New Flagship Studio for Brown Bag Films

Brown Bag Films has moved to a new 30,000 square foot animation studio in Smithfield, Dublin. The 9 Story Media Group subsidiary, founded in 1994, now employs nearly (…)

By |May 27th, 2016|0 Comments

“The A Word” Renewed for Season Two

BBC One has green lit a second season of Fifty Fathoms and Keshet U.K.’s drama The A Word. The renewal follows the critical success of the first season, which was (…)

By |May 27th, 2016|0 Comments

Up the Ladder: MGM

Deblina Chakrabarty and Guro Viddal have been promoted to executive directors, International Television Distribution, at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s (MGM) EMEA division. Chakrabarty will take on distribution of all television media in Spain (…)

By |May 26th, 2016|0 Comments

Smilehood’s “Creators” Wins Martin Fierro Award

Pablo Aristizabal’s Creators, released on Telefe and distributed by Smilehood Media, has been awarded Best Children’s Program at the 2016 Martin Fierro Awards. The Argentine awards are the most (…)

By |May 26th, 2016|0 Comments

Poland’s TTV Licenses Armoza’s “How To Be”

Polish broadcaster TTV has commissioned Armoza Formats’ celebrity interview show How To Be, in a deal that marks the first partnership between the companies. Locally named Być Jak… the nine-episode (…)

By |May 26th, 2016|0 Comments

MIP Releases Whitepaper on Public Broadcasting’s Future

IHS prepared an exclusive report for MIPTV and MIPCOM detailing the challenges surrounding public broadcasting on a global scale, from decreased government funding to reaching a younger audience online. The (…)

By |May 26th, 2016|0 Comments

Cisneros Inks Worldwide Representation Deal with The Barreto Family

Global distributor Cisneros Media Distribution (CMD) has signed an exclusive worldwide representation deal with the “first family” of Brazilian film: the Barreto’s. The family’s production company, LC Barreto, has (…)

By |May 26th, 2016|0 Comments

“Carpool Karaoke” Becomes an International Format

CBS Studios International and Fulwell 73 have announced that Carpool Karaoke, the viral video broadcast on CBS’s The Late Late Show With James Corden, will be sold internationally (…)

By |May 26th, 2016|0 Comments

Danny Glover, Jason Priestley Join Monte-Carlo Juries

Two big stars have joined the jury at the Monte-Carlo TV Awards: Danny Glover, who will take the role of News Jury president and Jason Priestley as Fiction Jury president. (…)

By |May 25th, 2016|0 Comments

Mondo TV Spain Rebrands to Mondo TV IBEROAMERICA

The Italian kids TV and cartoon group Mondo TV S.p.A has changed its corporate name from “Mondo TV Spain” into “Mondo TV IBEROAMERICA.” This change reflects the (…)

By |May 25th, 2016|0 Comments