Neuroscientist Dr. David Eagleman, producer Matt Tauber (Project Blue Book, Preacher), and former History executive Adam Fratto (Cleverman, Haven) have partnered to launch Cognito Entertainment, a prodco with a focus (…)
Dynamic Television has closed a raft of sales for the Australian crime series Savage River, starring Katherine Langford. The 6 x 60’ drama series was acquired by Paramount+ (U.K. and Germany), MTV3 (Finland), (…)
SPI International has launched its FAST channel Filmstream on Samsung TV Plus in Norway, Finland, and Denmark. The channel offers viewers access to a wide range of independent and classic movies.
Filmstream’s current (…)
Istanbul-based distribution company MediaHub has signed a deal with the Philippines’ ABS-CBN Corporation. Under the agreement, MediaHub will bring ABS-CBN’s drama series to selected territories in (…)
Kids’ TV veteran Mevelyn J. Noriega has launched Wonderworld.Fun, a new production and distribution company specializing in animation content. Noriega will serve as CEO.
Operating out of Los Angeles, the new company (…)
Canada’s ComediHa! has rebranded as Amuz Distribution, a Quebec City-based international distribution company with a focus on comedy and feel-good scripted and unscripted content.
Current titles in the Amuz catalog include (…)
Former FCC chairman Newton Minow, who coined the expression that network television was a “vast wasteland,” died on May 6 at his home in Chicago. He was 97.
Newton Minow was (…)
LIONSGATE+ will now become available through eCommerce platform Mercado Livre in key markets in the LatAm region through a recent agreement spanning Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia. Brazil is the (…)
Mystery series Poker Face, written, directed and executive produced by Rian Johnson (Knives Out) has been nominated for the official selection of the 62nd Monte-Carlo Television Festival’s Golden Nymph Award. (…)
The Coronation of King Charles III was watched by more than 20 million viewers in the U.K., according to data provided by the U.K. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. This compared (…)
