UKTV Acquires The Hunting Party, Allegiance
UKTV has acquired the U.K. premieres of The Hunting Party, the new crime procedural which debuted on NBC in the U.S., and Allegiance, the police drama which aired its second season on CBC (…)
Nippon TV’s ‘Mother’ Gets Arabic Adaptation
Turkey’s Medyapim has finalized production of the Arabic language version of Nippon TV’s drama series “Mother.” The Arabic series, titled “Oumi” (“Mother” in Arabic), will premiere on MBC on (…)
U.S. Takes Control of U.K. Football
After taking control of Italian football (soccer), Americans moved to England with U.S. investors to claim championships in each of England’s top three leagues.
In Italy’s Serie A league, Americans own (…)
EFP Selects Producers for Cannes Program
European Film Promotion (EFP) in collaboration with its member organizations has selected 20 promising European producers for the 26th edition of ‘Producers on the Move’ during the Cannes Film Festival (…)
VICE Media Acquires Cuba Pictures
VICE Media has acquired U.K.-based prodco Cuba Pictures from talent company Curtis Brown Group.
Cuba Pictures will become a label within VICE Studios — the company behind franchise Gangs of London, (…)
Berlinale Sets 2026 Dates
The Berlin International Film Festival has unveiled next year’s dates — the 76th edition of the fest will take place from February 12 to 22, 2026.
As to the festival’s professional and (…)
Calinos’ Drama ‘Farah’ Travels to 84 Countries
Calinos Entertainment’s drama series “Farah” is set to debut in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Portugal. Produced by O3 Medya, the series — which originally aired on Turkey’s NOW — has (…)
U.S. Media Discovers Canada
In the past, it looked like there was an implicit order about Canada among the U.S. media: Ignore at all cost the sleeping giant in the north.
Now, with the advent (…)
TCA’s Demise: An Observer’s Inside View
Gone are the long-ago “glorious” days of the Television Critics Association (TCA), who welcomed all traditional U.S. TV channels, as well as U.S. cable and independent TV outlets, to their (…)
FCC Reviewing Paramount Merger
U.S. regulator Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reviewing the initial steps Paramount Global needs to take to secure the agency’s approval of its planned merger with Skydance Media.
One of these (…)
