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The global streaming wars are driving unprecedented investment in TV production, with new outlets like Disney+ betting big on international content, but one executive says: It s make hay while the sun shines.
Like the stock market surging in response to a trillion-dollar government stimulus package, the global television industry is enjoying an unprecedented boom, with producers across all genres from high-end drama series to quick-hit reality TV formats benefiting from the truckloads of cash global streamers are pumping into the business. From the major SVODs Netflix and Amazon, new players like Disney+, Apple and HBO Max and more niche streamers, the opportunities are off the board, says Matt Creasey, global sales, co-productions and acquisitions executive for French-based TV studio Banijay. We re working with everyone, from [AMC Networks-owned streamers] Acorn TV and Sundance Now to the likes of Hulu and Peacock.. We ve also seen a huge appetite for content
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David Beckham to Star in Disney Plus Series Save Our Squad
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David Beckham is set to present a new Disney Plus series called “Save Our Squad.”
Co-produced by Twenty Twenty and Beckham’s production outfit Studio 99, the series will find the football icon returning to East London football pitches where he played as a child. He will mentor a young grassroots side who are struggling to survive in the league.
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Beckham and his team will take the players, their coach and their community on a transformative journey of a lifetime. “Save our Squad” will be executive produced by Disney commissioner Sean Doyle, who joined the company last year.
In conversation with Fulwell 73’s Ben Winston at Digital MIPTV today, David Beckham discussed his ambitions for his company Studio 99 and the projects he has in development, including a doc about his life and career.
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The soccer star spoke of his legacy as a professional athlete and his future as a television producer in a free-ranging and highly personal keynote address for digital MIPTV.
Soccer star David Beckham spoke of his legacy as a professional athlete and his future as a television producer in a free-ranging and highly personal keynote address for digital MIPTV.
Speaking with Ben Winston of Fulwell 73 Productions, the Emmy-winning producer of
The Late Late Show With James Corden in a prerecorded interview, Beckham reflected back on the high- and lowlights of his career behind a ball and in front of a camera.