Antenna Group To Produce Greek Adaptation of ‘Still Standing’
Greece’s Antenna Group will be producing a local version of the game show Still Standing for its free-to-air channel, ANT1 TV. Ant1 commissioned 200 episodes of Still Standing from Armoza Formats. Still Standing, created by Channel (…)
Global Media’s ‘Masha and the Bear’ Sales
Global Media has continued to make sales on Masha and the Bear. Turner Broadcasting System acquired season three of the series for Cartoon Network in Latin America, where season one and (…)
ATF Animation Pitch 2017 Places Call For Submissions
The Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) producers, Reed Exhibitions, placed a call for submissions for the inaugural ATF Animation Pitch, which will be held as part of this (…)
Bomanbridge Sells Lifestyle Series To Southeast Asia
Bomanbridge Media made a number of distribution sales with broadcasters in Southeast Asia for its lifestyle series. National Geographic Asia acquired John Torode’s Korean Food Tour, which follows the celebrity chef (…)
Up The Ladder: Lagardère Studios
Lagardère Studios appointed Thomas Plessis as director of Digital Business. Prior to joining Lagardère, Plessis served as director of Dim Sum Entertainment, which he co-founded with Fred Testot. In his (…)
MIPCOM 2017 Selects ‘Kurara’ As Asian World Premiere TV Screening
MIPCOM 2017 selected NHK’s new drama Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai’s Daughter as the feature for the Asian World Premiere TV Screening. This title is the first-ever 4K drama to screen (…)
Berlinale Co-Production Market Opens Call For Submissions
The 15th Berlinale Co-Production Market, held from February 18-21, 2018, placed a call for submissions from producers looking to submit feature-length projects in need of co-producers. The requirements include a (…)
Universal Kids Acquires ‘The Next Step’
Universal Kids acquired the tween series The Next Step from Boat Rocker Rights and BBC Worldwide. The half-hour drama follows a group of young, professional dancers. The sixth season, currently in production, focuses (…)
Mondo TV Sells ‘Robot Trains’ In Italy
Mondo TV signed a deal with DeA Junior, a pay TV channel part of Sky Italia, to debut the 3D CGI-animated series Robot Trains. Distributed and licensed by Mondo TV, Robot Trains is (…)
Inaugural CANNESERIES Takes Place April 2018
The inaugural edition of CanneSeries will take place in Cannes, France, from April 4-11, 2018. Alongside the annual MIPTV, CanneSeries was founded by the mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, and (…)