Yearly Archives: 2019

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History Announces New Docu-Dramas And Nonfiction Series

A+E Networks announced new programming initiatives during its 2019 Upfront presentation.

Among the news, History ordered the nonfiction series The UnXplained (working title) and a second season of In Search Of. (…)

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Viacom Sells ‘ADDA’ Format To Greece

Viacom International Studios (VIS) sold the Amar después de amar (ADDA) format to the production company Green Pixel.

Green Pixel will develop a local adaptation for Alpha TV in Greece. (…)

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Series Mania Forum Shares Closing Figures

Series Mania Forum announced its final attendance numbers for this year’s edition of the professional industry arm.

Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania, stated, “We welcomed (…)

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All3media Int’l Inks Deal With UKTV

All3media International closed a drama deal with UKTV.

The commercial broadcaster picked up the U.K. rights to Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries and The Bad Seed. Produced by Every Cloud Productions, (…)

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CBSSI And Scoope Media Launch ‘The Doctors’ To Africa

CBS Studios International and Scoope Media secured an agreement to license the African adaptation of The Doctors.

Produced by Scoope Media U.K. for the SVoD platform Scoop!, the local (…)

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Russell (Russ) J. Kagan: 1953-2019

When I last had lunch with Russ in Beverly Hills in February, he couldn’t have been any more energetic.

Religious themes were his passion, and he was ecstatic to be working (…)

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Gusto’s ‘Spencer’s BIG Holiday’ Nominated For James Beard Award

Gusto Worldwide Media announced that its holiday special Spencer’s BIG Holiday has been nominated for a James Beard Award.

Hosted by Spencer Watts, the one-hour special is up for the (…)

By |March 27th, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments

Fred Rogers And Sinking Ship Enter Production On ‘Odd Squad’ S3

Fred Rogers Productions and Sinking Ship Entertainment are currently in production for the third season of Odd Squad.

The new season brings in new characters to the squad as (…)

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SPI International Inks Deal With Alchimie

SPI International expanded its distribution agreement with Alchimie.

As part of the deal, Alchimie will carry SPI’s channel FightBox HD on its OTT platform, Watch It, for subscribers (…)

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NAB Show To Spotlight FCC Chairman And Commissioners

NAB Show will feature Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai and commissioners Michael O’Rielly, Brendan Carr, and Geoffrey Starks in two sessions at the April convention.

Pai (…)

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