NTV Mongolia Commissions Banijay Rights For ‘Psychic Challenge’
NTV Mongolia commissioned the U.K.-based distributor Banijay Rights for the supernatural entertainment format Psychic Challenge, produced by NTV. The series was originally created by TéVé Media Group and Nordisk Film and Television. (…)
Kevin Spacey To Receive Emmy Founders Award
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present the 2017 International Emmy Founders Award to Kevin Spacey, Academy Award-winning actor and producer. The award is given to individuals who (…)
Armoza Formats And NTV Enter Partnership
Armoza Formats and Russia’s NTV entered a strategic partnership, that begins with the Israeli distributor acquiring two new crime dramas for its scripted catalog. The two new thrillers are Death Highway and Sleepers. Death Highway, (…)
Lionsgate Licenses Dramas To HBO Europe
Lionsgate closed a significant licensing deal with HBO Europe for Lionsgate and Starz titles. As part of the deal, the Starz series The White Princess will be available to Spain and the CEE (…)
Woodcut Media To Produce ‘Wings of War’
Discovery’s free-to-air entertainment channel in the U.K., Quest, commissioned Woodcut Media to produce a new documentary series, Wings of War. The aeronautical series explores the impact that planes and pilots have (…)
HBO Europe Picks Up ‘L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables’
Breakthrough Entertainment made an agreement with HBO Europe to bring the first installment of the L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables trilogy to 14 countries in Central Europe through HBO’s pay-TV service. (…)
Seven Network Secures ‘Liar’ From All3Media Int’l
All3Media International closed a deal for the new thriller Liar with Australia’s Seven Network. Produced by ITV and SundanceTV, the six-part series makes its UK debut this fall on ITV. Liar has (…)
Monte-Carlo TV Fest Opens With ‘Absentia’
The 57th Monte-Carlo Television Festival began on June 16, 2017 with the opening ceremony where the presidents and members of the 2017 Golden Nymph juries were introduced. After the ceremony, Sony (…)
Mediaset Launches New Spin-Offs
Mediaset Distribution is launching Donnavventura Challenge, a spin-off for the successful brand Donnavventura, which aired on Canale 5 for 28 seasons. The series features an all-female team who go on an expedition (…)
Discovery Commissions Icon Films For Shark Week Special
Discovery Channel commissioned the U.K. TV production company Icon Films for a Shark Week 2017 special titled Great Hammerhead Invasion. The film special follows shark scientist Tristan Guttridge as he goes in (…)