Danish Series ‘The Sommerdahl Murders’ Renewed For S6
Danish crime series The Sommerdahl Murders has been commissioned for a sixth season. Based on Anna Grue’s bestselling book franchise, the Nordic drama is a co-production between Dynamic Television, ZDF, ndF, Sequoia (…)
Dandelooo is Hiding ‘Under The Sofa’
French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo has struck a deal with Barcelona-based audiovisual production company Teidees for the sitcom comedy series Under The Sofa. The deal gives Dandelooo exclusive worldwide (…)
CAKE to Rep New Preschool Series ‘Luce in the Lovely Land’
Production companies Cabane and Thuristar will be partnering with kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE, for the international distribution of the 2D animated series Luce in the Lovely Land.
The new 39 x 7’ pre-school series features Luce, a curious and daring 6-year-old (…)
Paramount’s Dan Cohen to Keynote at MIPCOM
Dan Cohen, chief content licensing officer, Paramount, and president, Republic Pictures, will give a Media Mastermind keynote at the 40th edition of MIPCOM Cannes in the Palais’ Grand Auditorium on (…)
CosmoBlue Acquires EdTech Specialist Macademia
Switzerland-based CosmoBlue Media has acquired family entertainment group Macademia. On the heels of the prior acquisition of Sofy.tv, CosmoBlue assets will now be focused on sports, movies/telenovelas, and children’s programming.
Macademia’s (…)
New Metric and Encore Partner on Bilingual Content
Canada-based companies New Metric Media and Encore have entered a partnership to co-develop and co-produce bilingual content across both scripted and unscripted programming. Under the pact, both companies will also (…)
‘The NYT’ Outlines Disney Power Struggle
Reading the September 8, 2024 edition of ‘The New York Times’ and leafing through the Business section of the paper, the expression was “Wow!” Only a major scandal would take (…)
Banijay Kids & Family Acquires Procidis
Banijay Kids & Family has acquired a majority stake in French production company Procidis, creator of the popular edutaining saga Once Upon a Time…, and inclusive of its umbrella brand, (…)
NAB New York to Feature Elections’ Tools
At its annual U.S. National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show in New York City — this year to be held October 8-10, 2024, at its traditional venue, the Javits (…)
Moonbug Team Launches 8 Lions Entertainment
Moonbug Entertainment veterans Jiella Esmat and Karine Ahton have launched 8 Lions Entertainment. Co-founder and chief executive officer Esmat was most recently chief revenue officer of Amuse Animation & Amuse (…)