Cheryl Boone Isaacs Closing Keynote at ScreenSingapore
Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is the closing keynote speaker at ScreenSingapore 2015 on December 4, at the Marina Bay Sands. (…)
New Financing Initiative for Compact Media
Compact Media is launching a new production financing initiative, a first for the media advisory group. They have signed their first financing deal with Pilot Productions to produce the (…)
Charter Launches Spanish-Language Channel BabyFirst
BabyFirst, a network that features high-quality child development programming to toddlers and their parents, has launched in Spanish on Charter Spectrum TV systems nationwide. BabyFirst previously launched in English (…)
SBS Australia Secures Studiocanal’s “The Last Panthers”
SBS Australia has acquired the rights to six-part crime drama series The Last Panthers. Set to air in 2016, The Last Panthers is a joint pan-European commission from Sky (…)
Discovery Life to Air GRB’s “Untold Stories of the ER”
L.A.-based production and distribution company GRB Entertainment announced ten new themed specials of Untold Stories of the ER. The series highlights some of the most unusual medical stories, narrated (…)
NATPE Europe Returns to Budapest in 2016
NATPE Budapest 2016 Market & Content Summit is returning to the center of the Central & Eastern European region (CEE), reflecting the territory’s growth. NATPE Budapest will feature creative (…)
New Seasons Commissioned for “Still Standing”
Armoza Formats’ game show Still Standing has been commissioned for more seasons in multiple territories. Italy’s Canale 5 has procured a second season. In Thailand, a second season has (…)
E! Germany Goes for “Ultimate Countdown”
In the first deal for both companies, E! Germany has picked up Prime Entertainment’s new series Ultimate Countdown. The series features 25 memorable movie and celebrity moments including titles (…)
Up the ladder: TV France International
Hervé Michel has been named President of TV France International. Michel is currently director of International Affairs at France Télévisions, and will assume his new post January 4, 2016. Previously, (…)
WWF-Canada and Love Nature Team Up
A new content partnership between WWF-Canada and Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature will raise awareness for water conservation and promote the importance of Canada’s freshwater sources. The two (…)
