SPI/FILMBOX Signs Deal With Anttention
SPI International/FILMBOX signed a deal with Anttention Media that will launch FilmBox channels on Anttention’s video and audio streaming platform VeeTee and deliver its TV channels and VOD service (…)
Andy Kaplan Named Int’l Emmy Awards Gala Chair
Andy Kaplan, the president of Sony Pictures Television Networks, was appointed as chair for the 45th International Emmy Awards Gala, which will be held on November 20, 2017, in New York (…)
Up The Ladder: Entertainment One
Entertainment One (eOne) hired Dan Gopal as executive vice president of Sales for the EMEA region. Before joining eOne, Gopal served as executive vice president, EMEA Distribution & Global Partners, (…)
Medienboard And CMF Partner For Digital Media Incentive
Medienboard and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) signed an agreement to establish the Canada-Germany Digital Media Incentive for the co-development and co-production of digital media projects between Canadian producers and German (…)
Critical Content Develops A Malcolm X Series
Critical Content announced a new series based on Manning Marable’s biography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, which the content studio will develop and produce. David Matthews is (…)
AMC Networks’ Shudder Acquires ‘Missions’
AMC Networks’ thriller and suspense streaming service, Shudder, acquired the first window rights from AB International Distribution for the first season of the sci-fi series Missions for the U.S., Canada, U.K. and (…)
Starz Develops ‘Black Samurai’ With Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Wu Films
Starz is developing a new action-drama series, the working title is Black Samurai, with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Wu Films. The series is based on the Black Samurai novels written by Marc Olden (…)
Scorpion TV Sells ‘Diana: In Her Own Words’ To Over 20 Territories
U.K. distributor Scorpion TV sold the Channel 4 documentary Diana: In Her Own Words to over 20 territories around the world. The Princess Diana documentary was acquired by Australia’s Seven Network, New Zealand’s (…)
Ivanhoe Pictures Signs Deal With 42nd Pictures For ‘Upside Down’
U.S.-based production company Ivanhoe Pictures signed a deal with 42nd Pictures to acquire the adaptation rights of Terbalik (Upside Down), for 34 countries. Terbalik (Upside Down) is an original screenplay by Yasu Tanaka, director (…)