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AB Group Launches Theatrical Distribution Label

 

AB Group, France’s media conglomerate that owns 16 channels, is launching Panorama, a theatrical distribution label. The company has announced an increased investment in film, starting with the release (…)

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  Fusion Signs The Young Turks For Election Show

Starting next fall, the online news network The Young Turks (TYT) will host a weekly series focused on the general election on Fusion. Left-leaning TYT began as a (…)

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Hannah Simone to Host FOX’s Kicking and Screaming  

 Hannah Simone (New Girl) will host Kicking & Screaming, a new eight-episode FOX competition series. The series sees 10 expert survivalists with pampered partners in an extreme physical and mental (…)

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Worldwide Sales for DRG’s Wildlife Shows

 

London-based distributor DRG has made a raft of international sales for its nature and wildlife programming. Baby Animals In The Wild, which follows newborn wild baby animals during their (…)

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BBC Two Commissions “Back to the Land”

Production company 7 Wonder, based in the U.K., has landed its second BBC Two commission to produce Back to the Land. The series highlights rural Britain and a new wave of entrepreneurs, (…)

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All About The 2016 L.A. Screenings Now Online

The 2016 L.A. Screenings schedule of events has been updated and can be browsed here.

L.A. Screenings participants will find: the 2016-2017 U.S. Network Pilot Pick Up Announcements, the Latin (…)

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Up the Ladder: Bounce TV and Katz Broadcasting

 

Calandria Meadows has been named to the newly created position of vice president, Social Media and Digital Content for the broadcast networks Bounce TV, Grit, Escape and LAFF. In this (…)

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“Still Standing” Gets a Toehold in Asia

NBCUniversal International Formats has licensed for Armoza Formats’ game show Still Standing in Vietnam and Mongolia. The local adaptation will premiere in July, airing on HTV7 in Vietnam and (…)

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Sonar Developing “The Birth of the Pill”  

 

Sonar Entertainment has optioned the rights to Jonathan Eig’s nonfiction book The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution. Denise DiNovi (Crazy, Stupid (…)

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Netflix Orders “Dear White People” Series

Justin Simien’s 2014 feature film will be adapted for a 10-episode series on Netflix. Dear White People tells the story of black students who navigate campus life at a predominantly (…)

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