Yearly Archives: 2019

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ABS- CBN’s ‘Now And Forever’ To Air In Myanmar

ABS-CBN International Distribution signed an acquisition deal for its drama series Now and Forever with Myanmar’s Sky Net.

Starring Julia Barretto and Joshua Garcia, the romantic drama tells the story (…)

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All3media Int’l Secures Canadian Non-Scripted Deals

All3media International inked non-scripted deals for factual specials in Canada.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) picked up a package of content including Bollywood: The World’s Biggest Film IndustryMeghan & (…)

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June/July 2019

Six pieces of advice for modern TV executives, which were moved from the temporal lobe of my brain to the frontal lobe in order to be dispensed at zero cost.

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Old: Insults. New: Reality in Politically Correct Times

Today’s crude and rude “reality television” cannot match the crassness of TV “roasts,” which were popular in the 1970s and ’80s. Then, words were used as weapons. Today, those “weapons” (…)

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Egypt Opens New Int’l Opportunity in MENA Region

One of the DISCOP MENA markets is now in Cairo, and for a good reason. Egypt has one of the most well-established and influential entertainment and media industries in the (…)

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Bernard Chevry: 1922-2019 The Life of a Pioneer

The last time that I saw Bernard Chevry, who died on Friday, May 17 in his Paris home, was in 2013, when Reed MIDEM honored him for the 50th anniversary (…)

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HotSwitch Partners With TV Azteca For App Rollout

HotSwitch announced a major agreement with Mexico’s TV Azteca for its integration with the TV Azteca Conecta app.

HotSwitch provides the interactive engine behind the app, which allows (…)

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VIS Begins Production On ‘Pequeña Victoria’

Viacom International Studios (VIS) – Americas began filming its new series Pequeña Victoria.

Co-produced with Oficina Burman, a company part of The Mediapro Studio, the dramatic comedy revolves around (…)

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MGM TV To Adapt YA Novel ‘Aurora Rising’

MGM Television optioned to develop YA sci-fi thriller Aurora Rising, written by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, into a TV series.

Set in the year 2380, Aurora Rising centers on Ty (…)

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