Hannah Simone to Host FOX’s Kicking and Screaming
Hannah Simone (New Girl) will host Kicking & Screaming, a new eight-episode FOX competition series. The series sees 10 expert survivalists with pampered partners in an extreme physical and mental (…)
Worldwide Sales for DRG’s Wildlife Shows
London-based distributor DRG has made a raft of international sales for its nature and wildlife programming. Baby Animals In The Wild, which follows newborn wild baby animals during their (…)
BBC Two Commissions “Back to the Land”
Production company 7 Wonder, based in the U.K., has landed its second BBC Two commission to produce Back to the Land. The series highlights rural Britain and a new wave of entrepreneurs, (…)
All About The 2016 L.A. Screenings Now Online
The 2016 L.A. Screenings schedule of events has been updated and can be browsed here.
L.A. Screenings participants will find: the 2016-2017 U.S. Network Pilot Pick Up Announcements, the Latin (…)
May 2016
Perhaps my old age is starting to interfere with me, but I’m wondering what’s so special about the good ol’ days. Were video cassettes better than today’s streaming promos? Were (…)
Michael J. Solomon: A Master Salesman For Hollywood and a Marketing Genius
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 (…)
Anticipating The U.S. Nets’ New TV Programming Bets
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 (…)
When FX Affects Bottom Lines, Effects Are Visible
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 (…)
Latin And Turkish Telenovelas After Buyers’ Hearts, Minds (and Wallets)
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 (…)
Up the Ladder: Bounce TV and Katz Broadcasting
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 (…)