David Chase, Cuba Good Jr at Series Mania Festival
The seventh edition of the Series Mania Festival, which will focus on originality and innovation, is expected to be the largest yet. Held April 15-24 in Paris, the festival (…)
MIPDigital Fronts’ Strong Line-Up
Global youth media company Fullscreen and content creators Vice Media will join Endemol Beyond, Fremantle, French online specialist publisher Webedia, Maker Studios, New Form Digital, Machinima, and Studio 71 to complete the line-up for the third edition (…)
Up The Ladder
Splash Entertainment has made a slew of promotions. The children’s entertainment producer has tapped Mike Young as chairman, in addition to his current title of co-CEO. Steve Rosen has (…)
Up the Ladder: Tricon, Suitcase TV
The U.K.’s broadcast technology developer Suitcase TV has appointed Fiona Watt as financial controller. Watt will be fully responsible for the company’s financial activities in her new role. Watt has (…)
“New People” in Development from Lionsgate, Freeform, Silver Pictures
Lionsgate and Silver Pictures Television have set a script deal titled New People at Freeform (formerly ABC Family). Feature film writer/director Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex) will write (…)
New Orders for DCD Rights’ Cooking Programming
Independent U.K. based distributor DCD Rights has made deals for its culinary content host of new territories, as A Cook Abroad, Sarah Graham’s Food Safari and Sicily with Aldo & Enzo are picked up (…)
“Nelson Serrano—I’m Innocent” Filmmaker at MIPDoc Panel
Ecuadorian journalist and filmmaker Jeanette Hinostroza will be a featured speaker at Documentary Campus’ MIPDoc panel “True Crime: What’s the Buzz.” The panel focuses on the popularity of true-life crime programming (as (…)
Tony Robinson’s Time Walks Debuts on ABC TV in Australia
Fred Media’s Tony Robinson’s Time Walks will be broadcast on free-to-air television in Australia for the first time. The series will launch April 8 at 8pm on ABC, which has (…)
Australia’s Syfy Channel to Premiere “Airlock”
The Australian web-based sci-fi series Airlock, starring Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab to Darwin) and Dan Mor (Arrowhead), will make its TV debut on Australia’s SyFy Channel. Enzo Tedeschi’s series about a (…)
Up the Ladder: Small World IFT
Los Angeles and London-based formats company Small World IFT has named Tara Gaule vice president, Format Sales and Development, Europe. The company has also promoted sales executive Henny Adolfsdottir. (…)