GRB Entertainment Announces Factual Program and Format Deals with Canada and Sweden
GRB Entertainment has secured deals for two factual makeover series in Canada: Secret Guide to Fabulous and My First Home; and a family-oriented food competition format to Sweden for (…)
MIP’s Whitepaper on Digital Studios
Vast Media prepared an exclusive report for MIPTV and MIPCOM that looks into the current state of digital studios. The whitepaper, titled Digital Studios and MCNs: From YouTube Aggregators (…)
Starz Begins Production on “The White Princess”
Starz has started production and finished casting for The White Princess, a follow-up to the The White Queen miniseries. The eight episode original limited series, adapted from Philippa Gregory’s (…)
Omnifilm and marblemedia Collaborate on “The Odyssey”
International producer marblemedia and Omnifilm Entertainment are joining forces to develop their newest scripted series, The Odyssey. The series is a suspenseful comedy about a group of kids (…)
Sandy Frank: A TV Pioneer Who Took Risks
Sandy Frank is VideoAge’s International TV Distribution Hall of Fame honoree for the MIPCOM (October 2016) Issue. Frank is the 13th pioneer featured in VideoAge’s printed edition since April (…)
Canal+ Greenlights “The Bureau” Season 3
CANAL+ Création Originale has greenlit Season 3 of the Federation Entertainment’s political drama The Bureau. Co-produced with The Oligarchs Production, the spy thriller delves inside the French Intelligence Agency, (…)
CMT Picks Up Season 5 of “Nashville”
After being canceled by ABC in May, CMT has swooped in to rescue Nashville. The series will return for a full 22-episode fifth season on the cable network, and (…)
“Guilt” to Debut on Freeform and Bravo in June
Guilt, a thriller that revolves around the investigation of a young girl’s murder, is set to premiere June 13 on Freeform in the U.S., and June 21 on Bravo in (…)
Critical Content Inks Deals with Howie Mandel’s Alevy Productions
Critical Content, an independent studio that launched in October, has finalized an overall deal with America’s Got Talent judge Howie Mandel and his company Alevy Productions. Through the (…)
Up the Ladder: Propagate
Propagate has made several new hires: the company named Kevin Healey as head of Alternative Programming, Brett-Patrick Jenkins (pictured) as head of Development and Nicole Laufer as director of Development. Propagate (…)