Zaslav Discovers New Challenges
After a 35-year partnership, the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) is leaving Warner Bros.’ TNT for ESPN, NBC Universal, and Amazon.
The news prompted The Los Angeles Times to wonder: (…)
Up The Ladder: Fred Media
Fred Media announced new senior roles.
Sales manager Jimmy Elkington has been promoted to head of Sales. Elkington will oversee the program sales strategy for the Australian independent content distributor. He (…)
CANAL+ Launches In Hungary
CANAL+ Group launched its services in Hungary.
The CANAL+ offering, which groups together linear services with curated movies and series, is distributed under the Direct One brand. In an effort to (…)
Newen Studios To Acquire Johnson Production Group
Newen Studios entered an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Johnson Production Group, an American company that handles packaging, financing, production, and distribution of TV movies.
Newen’s investment in JPG (…)
Paramount+ UK Premieres ‘Dating Naked UK’ In August
Paramount+ UK and MTVE Studios will premiere the new reality series Dating Naked UK on August 23, 2024.
Produced by Nest Productions, the show features ten naked singles who are in (…)
FOX Renews ‘Krapopolis’ For S4
FOX Entertainment renewed the animated comedy Krapopolis for a fourth season.
Produced by Bento Box Entertainment, Krapopolis takes place in a mythical ancient Greece where a dysfunctional family of humans, gods, (…)
Nile Media Entertainment Group Launches
Nile Media Entertainment Group launched with film industry veteran Moses Babatope as CEO.
Led by Babatope, the co-founder of FilmHouse Group and managing director of FilmOne Entertainment, the new film and (…)
Cineflix Rights Scores U.K. Scripted And Factual Deals
Cineflix Rights inked deals with U.K. broadcasters for scripted and factual content.
Paramount+ picked up the crime dramas Girl in the Video (pictured) and Abducted off the Street: The Carlesha Gaither (…)
Record TV Acquires ‘Woman’ From Calinos Entertainment
Calinos Entertainment announced that Record TV acquired the Turkish drama Woman.
Produced by Medyapim and MF Yapim, the drama series tells the survival story of Bahar, a young widow with two (…)
Giannina Antola: 1961-2024
Respected industry executive Giannina Antola passed away over the weekend.
Antola started her career at Procter and Gamble after graduating with an M.A. in Economics from Duke University and a B.A. (…)