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FTX Games, a publisher of film and television-based games, and Gaumont Television, a producer and distributor of premium programming for the U.S. and international markets, have launched Narcos: Cartel (…)

Alex Kalymnios (Scott and Bailey, Becoming Human) has joined the production to direct episodes of The White Princess, Starz’s follow-up to The White Queen miniseries from Company Pictures and (…)

Banijay Group’s Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), producers of franchises including Real World, Project Runway and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, is expanding its management ranks.  Executive vice presidents of Development and (…)

In preparation for MIPCOM, we’re running a series of brief interviews with leading executives. We spoke with Sonar Entertainment’s president of Global Distribution and Co-Production, David Ellender, about the (…)

Actress Emily Watson (Theory of Everything, The Book Thief) is set to join National Geographic Channel’s upcoming global anthology series Genius, from Fox 21 Television Studios, Imagine Television, OddLot (…)

The Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) has officially launched the call of receiving films for its sixth edition. The festival will take place March 16-22, 2017. Submissions for films by (…)

CBC, Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Film Productions have revealed that Anna Paquin (True Blood, Roots) will star in Bellevue, a drama series premiering on CBC, Canada’s national public broadcaster, (…)

A+E Networks U.K. has appointed Jessica Haagmans to the newly created role of Regional Director Benelux. Haagmans will be A+E Networks’ first member of staff in the region and she (…)

Poland’s Kino Polska has reported a 6 percent increase in the group’s revenue from sales during the same period on 2015. The increase is primarily due to development of the (…)

Manuel Alduy has been appointed as senior vice president, Sales and Development at Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution (TCFTVD). Based in Paris, Alduy will serve as the managing director of (…)