Yearly Archives: 2019

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Larry Gershman 1936-2019

Lawrence (Larry) Eugene Gershman, one of the most innovative TV executives in the world, passed away on Friday, September 13 following a battle with cancer. His daughter, Leslie Wandmacher, reported (…)

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TRT World Citizen Project Wins At IBC 2019

The TRT World Citizen initiative received an award at the IBC 2019 show in Amsterdam.

Journalism for Juniors (J4J) and Hello Brother, two humanitarian campaigns by the TRT World (…)

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MIPJunior Reveals Keynote Superpanel Participants

The MIPJunior conference programming, organized under the theme of “New Power Players,” will feature a Keynote Superpanel with three seasoned executives.

The panel will include Genevieve Dexter, founder and (…)

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SPORTEL Celebrates 30th Anniversary

SPORTEL will be commemorating its 30th anniversary as a hub for the sports media and technology industry.

This year, SPORTELMonaco will take place from October 21-23, with the SPORTEL (…)

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Kew Media Distribution Acquires Two New ‘Agatha’ Films

Kew Media Distribution acquired the international rights to two new Agatha film projects that have been commissioned by Channel 5.

Tom and Emily Dalton previously developed Agatha and the Truth of (…)

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Viacom To Air ‘To Catch A Thief’ In Argentina

Viacom International Studios and Cablevision will be bringing To Catch A Thief to Argentinian audiences.

Based on the classic film by Alfred Hitchcock, the series follows Juan Robles, known as (…)

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Up The Ladder: Participant, Industrial Media

Participant extended David Linde’s contract as chief executive officer with a multi-year deal.

Linde (pictured) joined Participant, formerly Participant Media, in late 2015, and he has led the (…)

By |September 13th, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments

Submarine’s ‘Undone’ Debuts On Amazon Prime Video

The scripted animation series Undone will have its global launch with Amazon Prime Video today.

Co-produced by Submarine, the genre-bending animation series revolves around Alma, a 28-year-old living in Texas, (…)

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Federation Kids & Family Inks Deal With Disney Channel LATAM

Federation Kids & Family closed a deal with Disney Channel Latin America for all three seasons of Find Me In Paris.

Produced by Cottonwood Media, the tween drama follows (…)

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eOne Acquires Blackfin

Entertainment One (eOne) acquired U.S.-based Blackfin, the nonfiction content producer of the crime series Finding Escobar’s Millions and specials such as I Am Homicide.

eOne continues its global expansion of non-scripted (…)

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