Madd’s ‘The Teacher’ Highlighted In MIPTV Showcase

Madd Entertainment‘s drama series The Teacher was featured as part of The Wit’s Fresh TV Fiction showcase.

While the physical MIPTV has been cancelled, much of the content and (…)

By |April 2nd, 2020|0 Comments

Up The Ladder: WarnerMedia

Media and entertainment executive Jason Kilar has been appointed CEO of WarnerMedia.

Kilar has served in several leadership positions, including CEO of Hulu from the company’s start in (…)

By |April 1st, 2020|0 Comments

Whistler Film Fest Places Call For Submissions

Whistler Film Festival (WFF) began its call for film submissions for the 20th edition of the festival.

Scheduled for December 2-6, 2020, WFF features eight competitive tracks with (…)

By |April 1st, 2020|0 Comments

Prime Entertainment Inks Doc Deal With RTBF

Prime Entertainment Group secured a deal with French-speaking Belgium broadcaster RTBF for titles from its documentary catalog.

RTBF picked up Extreme Stuntsmen (pictured), a documentary about the Danglade family (…)

By |April 1st, 2020|0 Comments

Brazil’s Encripta Acquires TV Series From NTV

Brazilian content distributor Encripta acquired the rights to several TV series from Russia’s NTV.

Encripta picked up the online broadcasting, free TV, and pay-TV rights throughout Latin America (…)

By |April 1st, 2020|0 Comments

Rainbow Secures U.K. Licensing Partners For ’44 Cats’

Rainbow confirmed several licensing announcements for its 44 Cats brand in the U.K.

The first season of the animated series began airing on POP TV, Nick Jr, and Nick Jr (…)

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Viacom International Studios Presents ‘Storytellers’ Competition

Viacom International Studios announced its “Storytellers. Laboratorio de historias” competition.

The story lab program is VIS’s  first initiative to discover new talent and content creators in Argentina. The (…)

By |April 1st, 2020|0 Comments

Brad Holloway’s ‘Open House 1-4’ Launches On It’s A Short

It’s A Short, the online platform promoting short films worldwide, will now stream screenwriter Brad Holloway’s Open House 1-4.

Produced by Demitri Blanco and (…)

By |March 31st, 2020|0 Comments

International Emmy Kids Awards Reveals Winners

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled the winners of the eighth International Emmy Kids Awards.

Magic Light Pictures’ Zog won in the Animation category, while NRK Super’s Like (…)

By |March 31st, 2020|0 Comments

WDR Commissions Local ‘Switch’ Adaptation

Lineup Industries confirmed a German commission for its gameshow format Switch.

Produced by Riverside for broadcaster WDR, the local version will be titled Quizz Dich Auf 1. Originally produced for (…)

By |March 31st, 2020|0 Comments