The F-Word Analyzed in Hollywood
Peter Funt explores, in a Wall Street Journal article, Hollywood’s obsession with the F-word, which is used with casual frequency in many TV series.
Funt is a journalist, actor and producer. He’s also (…)
iWANTTFC Partners with Vooks on Animated Kids’ Books
Filipino streaming platform iWantTFC, currently available in 200 countries, has partnered with Vooks, an international streaming app with over 1.7 million total users globally.
With over 40 publishing partners of best-selling (…)
Media Ranch Signs Deal with MGM for ‘Watch!’
MGM Alternative has optioned Media Ranch’s format Watch! for the U.S. Part variety show and part memory game, Watch! features two rival teams competing against one another to answer questions based on live onstage (…)
TelevisaUnivision Honored at GLAAD Media Awards
TelevisaUnivision received a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism, for Vico Ortiz — Primer Impacto (Univision), and a Special Recognition for En Sus Palabras, available on ViX.
In Primer (…)
ITV Studios’ Ruth Berry to Keynote at MIPTV
Ruth Berry, managing director, Global Distribution and Global Entertainment, ITV Studios will give a keynote address at MIPTV (running April 17-19) on April 18 in Cannes.
Appointed to the newly created (…)
FOX Orders U.S. Version of ‘Doc’ Medical Drama
FOX has given a straight-to-series order to the medical procedural drama Doc, from executive producers Barbie Kligman (Magnum P.I., Secrets and Lies, Private Practice), Hank Steinberg (For Life, Without a Trace) and (…)
Rai Launches Dyslexia-Themed Kids’ Series
Italy’s Rai Kids has unveiled The Chronicles of Nanaria, a 15-episode live action comedy series featuring 11-year-old Arianna, who realizes she has dyslexia. She begins to educate herself about the (…)
Bomanbridge Partners with Seventh Art Productions
Bomanbridge Media and prodco Seventh Art Productions have signed a global distribution deal for the exclusive representation of the Brighton-based producer’s arts programming catalog.
Seventh Art’s latest film, documentary feature Vermeer (…)
Canada’s Telecoms Getting Bigger
The Canadian federal government has approved the C$26 billion merger of telecom companies Rogers and Shaw, with such conditions that, according to Ottawa, consumers will benefit from the deal.
François-Philippe Champagne, (…)
Silverback to Receive MIP SDG Award
MIPTV will honor acclaimed natural history producers Silverback (Silverback Films and Studio Silverback) with the fourth annual MIP SDG Award at the upcoming MIPTV market (running April 17-19 in Cannes), (…)