Up The Ladder: Stingray
Stingray Digital Group has hired Valery Zamuner as senior vice president of Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Initiatives. Zamuner previously served as executive vice president of Mergers & Acquisitions at WSP (…)
Sabbatical’s ‘Planeta De Niños’ Begins Production
Sabbatical Entertainment’s Planeta De Niños starts production this week. An educational program targeted for children ages six and up, the show is narrated by Planetica, a six-year-old girl who shares her (…)
‘Masha and the Bear’ Heads To Theaters In Turkey
Animaccord’s Masha and the Bear animated series will be heading to theaters across Turkey through a deal signed by Ink Group with the distribution company Cine Majestic. The series’ seasons has (…)
Producer Daniel Cross Receives Hot Docs Don Haig Award
The Hot Docs Board of Directors has selected producer Daniel Cross to receive the 2017 Don Haig Award at this year’s Hot Docs Festival, held from April 27 to May (…)
Vivicast Expands BBC Programming For CalaClassics
Vivicast Media has closed a deal with BBC Worldwide that will expand the Caribbean satellite network CalaClassics Channel’s current programming to over 1,000 hours of BBC’s catalog. The newly added series (…)
‘Power’ Creator Signs Multi-Year Deal With Starz
Going into the STARZ Original series Power’s fourth season, the series’ creator Courtney A. Kemp has signed an exclusive multi-year overall deal with Starz and Lionsgate. Kemp’s new deal expands her relationship (…)
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Reveals Additional Cast
Additional cast members have been unveiled for the forthcoming CBS series Star Trek: Discovery. Shazad Latif will play Lieutenant Tyler, Rekha Sharma will play Commander Landry, Kenneth Mitchel will star as (…)
ION TV Signs Deal With eOne For ‘The Detail’
ION Television has closed a deal with Entertainment One (eOne) for the original series The Detail. As part of the agreement, ION has the exclusive U.S. television rights for the current and (…)
Sander Schwartz To Develop And Produce ‘Subway Surfers’
Sander Schwartz has signed an agreement with Danish company SYBO to produce an animated TV series based on the mobile game app Subway Surfers. With this partnership, Schwartz will focus on developing Subway (…)
GRB Sells ‘Showdown of the Unbeatables’ To Game TV
GRB Entertainment has sold a number of its titles to companies in Canada, Asia Pacific and Spain. Canada’s Game TV picked up Showdown of the Unbeatables. Discovery Spain acquired seasons 7 (…)