RAI’s ‘Jams’ to Premiere in Spain
Teen series Jams, co-produced by Italy’s Rai Kids and Stand by me, will debut on TVE in Spain, where it will be broadcast on kids’ channel Clan. The series has (…)
Inter Medya’s Titles Travel to Central and Eastern Europe
Turkey’s Inter Medya has licensed a slate of titles to Kanal D in Romania, including drama series Another Chance, Deception, and Hicran; while series Poison Ivy has been licensed to (…)
Calinos is ‘Indefensible’
Turkey’s Calinos Entertainment is premiering two new drama series: Farah and Twisted Lives, produced by O3 Medya; plus Canadian production Indefensible.
Farah follows the story of an Iranian woman, who has to (…)
Content Budapest Confirms Participating Companies
Content Budapest has confirmed 128 participating companies and announced that M7 Group’s Bill Wijdeveld, BluTV’s Mustafa Alpay Güler, Paprika Studios’ Krisztina Gallo and Parrot Analytics’ Amit Devani have joined the (…)
MX Player Inks Deal with Paramount GCD
India’s OTT platform MX Player has partnered with Paramount Global Content Distribution to bring its all-female sports entertainment show WOW – Women Of Wrestling to Indian audiences. The Indian entertainment (…)
Dynamic Acquires SVT’s ‘The Pirate Bay’
Dynamic Television has acquired the worldwide distribution rights for SVT’s upcoming drama series The Pirate Bay.
The Swedish series, from B-Reel Films and SVT, is based on the true story of the (…)
Investing in Sports Is a Good Exercise
Private-equity investors in the U.S. are discovering good returns from sports teams’ transmission rights (broadcast and streaming) and sports betting. These investors also found out that inexplicably sports properties are (…)
Dizi Now Available on Thema’s Bouquet Maghreb
SPI International has partnered with Thema to distribute the Dizi channel in Arabic to French network operators. The channel dedicated to Turkish drama series will be available to Free and SFR subscribers (…)
NFTYS Noms To Close on April 15
Nominations for The NFTYS, the first show recognizing the cultural innovators who are redefining fashion, art, music, entertainment, and technology across the metaverse, will close on April 15, 2023.
Winners will (…)
Movie Theaters’ Recurring Stress
Even though some Hollywood studios are shifting back to releasing some films to movie theaters before making them available on streaming platforms, cinemas are still struggling, and their somewhat improved (…)