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Sundance Institute has added two new feature films, two special events and three archive films to the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, (…)

Author of Strong Looks Better Naked Khloe Kardashian is putting on her life coach cap with new unscripted series Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian. Produced by Rogue Atlas Productions in (…)

Six international creators and showrunners will lead the Selection Jury for the first-ever MIPDrama Screenings , a new accelerator which showcases the best scripted content to drama buyers attending MIPTV 2016. The (…)

Austria’s A1 TV has added two thematic channels from SPI International/Filmbox’s pay TV portfolio. DocuBox presents a collection of nature documentary features, while Fast&FunBox highlights extreme sports from around (…)

London-based brand and media group Trace has signed a carriage deal with U.S. OTT service YipTV. The distribution agreement includes five Trace thematic channels; Trace Sport Stars, Trace (…)

A+E Networks and HJ Holdings (Hulu in Japan) have entered a programming partnership, bringing A+E Networks’ catalogue to the Japanese SVOD service. Programming will be made available to subscribers (…)

U.K.-based distributor Banijay International has secured rights to ITV’s travelogue, Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America. Produced by London-based production company 7 Wonder, the series follows comedian Billy Connolly as (…)

Sean Cohan has been promoted to president, International and Digital Media, A+E Networks, effective January 1, 2016. In his new role, Cohan assumes additional responsibility for all strategic, operational, editorial (…)

Former BBC Worldwide head of Talent, William Miller, and All3Media’s former group head of Entertainment and Formats, have launched a new independent production company, Raconteur Associates. The new venture will (…)