Canada’s Blue Ant Media has appointed David Brown to CEO of Omnia Media. The announcement arrives after Blue Ant Media’s total acquisition of the digital video network earlier in 2016. Brown is a former(…)

Movistar+, Telefónica’s pay-TV platform in Spain has unveiled docu-style reality El Puente (The Bridge) to be released in 2017. Spanish anchor Paula Vázquez will host the series, which will be produced(…)

Lionsgate has signed John Rogers (The Librarians,Leverage) to write the pilot and executive produce the television adaptation of fantasy books The Kingkiller Chronicle, along with franchise creative producer Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Moana),(…)

The Paley Center for Media’s 34 annual PaleyFest Los Angeles will return to the Dolby Theatre March 17-26, 2017. The interactive pop culture event brings together TV fans and(…)

 fuboTV , a streaming pay TV service for sports and entertainment programming, has nabbed affiliate agreements with Fox Networks Group, NBCUniversal, A+E Networks, Crown Media Family Networks, Fuse Media, NBA(…)

Xavier Marchand, The Mark Gordon Company and Entertainment One (eOne) have partnered with Marchand’s new U.K.-based film and television development and production outfit Moonriver Content (Moonriver). Under his new(…)

The 2017 MIPFormats International Pitch has opened their call for entries. The pitching competition is open to creators and producers of innovative non-scripted entertainment formats. The projects must be submitted(…)

Children’s entertainment company The Fred Rogers Company has named Paul Siefken President and CEO, effective January 1, 2017. Currently vice president of Broadcast & Digital Media, Siefken succeeds longtime(…)

Brand management company Genius Brands International has licensed the content distribution, licensing and merchandising rights to SpacePOP in Southern Europe, including Spain, Portugal and Italy, for a launch in(…)

The Toronto Film Critics Association has awarded Best Picture to Moonlight, by American director Barry Jenkins, a coming-of-age story about a gay Black man coming to terms with his sexuality. The film(…)