Amuz Secures Rights to Céline Dion’s Music Event
Amuz Distribution has secured the international distribution rights to Pour toi Céline – Tribute to the album D’Eux, a celebration of the highest selling French-language album in music history, featuring Céline (…)
Producers Attard and Abbott Launch Showdog Studio
Veteran producers John Attard and David “Doc” Abbott have formed multiplatform content company Showdog Studio, headquartered in historic Franklin, Tennessee. The pair have also brought TV and film studio executive Robert Harris into the fold as (…)
‘Wild West Chronicles’ on GREAT! Channel
Narrative Entertainment has acquired exclusive U.K. rights to Wild West Chronicles seasons 2 and 3 for its GREAT! action channel. Narrative has acquired the series from distributor Imagicomm Entertainment via sales agent, Alfred Haber Television.
This new commitment follows (…)
Barbieheimer Leaves ‘Oppenheimer’ Behind
Warner Bros.’ Barbie tops $1 billion at the global box-office, leaving Universal’s Oppenheimer behind at $552.9 million in global ticket sales; the biographical thriller becomes the biggest WWII film of all times.
Directed by Greta (…)
Banijay Serves Up ‘MasterChef’ to French Canada
Banijay’s MasterChef is set for a new international adaptation in French-Canada, produced by Pixcom, in collaboration with Quebecor Content. Canadian French-language network TVA will broadcast a first season of MasterChef (…)
Locarno Fest Kicks Off Amidst Cancellations Due to Strike
The 76th Locarno Film Festival kicked off on August 2 in the Swiss lake town. The event, which is running until August 12, is the first international film festival to (…)
Gerhard Zeiler to Deliver MIPCOM Opening Keynote
MIPCOM CANNES has announced that Gerhard Zeiler, president of International at Warner Bros. Discovery, will give the opening keynote in Cannes at the 39th edition of the International Co-Production & Entertainment Content (…)
Sports+ is on Disney, WB Minds
When Discovery acquired Warner Bros. in April 2022, the new owner shut down its all-news streaming CNN+. Now, 16 months later, Warner Bros. Discovery is looking at news and sports (…)
SPI Partners with LigaT in Portugal
SPI International has announced the launch of diverse channels in collaboration with telecom provider LigaT, bringing new entertainment options to Portuguese viewers.
The newly introduced channels include FunBox UHD, Dizi, FightBox, FashionBox, (…)
Hasbro to Sell eOne to Lionsgate for $500M
Toy and game company Hasbro has confirmed that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its eOne film and TV business to Lionsgate for approximately $500 million. The transaction is (…)