN has unveiled its latest original: A documentary going behind the scenes of Ibiza soccer club UD Ibiza, which has dreams of making it all the way to La Liga. The five-part series, which premieres from December 25 around the world, features interviews with president Amadeo Salvo and Italian soccer star Marco Borriello, who played for UD Ibiza.

Grimes has changed the cover of her album ‘Miss Anthropocene’ on streaming services – see the new artwork below.In April, Claire Boucher shared an Instagram photo of the cover now seen online, calling it the “original” album cover, and her favourite version.“I polled a bunch of ppl and everyone said not to use it (??),” she wrote at the time, “but I wish I trusted my gut. I fucking LOVE this painting.“Maybe there’s a way to utilise it still,” she added at the time.

Bring Me The Horizon‘s 2016 show at The Royal Albert Hall will be available on streaming services as of tomorrow (December 18).‘Live At The Albert Hall’ captures a performance in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, for which they were accompanied by a full orchestra.live at the royal albert hall.

Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of U.K. broadcaster BBC, is launching ad-free streaming channel BBC Select on Amazon Prime Video Channels and the Apple TV app in early 2021.The service will offer programs from the U.K.

Common Sense Networks, the for-profit media arm of Common Sense Media, plans to launch a streaming service for kids in 2021. Sensical will be a free, ad-supported streaming platform, offering up shortform entertainment programming for children ages 2 to 12.Its library will includes titles from major media partners like ABC Commercial and Sesame Workshop and fromdigital-first creators including Bounce Patrol and Mother Goose Club.

Common Sense Media’s for-profit affiliate has announced the 2021 launch of Sensical, a free streaming platform aiming to deliver a highly vetted collection of short-form videos for kids aged 2 to 12.

TIFF Drama Gets Canada Deal

Disney has revealed more details of its international launch of general entertainment streaming service Star.

BBC Studios unveiled a new content catalogue deal Thursday with Lionsgate Play covering the streaming platform's presence in the vast India market. Under the agreement, five of BBC Studios recent scripted dramas have been selected for the service, with the shows subtitled into multiple regional Indian languages.

Guy Lodge Film Critic“Don’t mess with the grand diva,” says 8-year-old Arjie, usually in private or under his breath, to a world determined to mess with him from all sides.