Record TV Launches HUB, Names New CEO
Brazil’s Record TV has created the Record HUB, which will format and distribute the broadcaster’s content. Each product will be developed for Record’s online and TV platforms. Antonio Guerreiro (…)
“Star Wars” Smashes the Box Office
The Walt Disney Company’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” earned a record-breaking $517 million in worldwide ticket sales. “The Force Awakens” cost an estimated $350 million to make and (…)
WIN, Nine TV Square Off Over Affiliate Fees
Australia’s WIN TV Network is considering stripping back its local news services to the minimum required under its license conditions, in the face of demands for higher fees by (…)
BBC One Commissions Second Series of “Ordinary Lies”
BBC One has commissioned Danny Brocklehurst’s drama Ordinary Lies for a second series. The workplace drama, which explores ‘ordinary’ people with mysterious secrets, will explore the lives and loves (…)
Japan’s Wowow Picks Up “Blindspot”
Wowow, a Tokyo-based TV broadcaster, has acquired exclusive Japanese broadcast rights to the action-thriller Blindspot from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. The series was recently renewed by NBC for a second (…)
Berlinale’s “Perspektive” Honors Non-Linear Filmmaking
The first six films have been invited to the Berlin International Film Festival’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2016. The theme for the Perpektive is “Against Clear Causality: Making the Invisibile (…)
B.A. Marks Three Years of the AV District
At the end of last month, Argentina’s Buenos Aires Film Commission celebrated the third year of the Audiovisual District. The district highlights visual appeal of Argentina’s cultural and architectural (…)
Mondo Brings “Sissi, the Young Empress” to Russia
Moscow-based Oh Plus Media has secured broadcasting rights for Mondo TV’s Sissi, the Young Empress. The animated series tells the love story between the charming empress of Austria and (…)
History’s “Vikings” Returns for Season Four
The fourth season of History’s drama series Vikings will return on February 18, with the first 10 episodes airing consecutively, and the second half of the season scheduled later (…)
Peekaboo Animation is Born
Barcelona’s Peekaboo Animation has been newly created. The company, which focuses on the creation, development, executive production and distribution of children’s content, is founded by former Edebé members Iván Agenjo (…)
