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Lagardère Studios appointed Thomas Plessis as director of Digital Business. Prior to joining Lagardère, Plessis served as director of Dim Sum Entertainment, which he co-founded with Fred Testot. In his (…)

MIPCOM 2017 selected NHK’s new drama Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai’s Daughter as the feature for the Asian World Premiere TV Screening. This title is the first-ever 4K drama to screen (…)

The 15th Berlinale Co-Production Market, held from February 18-21, 2018, placed a call for submissions from producers looking to submit feature-length projects in need of co-producers. The requirements include a (…)

Universal Kids acquired the tween series The Next Step from Boat Rocker Rights and BBC Worldwide. The half-hour drama follows a group of young, professional dancers. The sixth season, currently in production, focuses (…)

Mondo TV signed a deal with DeA Junior, a pay TV channel part of Sky Italia, to debut the 3D CGI-animated series Robot Trains. Distributed and licensed by Mondo TV, Robot Trains is (…)

The inaugural edition of CanneSeries will take place in Cannes, France, from April 4-11, 2018. Alongside the annual MIPTV, CanneSeries was founded by the mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, and (…)

Yesterday FOX debuted its new investigative crime special Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? The two-hour event was hosted by actor and rapper Ice-T alongside journalist Soledad O’Brien. Produced by Critical Content, Who Shot Biggie (…)

Today, Azteca TV is debuting the sixth season premiere of La Isla, the local adaptation of Caracol Television’s The Challenge. Distributed by Caracol Internacional, The Challenge is an adventure and reality format that tests (…)

A+E Networks Asia is launching its History channel in Vietnam as 24-hour channel with Vietnamese subtitles on MobiTV. In partnership with Vietnam’s Thaole Entertainment, History will offer localized content with (…)