Arab Telemedia Launches First Arab Content on iTunes
Amman-based commercial media company Arab Telemedia has released 44 series and movies in the iTunes Store, making this the first production company to have Arab content available on iTunes. (…)
Nelvana is “Super Wings” Licensing Agent in France
Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, a producer and distributor of children’s animated and live-action content, has been named licensing agent for preschool series Super Wings in France. The series follows the adventures of a (…)
Big Ratings for “Little Giants” in Portugal
The second season premiere of Televisa’s (Pequeños Gigantes) lead the primetime ratings in Portugal with a 29.3% audience share. The talent show follows kids as they sing, dance and (…)
Tara Long Inks New Long-Term Agreement With eOne
Entertainment One has secured a long-term agreement with Tara Long, the company’s evp, U.S. Alternative Programming. Since its launch under Long, the company’s U.S. Alternative Programming division has developed (…)
SPI’s FashionBox Headed to Seychelles Hotels
Cable & Wireless Seychelles will handle distribution of SPI International’s FashionBox HD TV channel for in-suite television in hotels on the resort islands of Seychelles. The channel allows viewers (…)
Armoza Formats Headed to Germany, Italy
Germany’s Endemol Shine has acquired Armoza Formats‘ docu-reality series The Foodies. In every episode, groups of foodies take over a new restaurant. In other Armoza news, studio game show (…)
Mondo Teams with Qatar Company for “Sissi, The Young Empress”
Italy’s Mondo TV has entered into a co-production agreement with Jeem and Baraem channels, based in Doha, Qatar, for the production of the first season of Sissi, (…)
Steve Harvey, Mark Burnett to Bring Business Reality Series to ABC
Producer Mark Burnett and producer and host Steve Harvey are collaborating on a 13-episode seed-funding business series for ABC to air in 2016. The show brings together rival (…)
International Emmy Awards for Kids Announced at MIP-TV
The 4th International Emmy Kids Awards, from The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, took place for the first time at MIP-TV in Cannes, in partnership with Reed (…)
CANAL+ Gets Into International Development By Buying Alterna’TV
CANAL+ Group, through its subsidiary THEMA, has acquired Alterna’TV, a Miami-based content distribution company, from Eutelsat Americas. Alterna’TV is a content distribution platform that provides principally Latin (…)