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BBC Studioworks Inks Scottish Studio Deal BBC Studioworks, the BBC’s commercial studio and facilities outfit, has been named as the operator of Scotland’s soon-to-open 10,500 sq ft Kelvin Hall studio. Kelvin Hall will open late next year, hosting a range of entertainment shows following £7.9M ($10.4M) investment from…

Digital comics platform Webtoon and original stories platform Wattpad are teaming up to bring out a new series of webcomics and web novels featuring some of the world’s hottest K-pop artists. Teaming with HYBE, the company that produces BTS, Tomorrow X Together (TXT) and Enhypen, the new series will launch on January…

Social storytelling platform Wattpad and digital comic platform Webtoon announced a merger of their studio divisions to create Wattpad Webtoon Studios with the parent company of both, Naver, committing $100 million for development and production financing. Wattpad, based in Toronto, was recently acquired by Naver a…

EXCLUSIVE: The world’s largest digital comic publisher Webtoon is expanding with its newly launched production division Webtoon Studios. The new production arm connects Webtoon’s huge library of titles and creators with entertainment platforms including film, television, interactive entertainment, licensing and…

EXCLUSIVE: Webtoon, the webcomic publisher and app that reaches more than 15 million daily readers, has partnered with The Jim Henson Company to develop Rachel Smythe’s Lore Olympus as an animated series aimed at young adults. Lore Olympus, a stylized, contemporary, and vamped-up reworking of Greek mythology, is the…