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A new research study published by measurement firm Ampere Analysis on Tuesday reveals premium subscription platforms earned more revenue than public service broadcasters in Europe.

The shift marks the first time that premium streaming services have overtaken public service broadcasters as the biggest driver of television revenue on the continent. It comes as more foreign streaming services launch a mixture of premium and ad-supported subscription offerings throughout Europe, and as public service broadcasters — who are largely reliant on taxes to support their operations — grapple with the uptick in competition.

A chart published by Ampere Analysis on Tuesday showed the amount of money earned from public service broadcasters in Europe has been relatively steady at just above €25 billion (around U.S. $26.3 billion) every year since 2016. Meanwhile, revenue attributed to premium streaming services has climbed from just under €5 million (around U.

Zero Day is one of Netflix's most popular and talked about shows at the moment, which doesn't come as a surprise given its compelling storyline and amazingly talented cast. I mean, who wouldn't want to watch a show starring big names such as Robert De Niro, Angela Bassett, Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan, Connie Britton, etc.?

The entire first season of the new political thriller dropped on Netflix on Feb. 20, and with just six episodes, it didn't take long for viewers to binge-watch the whole installment. As expected, many rushed to search for details about a potential second season. However, they may not find the news they were hoping for. With Zero Day being billed as a limited series, the chances of it returning with a new season are slim, as its storyline is intended to be a self-contained narrative.

While this is disappointing news, there's no need to fret...

To close out 2024, Netflix debuted its new British spy thriller series, Black Doves, and tons of people tuned in to see if it was any good. Not only did it deliver, but it far surpassed most viewers' expectations. With its short six-episode first season, fans quickly binged the series. Luckily, they didn’t have to worry about the future of the show, as Netflix had already renewed Black Doves for a second season before its premiere. We're talking four months earlier. Looks like Netflix knew it had a hit on its hands!

Black Doves was created by Joe Barton. The series stars Keira Knightley as Helen Webb, an undercover professional spy determined to uncover the truth behind the murder of her secret lover. Accompanying her is Sam Young, an old friend and skilled assassin, tasked with protecting her. The explosive season 1 finale left viewers craving more, and while they will eventually get a second installment,...

Keira Knightley’s espionage thriller Black Doves is already making waves on Netflix, and fans are eager to know if the London-based spy drama will return for Season 2. Here’s everything we know so far about the hit series and its future.

What Is Black Doves About?

Black Doves follows Helen Webb (Keira Knightley), a spy working for a private espionage agency that trades in high-stakes secrets. While navigating her dual life as the wife of the UK government’s defence secretary, Helen begins a vengeful quest when her lover is assassinated during the Christmas season. Teaming up with her old mentor Sam Young (Ben Whishaw), the series dives into a dangerous underworld filled with deception, action, and bloodshed.

The six-episode series has been a hit with critics, boasting a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes and earning praise for its gripping storytelling and Knightley’s unique take on a spy protagonist.

Netflix's spy thriller Black Doves has already set up the perfect twist - and the perfect new character - for season 2. Reviews for Black Doves season 1 have praised the series extensively, and the Netflix show is already confirmed for a second season (via Tudum). Critics and audience alike have praised both the acting of Keira Knightley, who plays Helen Webb, and the show's intricate and surprising plot. Black Doves is so well-written, it seems, that it has possibly already prepared some major new characters and plot twists for the second season.

Helen's personal and professional lives are already confusingly intertwined, even to her, but Black Doves season 2 could make it even more intricate. Already, Helen's marriage to Wallace Webb (Andrew Buchan) has been threatened by another Black Dove, her affair with Jason Davies (Andrew Koji) ended with his death, and the investigation she started to get revenge nearly...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

Keira Knightley's Netflix espionage series Black Doves includes several significant character deaths, particularly in the shocking season 1 finale. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of. Reed...

Sam Young (Ben Whishaw) didn't kill Hector Newman (Luther Ford) the first time he got the chance in Black Doves, and his mercy caused all sorts of problems in Netflix's spy thriller. The reviews for Black Doves have praised the spy-thriller for being an interesting combination of a spy thriller and a heartfelt Christmas series. That combination of high-stakes action and endearing shows of emotion and humor helped Black Doves debut with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Combining heartwarming moments and brutal spy stories also opened the door to some major problems, however.

Lenny Lines (Kathryn Hunter) hired Sam to kill the Newman brothers, including the young Hector. However, he refused to pull the trigger on the last one, which snowballed into a massive number of problems for him and the rest of the cast of Black Doves. Hector brought a team to kill Sam at the apartment he shared with...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

Keira Knightley's Netflix espionage series Black Doves has a major twist that reveals the true identity of her secret love interest, Jason. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of.

[This story contains some spoilers from Black Doves.]

It rarely ends well for spies who are in love in Hollywood movies and TV series. Inevitably, they betray or shoot their partners out of cold-hearted duty.

But that didn’t stop Joe Barton, creator of Black Doves, the Netflix Christmas spy thriller now streaming, from encumbering star Keira Knightley as dedicated wife and professional spook Helen Webb with Ben Whishaw’s Sam Young, a fellow spy and assassin, in all matters of love and relationships.

Barton tells The Hollywood Reporter that when writing the first season of Black Doves (the series has already been renewed), he wanted to get away from the glitz and ritz of John Le Carré’s Cold War spycraft to portray two “fallible human beings who just happened to be in this heightened world of espionage and murder and all that.”

For cloak and dagger skullduggery, tune in to Peacock’s 10-episode thriller The Day of the Jackal,...

Netflix’s newest spy thriller, Black Doves, is already generating a lot of buzz. After just one day of release, it’s now in the #2 slot on the streamer’s list of Top 10 TV Shows, with many praising the performance of star Keira Knightley. The six-episode series sees the former Pirates of the Caribbean actress take on the role of Helen, a spy leading a double life who faces exposure after her lover is murdered. Now, 24 hours after its debut, we already have a glimpse into what we can expect from Season 2 thanks to creator Joe Barton.

Speaking with Variety, Barton touched on a number of topics regarding his spy thriller, which is set during Christmas – something he says he loves to write about, much to the chagrin of the cast and crew who had to endure holiday music for most of the production. When asked whether Season 2 of Black Doves...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves episode 1.

Keira Knightley's Helen Webb is a secret agent in the covert spy organization known as the Black Doves in Netflix's espionage series Black Doves. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

Keira Knightley's Helen Webb takes on various personas and aliases in Netflix's espionage series Black Doves. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of. Reed confronts...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves.

Netflix's espionage series Black Doves has a strong soundtrack full of classic Christmas hits and other great songs. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Keira Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of. Reed...

Black Doves is a 2024 spy thriller series streaming on Netflix that blends British deadpan humor with blazing bullets and dangerous spy networks to make for an entertaining watch. The series follows Helen Webb, a woman married to the Defense Secretary of the UK, whose seemingly normal and boring life is shaken up after a Justice Department worker is mysteriously murdered. Helen’s real identity and alliances come crashing out of the closet, and she has to protect the secret from her family and the rest of the world, all while solving the murder mystery as well. Overall, Black Doves is quite a thrilling series to watch and is a rare presentation by Netflix standards, with characters worth rooting for.

Spoiler Alert

What is the Netflix series about?

Set entirely in London, Black Doves begins on a night only a few days before Christmas, with a man named Jason Davies realizing that he is being followed.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

The ending of Keira Knightley's Netflix espionage series Black Doves finds Helen and Sam uncertain of their futures after their showdown with the Clarks. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs.

Keira Knightley trades the Black Pearl for the Black Doves in her new Netflix series, turning from pirate to spy.

The new series, now streaming on Netflix, is a thriller centered on Helen, a mother and devoted wife — who just so happens to also be a professional spy who’s been passing on secrets about her politician husband to her bosses. So, maybe not super devoted.

When her secret lover is assassinated, her spymaster, Helen’s old friend Sam — who is an assassin — is called in to keep her safe.

You’ll definitely recognize a lot of faces in this series, so we’ve rounded them up for you. Here’s a handy guide to the “Black Doves” cast.

Netflix Helen Webb (Keira Knightley)

Helen is a spy known as a Black Dove, who steals secrets from her husband and passing them on to her employers. She’s played by...

Netflix's spy thriller starring Keira Knightley, Black Doves, boasts an impressive cast of deeply talented British actors. Black Doves follows Helen Webb (Knightley), a member of the eponymous spy group based in London. Helen sells secrets she steals from her husband, Wallace (Andrew Buchan), but after her secret lover is killed, she goes on a quest for revenge. It's far from a typical holiday movie, but Black Doves used its star-studded cast to tremendous effect.

Black Doves debuted to a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a large part of its critical success is due to its cast. Reviews for Black Doves have praised Keira Knightley in particular, but also stars like Sarah Lancashire and Ben Whishaw. Even the supporting cast of Black Doves contributed some stellar performances, and they all combined to create one of the best action shows on Netflix. The cast is filled with Oscar, Emmy, and Olivier nominees and winners,...

December is finally here and with it comes a bunch of new movies and shows to Netflix. This week brings a ton of new additions, including a Christmas special from a famous pop star, a new drama series, and the start of the final season of a popular anime show.

First up is A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter! The Xmas special hits Netflix on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. In the musical special, Carpenter will sing, welcome guests, and be her overall delightful self. Some of the guests will include Cara Delevingne, Sean Astin, Quinta Bronson, Shania Twain, and Chapell Roan. I will definitely be watching this to start off my holiday season!

Take a look at the trailer here:

Black Doves is also coming to Netflix this week! The series stars Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, Tracey Ullman, Sarah Lancashire, and Finn Bennett and comes to Netflix on Thursday, Dec. 5. The series...

Keira Knightley shines in and elevates Netflix's espionage series Black Doves, making it one of her most impressive television efforts. Knightley recently led the cast of Hulu's true crime drama Boston Strangler, which most found engaging albeit derivative of other serial killer series. While the same could be said about Black Doves and the spy thriller genre, creator Joe Barton (The Lazarus Project) morphs several genres – action, thriller, romance, comedy – into an ambitious series that is thoroughly enjoyable.

Black Doves is a drama series that centers on the complex interplay of espionage and personal relationships. Focused on Helen Webb, a seasoned spy striving to balance her covert missions with a turbulent family life, the series delves into themes of loyalty, betrayal, and sacrifice. Starring Keira Knightley, it examines the moral ambiguities faced by those who live double lives in service to their countries.

Cast Ella Lily Hyland, Omari Douglas,...

Netflix’s latest espionage thriller, “Black Doves,” arrives just in time for the holidays. It offers a new twist on the spy genre that’s both thrilling and wickedly amusing. Beginning on December 5th, this six-episode series transports viewers to a world where secrets are currency and loyalty is a fluid idea.

Helen Webb, beautifully portrayed by Keira Knightley, is at the center of the story, living the seemingly perfect life of a politician’s wife. Her flawless façade conceals a complicated double agent working for the Black Doves. This mercenary spy outfit sells intelligence to the highest bidder. Her carefully created facade begins to crumble when her secret boyfriend, Jason Davies, is slain under unexplained circumstances.

What unfolds is a high-stakes conspiracy involving far more than just murder. The series weaves a complex narrative about a murdered Chinese ambassador, geopolitical tensions, and a web of secrets that endanger Helen’s entire existence.

Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw star in the spy thriller series Black Doves, heading to Netflix in December. Here’s the trailer.

Keira Knightley’s latest project is the Netflix spy thriller series Black Doves, which is set at Christmas in London. Netflix has already ordered a second series, such is its level of confidence.

The cast also includes Andrew Buchan, Kathryn Hunter, Sam Troughton, Ella Lily Hyland, Adam Silver, Ken Nwosu, Gabrielle Creevy and Omari Douglas.

The show, due to stream as we’re all opening our Peppa Pig advent calendars in December, is written by Joe Barton, who also wrote the terrific BBC series Giri/Haji.

Watch the trailer below. You know, if you feel like it – we aren’t trying to force you or anything.

Finally, the synopsis reads as follows:

Black Doves follows Helen Webb (Keira Knightley), a quick-witted, down to earth, dedicated wife and mother — and professional spy.

Keira Knightley is making her Black Doves debut.

The Netflix spy thriller was first announced back in April 2023 as a U.K. commission, from in-demand writer Joe Barton and production company Sister (Chernobyl, The Power). Netflix, earlier during the 2024 Edinburgh TV Festival, announced it had already ordered a second season of Black Doves ahead of the first season’s debut.

Now, with the first look image (above) and teaser (below), Black Doves is taking shape, as Knightley plays a British agent whose cover is threatened when her secret lover is assassinated, and she goes looking for revenge.

Season one debuts Dec. 5, 2024.

And with the first look, Netflix has revealed more of the synopsis.

The British star plays Helen Webb, a dedicated wife and mother and professional spy. Having passed her politician husband’s secrets to the Black Doves, a shadowy group, Webb’s covert identity is endangered when a lover,...

Netflix is having a big day with their 2024 release announcements. Their series and film preview video has dropped and feature the upcoming slate of content for the year, which includes films like Rebel Moon – Part 2: The Scargiver, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and Back in Action. Netflix’s bread and butter has been their TV shows that are made for binge watching and below is a list of just some of the many upcoming series premiering this year. For the complete list of the full slate, visit Netflix’s Tudum website Here.

Squid Game: Season 2

Logline: Squid Game tells the story of a group of desperate contestants who risk their lives to become the final winner in a mysterious extreme survival game with a 45.6 billion won cash prize. After its premiere in 2021, the series quickly became a global phenomenon and one of Netflix’s most popular television series ever.

Black Doves, a new spy-thriller series on Netflix set in London, is gaining buzz and promises a captivating blend of intrigue, emotion, and suspense. Keira Knightley leads the cast as Helen Webb, a woman with dual lives, while Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire bring their talent to the project as co-stars. The show revolves around a vast conspiracy that links the underworld of London to a looming geopolitical crisis, forcing the characters to question the moral choices they've made.

Black Doves, the new series from Netflix, is set amidst London's vibrant streets during the festive season and is emerging as the next big spy-thriller sensation. Keira Knightley, renowned for her work in films like Boston Strangler, is the lead actress in this compelling narrative, but the cast has just gotten even more intriguing. As reported by Variety, Ben Whishaw, celebrated for lending his voice to the much-adored bear Paddington and...

Ben Whishaw (“Paddington”) and “Happy Valley’s” Sarah Lancashire are set to join Keira Knightley in Netflix’s upcoming spy series “Black Doves,” Variety can exclusively confirm.

More details about the series, which was written and created by “The Lazarus Project” showrunner Joe Barton, have also emerged.

A story of friendship and sacrifice, “Black Doves” is set during Christmastime in London. It revolves around Helen Webb (Knightley), a politician’s wife, doting mother — and professional spy. For years, Helen has been passing on her husband’s secrets to the Black Doves, the shadowy organization for whom she works. But when her lover Jason is assassinated, Helen’s life is turned upside down and only her old friend Sam Young (Whishaw) can keep her safe.

Helen and Sam set out to discover who killed Jason and why. But Sam, a suave, champagne-drinking assassin, also has problems of his own. Out of...