Rose d’Or Nominees Announced
Eurovision has announced the nominees for the 2015 Rose d’Or Awards, after receiving a record number of submissions. Nominees for the television category include Zodiak Media, IWC and Mad (…)
René Rechtman Added as ATF Keynote Speaker
René Rechtman, head of International, Maker Studios will join the 2015 Asia TV Forum keynote speaker lineup. Rechtman will give a keynote address at the pre-market conference on December (…)
Production Begins for “Pustina” (“Wasteland”)
Principal photography has started on Pustina (Wasteland), Stepan Hulik’s original drama series for HBO Europe. The series tells the story of economic and social upheaval in the Czech Republic, (…)
Grindstone Lands Wicked Flying Monkeys
Lionsgate’s Grindstone Entertainment has picked up North American rights to Wicked Flying Monkeys. Mexico’s Anima Estudios produced the animated fantasy set in L. Frank Baum’s Oz world, the company’s (…)
Up the Ladder: Content Media, FremantleMedia
Tom Butterfield has been hired as Content Media’s head of production. Butterfield will oversee productions in the pipeline, source high-quality projects for the company’s development and production slate, in addition (…)
Lionsgate Lands “Natural Born Pranksters”
Lionsgate has acquired distribution rights for Natural Born Pranksters, a movie starring YouTube artists Vitalyzd TV, Roman Atwood and Dennis Roady. Collective Digital Studio financed and produced the film, (…)
Canal Once Premieres New Medical Series
Javier Fabián was diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression. Doctors thought there was no cure, until they tried a neuro-stimulator—a surgically implanted device that sends electrodes to different areas of the brain. (…)
Three Weeks From Start of Asia TV Forum, 4,800 Expected
Over 4,800 content buyers and sellers are expected to attend this year’s Asia TV Forum, to buy, sell, distribute, finance and co-produce across all platforms and genres. The event takes (…)
Caracol’s “Men Cry Too” in El Salvador, “The Cartel 2” on Hulu
Caracol Television’s Men Cry Too premiered in El Salvador on October 2. The series, which combines romance and heartbreak, narrates the emotional journey of Javier, a well-known doctor whose (…)
AFM at 35: Middle Age Crisis Is Creeping In
After 35 years, the time has come for the American Film Market (AFM) to ask where it is going and what the reason for the market is.
These are the two questions floating (…)