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 (…)

By |August 24th, 2017|0 Comments

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 (…)

By |August 24th, 2017|0 Comments

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, (…)

By |August 23rd, 2017|0 Comments

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 (…)

By |August 23rd, 2017|0 Comments

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 (…)

By |August 23rd, 2017|0 Comments

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 (…)

By |August 23rd, 2017|0 Comments

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 (…)

By |August 23rd, 2017|0 Comments

RTÉ, ARTE, And APT Announce ‘Countdown to Calvary’

RTÉ unveiled the first project developed from its co-production deal with European broadcasterARTE, as well as its first co-production with American Public Television (APT). The project,Countdown to Calvary, is (…)

By |August 22nd, 2017|0 Comments

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 (…)

By |August 22nd, 2017|0 Comments

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 (…)

By |August 22nd, 2017|0 Comments