Australia’s Syfy Channel to Premiere “Airlock”
The Australian web-based sci-fi series Airlock, starring Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab to Darwin) and Dan Mor (Arrowhead), will make its TV debut on Australia’s SyFy Channel. Enzo Tedeschi’s series about a (…)
Up the Ladder: Small World IFT
Los Angeles and London-based formats company Small World IFT has named Tara Gaule vice president, Format Sales and Development, Europe. The company has also promoted sales executive Henny Adolfsdottir. (…)
Bounce TV Kicks Off Mobile App
Fast-growing African-American TV network Bounce TV has launched of a free mobile app. The Bounce TV app offers full seasons of Bounce TV’s original series, including hit shows Saints & (…)
Ronaldo to Deliver MIPTV Keynote
Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo Nazario will address the MIPTV audience with a keynote speech. Ronaldo, also a sports commentator on Globo, will showcase the Brazilian sports broadcasting capabilities as (…)
Sales for 9 Story in the U.K.
Toronto’s 9 Story Media Group has licensed three animated children’s shows to U.K broadcasters. Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoonito U.K. signed for the first season of Fred Rogers-produced preschool series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, which (…)
Gravitas Ventures to Distribute “My Father’s Vietnam”
Indie film distributor Gravitas Ventures has picked up the VOD and home video rights to Soren Sorensen’s My Father’s Vietnam. The film, which focuses on the filmmaker’s father, Peter (…)
HTI Sells Crime Series Worldwide
Independent distributor Hat Trick International has shipped true crime content to multiple global broadcasters, the company announced today. Plum Pictures’ recent two-part series for ITV, The Mafia with Trevor McDonald, (…)
Up the Ladder: Red Arrow
Shirley Bowers has been named vp Sales and Acquisitions, North America, at Red Arrow International. In her new role, Bowers will be responsible for leading the company’s sales activities in (…)
TRT Hosts Screening Days in Antalya
Turkey’s largest broadcaster, Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) has unveiled the details of the 2016 TRT Screening Days. The event will be hosted by TRT, and will take place (…)
Autentic’s “Hot Roads” Picked Up by Discovery Asia Pacific
Discovery Networks Asia Pacific has acquired a factual content package that includes Hot Roads—The World’s Most Dangerous Roads (pictured) and Asia—Secret Lives, Hidden Places. An international coproduction between Berlin-based