Yearly Archives: 2019

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Up The Ladder: Acorn TV

Acorn TV appointed Kerensa Samanidis (pictured) to general manager of Acorn TV International.

Based out of the company’s London office, Samanidis will oversee the overall development, management, and (…)

By |July 23rd, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments

DocuBay Partners With Foxxum

The documentary VoD streaming service DocuBay entered a significant collaboration with Foxxum.

With this recent partnership, DocuBay will offer its library to Foxxum-enabled devices in several markets, including the (…)

By |July 23rd, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments

Netflix Picks Up ‘Basketball Or Nothing’

The WorkShop Content Studios announced that Netflix acquired Basketball or Nothing.

The six-part docu-series is the first series to come out of the co-production partnership with PGA tour champion Rickie (…)

By |July 23rd, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments

Reed MIDEM Confirms MIPTV 2020 Redesign

Reed MIDEM announced the first phase in transforming MIPTV 2020.

The springtime market will have a new format that will be announced in the coming months. (…)

By |July 23rd, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments

Viacom And Paramount TV Adapting ‘100 Days to Fall in Love’

Viacom International Studios and Paramount Television will adapt 100 Days to Fall in Love into an English-language series for Showtime.

The series premiered in Argentina in 2018 under (…)

By |July 23rd, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments

The Abruzzo Region Goes to Hollywood

The creation of an Abruzzo Film Commission Advisory Board in North America (AFCAB) has finally obtained the go-ahead from Mauro Febbo, the councilman for the Abruzzo region, which is in (…)

By |July 23rd, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|2 Comments

iflix Finalizes New Round Of Funding

The Southeast Asian digital entertainment service iflix announced the finalization of a new round of investment that exceeds $50 million USD.

The investment round was led by Fidelity International, (…)

By |July 22nd, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments

Netflix Reveals Seven New Pre-School Series

Netflix announced seven original series for its pre-school slate.

The new titles for this year include DreamWorks Dragons Rescue Riders (pictured) from the How to Train Your Dragon franchise and the CG-animated Hello (…)

By |July 22nd, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments

Stingray Picks Up 4K Concert From Prime Entertainment

Prime Entertainment Group struck a deal with Stingray for the new Schubert classical concert.

Performed by the National Orchestra of Lyon, the 4K live concert will air worldwide (…)

By |July 22nd, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments

Poland’s ‘The Gift’ Selected For Series Mania Writers Campus

The 2019 EastSeries took place July 18-19, 2019, as part of the Odesa International Film Festival.

Six drama projects were selected to participate in the third edition of the EastSeries pitching (…)

By |July 22nd, 2019|Categories: News|0 Comments