FUSION will debut AJ Schnack’s six-part U.S. presidential election series Primaries. FUSION acquired the series from First Look Media. Primaries will premiere with back-to-back episodes September 25 at 9 (…)

The Jackal Group has secured the television rights to author Chloe Benjamin’s forthcoming novel The Immortalists. The Jackal Group’s Gail Berman and Joe Earley will executive produce the epic cable (…)

Prime Entertainment Group inked a major deal with Planete+ for Hollywood’s Best Film Directors. All episodes will be aired in French starting this September in the Canadian territory as Les (…)

In preparation for MIPCOM, we’re running a series of brief interviews with leading executives. We spoke with Breakthrough Entertainment’s vice president of Distribution, Craig McGillivray, about the Toronto-based company’s plans (…)

Genius Brands International has promoted Stone Newman to president of Global Consumer Products, Worldwide Content Sales & Marketing. In his new role, Newman, who joined GBI in 2014 as president (…)

A+E Networks U.K. has renewed its distribution agreement with Norway’s cable and IPTV platform Get. The deal introduces H2 to over 500,000 homes on the Get network. H2 will (…)

YouTube has ordered full seasons of the scripted comedy series Broke and the competition show Squad Wars from BuzzFeed Motion Pictures (BFMP), the Los Angeles studio arm of the global (…)

Independent studio Entertainment One (eOne) has entered into a first-look deal for unscripted programming with filmmaker, producer and show creator Datari Turner under his Datari Turner Productions banner. The (…)

Canada’s Family Channel is launching the 14th annual Bullying Awareness Week campaign. The campaign encourages students to speak out against bullying when they see it happen. Family is showcasing the commitment of its (…)