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Fox Entertainment has announced that it has an equity stake investment in Holywater, an AI-first tech company with a focus on vertical video. <\/p>\n
In a press release Thursday, Fox shared that the deal is meant to help the company become a \u201cmodern, next-gen entertainment studio\u201d by using the cutting-edge technology from Holywater. <\/p>\n
\u201cInnovation in digital storytelling is shaping the future of entertainment and investing in vertical video positions FOX Entertainment to achieve sustained, long-term growth as we build a modern studio for the future,\u201d said Rob Wade, CEO of FOX Entertainment. \u201cHOLYWATER is at the forefront of this evolution, skillfully using technology to fuel creativity. This partnership is all about finding different, innovative ways to tell stories and inspire storytellers and creators like never before, while giving us the tools and flexibility to bring talent ideas to life faster, smarter and across more platforms worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n
Building on the investment in Holywater, the press release notes that Fox will share development deals with \u201ctop Hollywood talent\u201d soon. Collaborations will include video series using Holywater\u2019s vertical video capabilities, brand partnerships, working directly with creators, and tie-ins with current and older Fox content. <\/p>\n
\u201cVertical streaming is one of the fastest-growing areas in entertainment, and our goal at HOLYWATER is to make vertical series mainstream by raising the bar on quality and widening the genre slate,\u201d said HOLYWATER co-founders and co-CEOs Bogdan Nesvit and Anatolii Kasianov. \u201cWe\u2019ve been focusing on storytelling depth to prove that verticals can carry premium drama, thriller, romance, and more \u2013 not just a narrow set of tropes. Our partnership with FOX Entertainment validates that vision and gives us the scale and creative firepower to accelerate it. FOX has already been a collaborative, innovative partner, and together we\u2019re empowering major talent and building a vibrant library of gripping vertical series for audiences worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n
The investment deal includes a commitment from Fox Entertainment to create a portfolio of over 200 vertical video titles for Holywater\u2019s My Drama platform. The first round of titles will include Billionaire Blackmail<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Bound by Obsession<\/em>, both currently in production.<\/p>\n The partnership will also tap into Fox\u2019s talent pool, with projects planned for Gordon Ramsay and Studio Ramsay Global, Bento Box Entertainment, and actors including Denis Leary, Jon Hamm, Hannah Waddingham, Josh Charles, Annie Potts, Minnie Driver, and Ken Jeong, among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source cordcuttersnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fox Entertainment has announced that it has an equity stake investment in Holywater, an AI-first tech company with a focus on vertical video. In a press release Thursday, Fox shared that the deal is meant to help the company become a \u201cmodern, next-gen entertainment studio\u201d by using the cutting-edge technology from Holywater. \u201cInnovation in digital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2126305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22074],"class_list":["post-2126304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-fox"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fox-Entertainment-is-Investing-in-Video-Tech-Company-Holywater.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2126304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2126306,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126304\/revisions\/2126306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2126305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2126304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2126304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2126304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}