UKTV has picked up RTÉ comedy series Bridget & Eamon, which debuted on RTÉ2 in February. The deal marks the first time an RTÉ fully funded comedy will air (…)

TV5MONDE USA, the only fulltime French-language entertainment channel in the U.S., has expanded its VOD deal with Verizon Fios. TV5MONDE Cinema On Demand is now available in 13 Verizon systems (…)

Verne Troyer (known for his role as “Mini-me” in Austin Powers) has signed with Studio71, ProSiebenSat.1’s media company and multichannel network, to expand his online presence. Troyer has collaborated (…)

The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) has revealed the selections for its inaugural scripts competition, which accepted thirty-minute comedy scripts from writers worldwide. Twenty-one television and digital comedy pilot (…)

Italy’s Rainbow is set to debut new live-action series Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends later this month. The first episode will premiere in Italy on August 29, on kids (…)

GRB Entertainment has secured deals with Discovery Latin America, Discovery En Español, Discovery Europe and Bell Media’s Canal Vie for GRB’s real-life hospital show, Untold Stories of the E.R. and (…)

Armoza Formats, an Israeli independent formats distributor and creator, has made new organizational changes in the Marketing and Strategy departments. Yael Phillips, who led the Marketing department for the last (…)

The Association for International Broadcasting has entered a strategic partnership with IABM. AIB represents 70 major international broadcasters and has an active community of 27,000 senior executives in media companies in (…)

Iran’s Visual Media Institute is organizing the fourth edition of the Jasmine International Film Festival. The festival, which will take place October 30 through November 3, will be held in (…)