Ad Sales Partnership for A+E, RTL Nederland
A+E Networks and RTL Nederland have agreed to a two-year collaboration to support advertising and sales for A+E Networks channel brands History and Crime + Investigation (CI) in (…)
Growth for NATPE Miami, Breakthrough Awards Finalists Revealed
As NATPE 2016 gears up, the organization has reported growth in domestic and international buyer, exhibitor and general attendance from this time last year. The market, which is scheduled (…)
Vibrant TV Picks Up “Antiques Road Trip”
Vibrant TV has acquired 90 hours of the BBC show Antiques Road Trip from distributor Red Arrow International. The series sends two of Britain’s pre-eminent antiques experts across road (…)
eOne Brings “Into the Badlands” to China
Entertainment One (eOne) has sold AMC Studios’ Into the Badlands to LeTV in Mainland China. The post-apocalyptic martial arts drama will kick off in LeTV in early 2016. (…)
Zodiak Rights Secures “Versailles” Sales
Zodiak Rights has landed multiple territory sales for period drama Versailles. The series puts a modern twist on France’s gilded era. The Canal + Creation Originale series is co-poduced (…)
Up the Ladder: SMPTE, Woodcut
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has hired Howard Lukk as the group’s director of standards. Lukk is currently a writer and director at independent film production and (…)
Germany Licenses “I Can Do That!”
Armoza’s primetime entertainment series I Can Do That! has been picked up in Germany by ZDF. Endemol Shine Germany will produce the local adaptation of the studio variety format, (…)
Content Signs New Drama Deals
Content Television, a division of Content Media Corporation, has shipped several drama titles to Asian broadcasters. Fox International Channels Asia Pacific has secured Dead Rising: Watchtower, a drama series (…)
Scripps Commissions “House Hunters Asia”
Scripps Networks Interactive has commissioned House Hunters Asia, HGTV in Asia-Pacific’s first long-form original production. The deal coincides with the one-year anniversary of HGTV in Asia-Pacific. The series follows (…)
SPT’s “Mad About You” Adapted in China
Huaso Film/TV Digital Production, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and CCTV6’s HuaCheng Pictures joint-venture production company, has secured a deal with Croton Media to create a local adaptation of SPT’s (…)