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New York-based film and television production company Closer Media — co-founded by Chinese real estate billionaire Zhang Xin and producer William Horberg — has made an investment in London-based streamer (…)

NBCU Launch has named the 2024-26 class of its TV Directors Program. The 2024-26 class and the NBCU series they are attached to are: Parisa Barani (Law & Order), Winter (…)

Streaming is now adding competition among retailers with the entrance of U.S. giant supermarket chain Walmart into the SVoD business.

For its Walmart’s WatchFree+ service, the chain is leveraging its (…)

Italy-based Riva Studios has finalized the acquisition of French animation studio TeamTO, following the studio’s announcement of insolvency in September. The acquisition was officially approved by the Tribunal de Commerce (…)

Oslo-based Rubicon TV, part of Banijay Nordic, has launched two new drama series, Still Breathing and The Strain, both for NRK.

Still Breathing is a 16-episode medical drama following four ambitious (…)

WildBrain has partnered with Paramount to bring animated series Sonic Prime to Nickelodeon. The agreement will see 22 half-hour episodes and a one hour-long special come to Nickelodeon in the U.S. and (…)

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced the nominations for the 52nd Annual Saturn Awards. The awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on February (…)

The Independent Film & Television Alliance — the Los Angeles-based trade organization that produces the annual American Film Market — has appointed its 2024-2025 Board of Directors.

Eight executives will join (…)

USATV Productions has unveiled eight-episode murder mystery series Fatal Game.

German actor/director Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds) leads the series’ international cast, which also includes French-Brazilian actor Renan Pacheco (Désordres), Chase Mattson, Gracie Knight, Isaiah Locust, Nova (…)