Principal Photography Starts on ‘Chuck & Danny’s Road Trip’

Force Four Entertainment and Corus Entertainment have started principal photography on Chuck & Danny’s Road Trip, a cinematic culinary series for Food Network Canada starring chefs Chuck Hughes (Chuck’s Day Off) and Danny Smiles (Top Chef Canada). The six-part (…)

By |September 16th, 2016|0 Comments

Up the Ladder: Breakthrough

Canadian production and distribution studio Breakthrough Entertainment has appointed Caroline Tyre senior director, International Sales and Acquisitions. Tyre will report to Craig McGillivray, Vice-President, Distribution, and will manage sales of the studio’s (…)

By |September 15th, 2016|0 Comments

DCD Renews Output Deal with The Open University

U.K.-based distributor DCD Rights has renewed its output deal to distribute factual content from The Open University.  The multi-year agreement gives DCD Rights worldwide rights to almost 250 hours (…)

By |September 15th, 2016|0 Comments

Sean Cohan, Susanne Daniels and Adi Hasak to Present MIPCOM’s Media Mastermind

 

MIPCOM has unveiled the three speakers to lead the Media Mastermind Keynote. Sean Cohan, president, International and Digital Media, A+E Networks; Susanne Daniels, global head of Original Content, YouTube; and creator (…)

By |September 15th, 2016|0 Comments

Six New Members Join Peabody Jurors

The Peabody Awards at the University of Georgia has appointed Marcy Carsey, Herman Gray, Kathy Im, Kim Masters, Mark McKinnon, and John Seigenthaler to its Board of Jurors. In a related (…)

By |September 15th, 2016|0 Comments

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Premiere Delayed to May

 

CBS All Access, the CBS Television Network’s subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, has revealed new premiere dates for it’s original series Star Trek: Discovery and the all-new (…)

By |September 15th, 2016|0 Comments

The Road to MIPCOM: Chatting with Lionsgate’s Peter Iacono

In preparation for MIPCOM, we’re running a series of brief interviews with leading executives. We chatted with Lionsgate’s president, International Television and Digital Distribution, Peter Iacono about the Santa (…)

By |September 15th, 2016|0 Comments

Up the Ladder: House Productions, Sonar Entertainment

House Productions, Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s newly created television and film production company, has appointed three new executives to their development team. Tom Leggett joins from Playground Television, where he was director of (…)

By |September 14th, 2016|0 Comments

Jen Richards Joins New Season of ‘Nashville’

 

Writer, actress and producer Jen Richards (Her Story, Doubt) is set to join the cast of Nashville in the recurring role of Allyson Del Lago, a tough but compassionate physical therapist who (…)

By |September 14th, 2016|0 Comments

Keshet Picks Up Rights for ‘The Paper’

Keshet International has acquired global rights for Croatian series The Paper. The international premiere was held at the New Europe Market (NEM) on June 14, where the partnership (…)

By |September 14th, 2016|0 Comments