Up the Ladder: 4K Media
4K Media, Inc., the New York-based brand management and production subsidiary of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., has named Michelle Zamora Dean as its senior manager, Licensing and Marketing, effective immediately. (…)
TV France International Launches Screenopsis
TV France has launched its new B2B VOD platform Screenopsis. The online library of French programs has 22,000 titles in open access. Reregistered media professionals can screen 9,000 files (…)
Lifetime Turkey To Debut in April
A+E Networks will premiere Lifetime in Turkey on April 26, its first free-to-air (FTA) channel in the market. A joint venture between A+E and MCD Medya, the announcement (…)
Montreal’s New Chinese/Canadian Film Festival
The first edition of Montreal’s newest international film festival, the Canada China International Film Festival (CCIFF), will be held September 16-19, 2016. The festival, founded by Canada China ArtTech and mDreams Pictures, (…)
Zodiak’s “Wild Things” Reaches LATAM, Asia, Europe
Zodiak Rights, the international distribution arm of Banijay Group, has secured deals for entertainment game show format Wild Things. The format has been rolled out in multiple territories, with five (…)
twofour54 Backs Gaming Developer Unnyhog
Abu Dhabi’s twofour54 has taken a stake in cross-platform gaming start-up, Unnyhog. Unnyhog recently developed UnnyWorld, a massive multiplayer online game based in a fantasy world. Mobile gaming is (…)
Headline Keynotes for MIPFormats Unveiled
The three headline keynotes at MIPFormats 2016 will be industry veteran Gary Carter, Newen content chief Bibiane Godfroid, and President International; ITV Studios Maria Kyriacou will be the three headline keynotes for the TV (…)
BBC Four Commissions “Skinhead” Special
U.K.-based independent production company 7 Wonder has landed a commission for BBC Four to produce Skinhead. The hour-long special features director, DJ and musician Don Letts as he shares his personal (…)
SPT Invests In Fable Pictures
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a minority stake in Faye Ward’s production company Fable Pictures. The deal will see SPT distributing high-end drama series with an eye for (…)
Pre-sales for Julian Fellowes’ “Doctor Thorne”
Hat Trick International has pre-sold miniseries Doctor Thorne. Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) adapted the period drama from Anthony Trollope’s novels. The costume drama, which has been licensed for (…)
