Michael Jay Solomon has been recognized as one of two fathers of the L.A. Screenings (the other is the late Jack Singer), among other pioneering distribution achievements.
His professional TV career (…)
One thing was clear from the recent Television Critics Association (TCA) Press Tour: the U.S. networks are constantly trying to come up with innovative strategies to capture eyeballs, and TCA (…)
The recent news that foreign currencies depressed Discovery International’s fourth quarter adjusted cash flow by 16 percent has brought currency exchanges back to the forefront of the international TV business.
Many (…)
Perhaps MIP-TV 2016 will be remembered as a market where exhibitors questioned journalists and not vice versa. “What do you think of this MIP?” was the question most often heard, even (…)
Calandria Meadows has been named to the newly created position of vice president, Social Media and Digital Content for the broadcast networks Bounce TV, Grit, Escape and LAFF. In this (…)
NBCUniversal International Formats has licensed for Armoza Formats’ game show Still Standing in Vietnam and Mongolia. The local adaptation will premiere in July, airing on HTV7 in Vietnam and (…)
Sonar Entertainment has optioned the rights to Jonathan Eig’s nonfiction book The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution. Denise DiNovi (Crazy, Stupid (…)
Justin Simien’s 2014 feature film will be adapted for a 10-episode series on Netflix. Dear White People tells the story of black students who navigate campus life at a predominantly (…)
Basic Lead, the organizers of the inaugural 29 Palms Military Film Festival, have released more details about the festival. The festival will feature 24 films and docs, both studio and (…)
Two co-hosts and judges have been chosen for Channel 4’s new competitive cooking series, My Kitchen Rules UK. Two-time Michelin Star awarded restaurateur Michael Caines MBE, and acclaimed food (…)
