Matthew Rhys Wins Big at the Emmys
The 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards — held last night in Los Angeles —saw Apple TV+’s comedy horror Widow’s Bay take home the night’s biggest prizes, including best comedy series, best (…)
Venice 83 Crowns Winners
The 83rd Venice Film Festival (September 2-12, 2026) came to a close on Saturday, September 12, with its traditional award ceremony at Palazzo del Cinema in Venice Lido.
The (…)
Production Underway on S2 of RTE’s ‘The Walsh Sisters’
Production is underway on a second, six-part season of the comedy drama The Walsh Sisters for Irish public broadcaster RTÉ, in association with the BBC.
Season two rejoins the chaotic, dysfunctional, but (…)
ATV Secures Multi-Series Deal with Bulgaria’s Nova TV
ATV Distribution has secured a new multi-series licensing agreement with Nova TV in Bulgaria.
Under the agreement, four Turkish dramas from ATV Distribution’s catalog — The Nightfall, Safir, A Little Sunshine, (…)
Brazilian Film Becomes Issue in Presidential Campaign
Flavio Bolsonaro is under investigation by Brazil’s Supreme Court over suspicious funding for Dark Horse, a biopic about his father, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The investigation comes less than (…)
Why U.S. Broadcast is Not Protected by Press Freedom
Republican U.S. President Donald Trump famously posted last year that American TV networks ABC and NBC “should pay up big for having the privilege of using the most valuable airwaves (…)
Italian AV Reform Moves One Step Forward
A reform of the Italian audiovisual industry has been approved by one branch of the Italian Parliament, and the Independent Audiovisual Union, or Autonomo Sindacato Audiovisivi (ASA), has welcomed the (…)
Rainmaker Takes a “Crash Course”
U.K. distributor Rainmaker Content has acquired the international distribution rights to the first and second season of restaurant drama Crash Course (“Casse-Gueule”), which airs on Bell Media’s streaming service Crave.
An (…)
Leading Platforms to Attend Content Americas Summit
COL Group International’s Timothy Oh Jia Wei, Idilio TV’s Gabriela Tafur Nader and Microhouse Films’ Taye Diggs are the latest speakers to join the third Vertical & Shortform Summit (…)
LIV Golf Files for Bankruptcy
The golf league LIV Golf, founded to challenge the American PGA Tour, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey, with up to $1 billion in liabilities, after (…)