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Up The Ladder: Stingray

Stingray Digital Group appointed David Purdy as its chief revenue officer.

In his new position, Purdy will oversee all aspects of the company’s revenue expansion, from sales efforts (…)

By |August 22nd, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

FOX Renews ‘Beat Shazam’ For Season Three

FOX renewed the interactive music game show Beat Shazam.

Hosted by its executive producer Jamie Foxx, the pits three teams of two against each other to identify hit songs. (…)

By |August 22nd, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

eOne And Alibaba Pictures Announce ‘Peppa Pig’ Film For China

Entertainment One (eOne) and Alibaba Pictures announced their first co-production together, Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year.

eOne and Alibaba Pictures will co-produce the feature-length film. Based on the Peppa Pig series, (…)

By |August 22nd, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

Charlie Heaton To Star In BBC One Drama ‘The Elephant Man’

BBC One has brought on actor Charlie Heaton, most known for his role in Stranger Things, for the lead in The Elephant Man.

The two-part drama follows the extraordinary life (…)

By |August 22nd, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

Banijay Rights Inks Development Deal With Touchdown Films

Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of Banijay Group, signed a development deal with the independent production company Touchdown Films.

The first title to come out of the (…)

By |August 22nd, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

AiF Announces Heath Ledger Scholarship Finalists

Australians in Film (AiF) announced the 10 finalists for the Heath Ledger Scholarship.

This year’s application round saw record number in the increase of applicants. The finalists include (…)

By |August 21st, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

Chalkboard TV Launches Scotland Unit

Chalkboard TV is expanding its presence in Scotland with a production operation based in Glasgow.

Its first major hire is BBC series producer Jon Willers (pictured), who has (…)

By |August 21st, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

Netflix Unveils First Mexican Reality Series ‘Made In Mexico’

Netflix introduced its first Mexican reality series, Made In Mexico.

The reality show follows nine of Mexico City’s wealthy socialites, revealing their flawed lives under their sophisticated appearances. Love (…)

By |August 21st, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

‘One Dollar’ To Air On CBS All Access Canada

CBS All Access will stream its latest original series, One Dollar, on its service in Canada, starting August 30, 2018.

One Dollar is a mystery series that takes place in (…)

By |August 21st, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

MarVista And Arnie Zipursky To Form Neshama Entertainment

MarVista Entertainment and Canadian producer Arnie Zipursky (pictured) entered a strategic alliance to form Neshama Entertainment.

Headquartered in Toronto, Neshama plans to source Canadian creative content for development, (…)

By |August 21st, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments