Yearly Archives: 2019

ABC Entertainment appointed Simran S. Sethi to the role of executive vice president, Development and Content Strategy.

Reporting to Karey Burke, president of ABC Entertainment, Sethi will oversee (…)

French director Costa-Gavras will be presented with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker award at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.

Costa-Gavras will be honored at an award (…)

DISCOP Johannesburg organizers revealed a wider scope for the upcoming edition.

To be held from November 20-22, 2019, this year’s market will feature a strong emphasis on African (…)

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises acquired the boutique production house Underground Producciones.

Based in Argentina, Underground Producciones, led by artistic director Sebastian Ortega, has produced international series such as Educando a (…)

CBS and Viacom have reached an agreement for an all-stock merger.

The reunited company will go under the entity of ViacomCBS. Bob Bakish will lead the (…)

Entertainment One brought on David Hanono (pictured) to serve as vice president of Sales, Latin America. Based in Miami, Hanono will oversee sales for the company’s slate (…)

Konami Cross Media NY inked licensing deals for the Contra and Bomberman brands.

Blacklist Games will develop a cooperative board game based on the original Contra video game. Meanwhile, IDW Games licensed the global (…)

The Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market announced the 2019 selection panel line-up.

This year the board consists of Carlene Tan, senior manager of Animation Development at The (…)

LGI Media, formerly Looking Glass International, inked pre-sales agreements for Spiky Gold Hunters.

Commissioned by TV New Zealand, the factual entertainment series has been picked up by A+E Networks (…)

Sabbatical Entertainment announced that its extreme reality series Crude has been acquired by NBC Universo.

Co-produced in conjunction with the Raishbrook brothers’ RMG News, Crude showcases high-quality footage of (…)