Hong Kong Spotlight at AFM
Hong Kong Day is slated to open tomorrow at the American Film Market in Santa Monica. The sixth edition of the event, which is co-organized by the AFM and (…)
Up the Ladder: The Africa Channel Promotes Three Execs
The Africa Channel has promoted three executives: Narendra Reddy to evp Content & Global Operations (from svp Programming & Production), Karen Juve to vp Programming & Acquisitions (from director, Programming (…)
Armoza’s “Re-Gender’ Licensed in India
India’s digital media brand Arré, launched by UDigital, is scheduled to kick off the nation’s first digital reality show. Based on Armoza’s “social experiment” Re-Gender, the show follows five (…)
New “Star Trek” Television Series in 2017
Good news for today’s Trekkies: producer Alex Kurtzman is creating a new take on the classic series, slated to debut January 2017. The new Star Trek, which celebrates its 50th (…)
“Web Therapy” Breaks Player.pl Record
Warsaw-based TVN has reported record results for its new online series, Web Therapy. The Polish adaptation of the U.S. Hulu series stars Oscar-winning actress Agata Kulesza as an elegant (…)
Starz Offers “Flesh and Bone” Preview, “Black Sails” Returns
The premiere episode of Starz series Flesh and Bone became available for sampling yesterday, nearly a week prior to the season’s November 8 debut. The sampling will be available (…)
AFM Opens with 80 New Buying Companies
The 36th edition of the American Film Market is set to open tomorrow, running November 4-11 in Santa Monica. The largest growth comes from South Korea, China, Germany and (…)
Up the Ladder: Nicola Andrews, Hervé Payan
Gaumont Television has appointed Nicola Andrews to the newly created role of vice president, Distribution. Andrews will report directly to Erik Pack, and will be in charge of selling children’s (…)
Eutelsat TV Awards FilmBox Arthouse
FilmBox Arthouse channel from the SPI International/FilmBox pay TV portfolio won this year’s Eutelsat TV Award in the cinema category. FilmBox Arthouse is broadcast and distributed by Filmbox International, (…)
Cisneros Media Distribution and The Kitchen Jumpstart Alliance
During last month’s MIPCOM, Cisneros Media Distribution and translation, dubbing and subtitling service studio The Kitchen celebrated their recent collaboration to offer specialized dubbing services for Spanish-speaking markets. (…)