Mediaset Celebrates Mike Bongiorno with ‘Wheel of Fortune’
On the occasion of the 100th birthday of late Italian presenter Mike Bongiorno (May 26, 1924-September 8, 2009), Italy’s Mediaset celebrates the TV personality with a new edition of Wheel of Fortune, hosted by Gerry (…)
Apollo’s Heel in Paramount Bid
If Paramount Global were to accept the joint bid from Apollo Global Management and Sony Pictures Entertainment, its Achilles’ heel would be the U.S. Antitrust Laws and U.S. regulations restricting (…)
TV Consumption During Ramadan
During Ramadan 2024, the media and entertainment landscape across the Middle East and other regions with Muslim communities saw a surge in media consumption driven by unique cultural and social (…)
Banijay Kids Rebrands its Hub Channels
Banijay Kids & Family has rebranded its existing hub channels and unveiled a raft of new brands.
Available on YouTube, the ZeeKay suite of channels features four main brands, ZeeKay Cartoons, (…)
Content Warsaw Announces Agenda
Content Warsaw, running June 3-6, 204, in the Polish capital city, has announced its agenda for the three-day event.
Sony Pictures Television, Disney, Viaplay and United Media are confirmed to (…)
ITV Commissions Drama “I Fought the Law”
The real-life story of Ann Ming and her determination to see her daughter’s murderer brought to justice is to be dramatized by ITV series I Fought The Law, starring Sheridan (…)
NEM Dubrovnik Unveils Speaker Details
NEM Dubrovnik, running June 10-23, 2024 at the Dubrovnik Palace hotel, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, has unveiled additional details of its speaker agenda.
Keynote sessions will be held by Monty Sarhan, CEO (…)
Inter Medya Secures Sales in Argentina and Chile
Turkey’s Inter Medya has licensed drama series Deception (Aldatmak) to Paramount-owned Telefe and Chilevision, in Argentina and Chile respectively.
Deception, created by Turkey’s prodco TIMS&B Productions, stars Vahide Percin, Mustafa Ugurlu, Ercan Kesal, Feyza Sevil Güngör, (…)
EchoStar Debt Served in a Dish
A group of bondholders sued satellite company EchoStar for allegedly having diverted some $13 billion in Dish Network’s assets, without compensating them.
According to the court filing, EchoStar, which recently merged (…)
Royal TV Society Announces London Convention
The Royal Television Society’s London Convention will take place on September 17 , 2024, at Kings Place, London. The biennial event will be chaired by Netflix’s Anna Mallett, vice president, Production, (…)