Emilio Azcárraga Jean – the chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Grupo Televisa – will be honored with the 2017 International Emmy Directorate Award at the International Emmy Awards (…)
GRB Entertainment has made several sales for its documentaries to broadcasters in the U.K., Germany, and Japan. The U.K.’s Channel 5 and Japan’s Fujisankei Communications both picked up WALT: The Man (…)
Lagardère Studios Distribution won three prizes in the ‘made in France’ category for new French series at Series Mania 2017. Transfers, a series created by Claude Scasso and Patrick Benedek, received (…)
SPI International / FILMBOX Channels Group has closed a deal with Insignia Productions to acquire the worldwide rights to Kenyan drama series New Beginnings for FilmBox Africa. New Beginnings is a weekly drama about (…)
American French-language entertainment channel, TV5Monde USA, has closed a new carriage deal with Atlantic Broadband. As part of the agreement, TV5Monde USA will launch a new channel in Miami, Florida, (…)
Reviewing Bill Peck’s 56-year-old career for the June-July Issue of VideoAge, is to not just go over the accomplishments of the first British International TV Distribution Hall of Fame honoree, (…)
Australia’s local streaming service Stan has begun production on its newest original series The Other Guy, written by and starring comedian Matt Okine. Produced by Aquarius Films and
Sir Lenny Henry’s Douglas Road Productions has acquired the broadcast rights to My Name is Leon, the debut novel from Kit de Waal published in 2016. The production company intends to turn (…)
The TASS news agency hosted a press conference regarding the official Russian delegation at the Cannes International Film Festival, held from May 17-28, and the Marché du Film, held from (…)
