Up the Ladder: Comcast, Radial
• Comcast has appointed Mike Cavanagh as co-CEO alongside Brian Roberts, who remains as chairman and co-CEO of the company. Cavanagh currently serves as president and was previously chief financial (…)
ZDF and Studio 100 Extend Partnership
ZDF Studios and Studio 100 International have signed an agreement to extend their existing content partnership to the German-speaking market.
Titles from Studio 100 International will be available in Germany, Austria (…)
Your Channels, Samsung Launch Sports and Music Channels
The Netherlands-based Your Channels has partnered with Samsung TV Plus to launch VI TV (Voetbal International TV) and three decade specific music channels: Your 60s, Your 70s, and Your 80s.
With VI TV, football fans have (…)
McCormack, Velazquez to Keynote at MIP Cancun
MIP Cancun has lined up Nicolás McCormack, VP of Ad Sales for Mexico and Central America at Warner Bros. Discovery, to keynote at the 12th edition of MIP Cancun, taking (…)
Q&A With a Hollywood Casting Director
The word “Casting Director” first entered the lexicon around 1814, and described the person tasked with selecting actors for parts in stage productions. In the movie business, it began being (…)
Banijay Benelux to Co-Develop ‘Let’s Play Ball’ S2
Banijay Benelux is co-developing a second series of Let’s Play Ball with EndemolShine Nederland, Talpa Studios and Signal.Stream, for Dutch broadcaster SBS6.
Initially piloted on YouTube via StukTV, the digital-first program (…)
President Trump Signs TikTok Deal Proposal
President Trump signed an executive order endorsing a proposal that would keep TikTok operating in the U.S., following a national security measure that required China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok’s U.S. (…)
MIA Market Gears Up for 11th Edition
The 11th edition of MIA | Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo — set to kick off in Rome on October 6 and run until October 10 — will feature over 80 (…)
2025 International Emmy® Noms Unveiled
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled the nominations for the 2025 International Emmy® Awards. There are 64 nominees across 16 categories and spanning a record number (…)
Viaplay Inks Deal with SkyShowtime
Viaplay Content Distribution, the international content sales division of Viaplay Group, has signed a deal with SkyShowtime granting Viaplay international distribution rights for a wide-ranging slate of European titles.
The deal (…)