RTÉ Global Sells High Hopes to UKTV
Ireland’s RTÉ Global has sold two of its primetime series to UKTV: The High Hopes Choir and Rachel Allen’s Coastal Cooking. Tyrone Production’s The High Hopes Choir is an (…)
First-Look Deal for Lionsgate, Jon Hurtwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
Writers/directors/producers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have entered a multi-year, first-look television deal with Lionsgate Television. The duo’s first project under the deal, single-camera comedy Fair and Balanced for ABC, (…)
Cisneros’ “Amor Secreto” Premieres in U.S.
Cisneros Media Distribution’s telenovela Amor Secreto debuts on November 30 at 3pm Eastern on Estrella TV, the largest privately held, minority-owned U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster. Amor Secreto, an adaptation (…)
SMPTE Elects New Officers, Governors for 2016-2017
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has appointed new officers and governors for the 201-2017 term. Three SMPTE officers were re-elected and will continue in their current (…)
MLS, FOX Sports Broadcast in Sub-Saharan Africa
Major League Soccer and FOX Sports in Africa have partnered to broadcast league matches live across Sub-Saharan Africa. With this deal, MLS is now distributed in almost 140 (…)
PaleyLive LA December Events
The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills will present exclusive PaleyLive LA public events with the stars and creators of FXX’s The League, on December 8 and CBS’s (…)
First Edition of MAMTV
Daró Media Group has organized the first edition of MAMTV, Spain’s first international trade market on production and distribution of audiovisual content. The event will take place simultaneously with (…)
Sky Italia Picks Up “White Collar Brawlers”
Cielo, Sky Italia’s free to air channel, has commissioned a local adaptation of NBCUniversal International Studios’ reality format White Collar Brawlers. The series pits office workers against each other (…)
Cartoons on the Bay Submissions Open
The 19th edition of Cartoons on the Bay, Rai Com’s international cross-media animation and children’s television festival, will be held April 7-9 in Venice, Italy. Submissions for the festival (…)
Tricon Sells “Aprés Ski” to Shaw Media’s Slice
Toronto-based Tricon Films & Television has sold its original series, Aprés Ski, to Shaw Media’s Slice. Bell Media’s French-language channel Vrak also acquired the series, which will launch this (…)