Wonkybot Brings “Tara Tremendous” to TV
Children’s production, music and publishing company Wonkybot Studios is in development to turn the music-driven superhero podcast The Secret Diaries of Tara Tremendous into their first animated series for (…)
Call for Entries for Canadian Screen Awards in TV & Digital Media
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has announced the call for entries for the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards in the Television and Digital Media categories. Producers are invited to (…)
Universal Networks Renews “Hollywood On Set” for Pan-African Territory
Prime Entertainment Group has renewed Hollywood On Set with Universal Networks in the Pan-African territory. The deal sees 52 episodes of the series, which takes viewers behind the scenes (…)
DHX Media Inks Deal with Amazon Prime
DHX Media, an independent kid’s content company, has licensed season one of its new animated comedy series Looped, exclusively for Amazon Prime in the U.S. The original animated kid’s (…)
“Stand Up For Your Country” Earns Top Ratings in Spain
The season finale of the VIP edition of Televisa’s Stand Up For Your Country (Levántate All Stars) reached number one in its primetime slot last night. The elite version (…)
AMC Launches Partnership with beIN in MENA
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) is set to kick off five channels with Middle East and North Africa (MENA) based- pay TV platform beIN. The channels will launch in 21 (…)
Up the Ladder: DCD Rights
Independent U.K.-based distributor DCD Rights is has named Philippa Chuter to the new role of Senior Acquisitions Executive. Chuter joins the company from Passion Distribution, where she was acquisitions executive and (…)
Audio.Ad Kicks Off Interactive Audio Ads with XAPP
Audio.ad, a Cisneros Interactive company that focuses on digital audio advertising for brands and content producers, has signed (…)
AwesomenessTV Inks Sales and Production Deal with ITV
U.K.-based FTA commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired exclusive U.K. premiere rights to AwesomenessTV’s long-form series. As part of the deal, the companies will produce youth-focused original series together. Additionallty, ITV (…)
Sony’s Kazuo Hirai to Present MIPCOM Keynote
Kazuo Hirai, president and CEO of Sony Corporation, will deliver the Media Mastermind Keynote at MIPCOM . The entertainment content market will take place in Cannes, France from October 17-20, 2016. (…)