Discovery Communications has acquired Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads, a World War II series distributed by Prime Entertainment Group. Discovery Communications has 13 channels within the U.S. and Canada. Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi (…)

TM International, the international distribution arm of Tele München Group (TMG), continues its long-term business relationship with MTG and closed a deal for the TV and VOD rights for a (…)

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) is expanding into Latin America with its launch of Zee Mundo in Mexico and Ecuador. Zee Mundo is a Spanish-language Bollywood movie channel, which will (…)

NBCUniversal and China’s Youku have partnered to produce a localized version of Saturday Night Live in China. The most recent international versions of SNL have included productions in France and the Middle East. SNL will premiere (…)

Firecracker has hired Emma Morgan as its new creative director of Factual. Prior to joining Firecracker, Morgan served as executive producer for a Very British Hotel (Inside the Mandarin Oriental) series. In (…)

Emilio Azcárraga Jean – the chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Grupo Televisa – will be honored with the 2017 International Emmy Directorate Award at the International Emmy Awards (…)

GRB Entertainment has made several sales for its documentaries to broadcasters in the U.K., Germany, and Japan. The U.K.’s Channel 5 and Japan’s Fujisankei Communications both picked up WALT: The Man (…)

Lagardère Studios Distribution won three prizes in the ‘made in France’ category for new French series at Series Mania 2017. Transfers, a series created by Claude Scasso and Patrick Benedek, received (…)

SPI International / FILMBOX Channels Group has closed a deal with Insignia Productions to acquire the worldwide rights to Kenyan drama series New Beginnings for FilmBox Africa. New Beginnings is a weekly drama about (…)

American French-language entertainment channel, TV5Monde USA, has closed a new carriage deal with Atlantic Broadband. As part of the agreement, TV5Monde USA will launch a new channel in Miami, Florida, (…)