NATPE Pauses Budapest Mart
NATPE has made the decision not to proceed with the NATPE Budapest trade market in 2026. The event was initially scheduled for April 27-29, 2026.
NATPE had moved the CEE market (…)
The Oscars and YouTube
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and YouTube inked a multi-year deal that will give YouTube the exclusive global rights to the Oscars®, beginning in 2029.
After 2028, the (…)
Banijay to Rep “All Star Hide and Seek” Format
Banijay Entertainment has signed a deal with Finland’s Rabbit Films to acquire the international rights to All Star Hide and Seek.
Created by Roni Bäck, the format originally launched on (…)
FOX, Canyon Pictures Enter First-Look Deal
FOX Entertainment Studios has signed Jeffrey Levine and his production company Bronson Canyon Pictures to a multi-year first-look deal.
Under the agreement, Levine will develop and produce scripted television series for the studio across (…)
Free From the GDP Yoke: Degrowth
Since 1940, economists, investors, and politicians have been obsessed with economic “growth,” labeling Gross Domestic Product of 0.5 percent as “bad,” and anything above 2.5 percent GDP as “good.” But (…)
Up the Ladder: Banff, Blue Ant
The Banff World Media Festival — the global content marketplace and conference set to take place on June 14-17, 2026, in Banff, Alberta, Canada — has appointed Mark Bishop, co-president (…)
WBD Board Rejects Paramount Deal
In another chapter of the Warner Bros. Discovery saga, today, the WBD Board unanimously recommended rejecting the offer Paramount made last week — when the Ellison family-controlled studio launched a (…)
GMA’s “58th” to Premiere at International Film Fest Rotterdam
GMA Public Affairs and GMA Pictures’ animated documentary 58th has been officially selected to make its World Premiere at the 2026 International Film Festival Rotterdam.
The documentary feature honors the victims of the (…)
Rainbow Acquires Geronimo Stilton IP
Italian entertainment group Rainbow has acquired the intellectual property of children’s literary character Geronimo Stilton.
The acquisition will see a new era of creative and commercial development for the journalist-mouse, whose books, (…)
Dynamic Sells “Twelve Dates ‘Til’ Christmas” to ITVX
Dynamic Television has licensed to ITVx holiday event series Twelve Dates ‘til Christmas for exclusive streaming in the U.K.
All six episodes of the romantic comedy will debut on ITVx on December 22. (…)