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The Nigeria International Film Summit (NIFS) will be taking place in both Los Angeles in the U.S. and Lagos in Nigeria. NIFS in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, is held strategically during (…)

Gaumont promoted Tim Stephen to head of U.S. Business and Legal Affairs based in the company’s Los Angeles office. Joining Gaumont in October 2014, Stephen served as senior vice president, (…)

FuboTV hired Ben Grad for newly created position of North American head of Content Strategy and Acquisition. Previously, Grad served as executive director, Content and Strategy, at Verizon, where he (…)

CBC and Netflix renewed the series Anne (With An E), which is returning in 2018 with 10 new episodes. Produced by Northwood Entertainment, the series is based on the L.M. Montgomery novel Anne (…)

Bounce unveiled its original programming going into the 2017-18 TV season. Bounce is launching a new comedy series, Grown Folks, about two blue-collar couples who share duplex, which will premiere on (…)

4K Media, a subsidiary of Konami Digital Entertainment, signed licensing agreements with Funko and GameStop for a new wave of Yu-Gi-Oh! collectibles. Funko will produce a line of vinyl collectible figures from (…)

DHX Media, Technicolor, and A Stark Production signed several international broadcast deals for season two of The Deep. The CG-animated adventure series has been acquired by: Universal Kids in the (…)

Lionsgate has been announced as the international distributor, excluding the U.S. and the U.K., for the upcoming drama Little Women. The BBC One and Playground series is co-produced with PBS’s MASTERPIECE. Little (…)

Kanal D International hired Mikaela Perez as sales executive, Americas. In her position based in Istanbul, Perez will be responsible for Latin American accounts. Mikaela will report to Kerim Emrah (…)

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation will present the Patron of the Arts Awards to three individuals: director, writer, and producer Judd Apatow; director and producer Kathryn Bigelow; and Netflix’s chief content officer Ted (…)