EXCLUSIVE: Iain Glen is swapping the warlords of Westeros for the Vikings in his latest project.
The Game of Thrones actor will narrate the ten-part podcast series Real Vikings, which comes from audio network Noiser. The series premieres on March 10 and will explore the truth behind Viking…
Iran's rich cinematic history has yielded multiple Oscar wins in recent years for narrative/fictional work, as well as a 2026 nomination in the Best International Feature category for Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident. But an Iranian-made documentary had never earned an Oscar nomination …
EXCLUSIVE: Canadian media and entertainment company, Bell Media, has invested in Daylight Media Company and podcast network, QCode.
The investment, made through Bell Ventures, Bell's Corporate Venture Capital arm, includes a commercial partnership that will see the two companies team on original…
Goalhanger co-founder Tony Pastor has claimed young people are connecting with podcasts that “no commissioner at a TV station in the UK would dream of commissioning.”
In a keynote talk at MIP London last night, Pastor outlined the case for Goalhanger’s podcast-first model, and said there was a…
For comedian Max Amini, building a dream career meant taking the long road.
“My career has been a long career and a very difficult career in so many ways, in the sense where I’m American, I’m also Iranian. The industry has always had a difficult time understanding what box to put me in,” Amini…
When Netflix unveiled its first wave of video podcasts, the lineup reflected a wide cross-section of the creator economy, from sports analysts and true-crime junkies to radio hosts and other cultural commentators.
Conspicuously scarce, however, were comedians.
Sure, there have been a few…
Six nominees for WGA Awards in the Comedy/Variety Series – Talk or Sketch category grappled Wednesday night with one of the great riddles of our age: Is Donald Trump actually funny?
Opinions on the topic – one of many covered in a multi-faceted, 90-minute discussion about the craft of comedy…
How Long Gone, a podcast aimed at the "bi-coastal elite", is moving into the video world.
Amplify Pictures, the company behind HBO's 100 Foot Wave, and Talkhouse, which distributes the HLG podcast, have teamed up with hosts Chris Black and Jason Stewart to launch a digital spinoff series – How Lo…
Paul, just Paul. Not "Sir Paul." Not "Mr. McCartney."
That's how the former Beatle prefers to be called when he sits down for an interview, according to filmmaker Morgan Neville, who spent many hours over many months with McCartney for his new documentary Man on the Run.
"I have to…
EXCLUSIVE: Eva Longoria’s Hyphenate Media Group and iHeartMedia’s Latino network My Cultura have unveiled a slate of four podcasts for this year.
This will include Who Made You, an interview show in which Longoria will sit down with entertainment stars to talk about how they found success. It…
Apple is getting in on the rise of the video podcast.
The tech company is set to start rolling out video on its popular podcast app. It comes over 20 years after Apple first started supporting podcasts via iTunes and launched a standalone app in 2012.
The move comes as the battle for…
As Netflix launches its first original video podcast with Pete Davidson, SAG-AFTRA has stepped in to negotiate on behalf of the comedian’s show.
With The Pete Davidson Show establishing a new format for Netflix and other streaming platforms, the union reached out to the streamer to determine…