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PBS Distribution announced that POV: Bill Nye: Science Guy will stream on Netflix beginning April 25, 2018. The film offers a behind-the-scenes look at Bill Nye, the (…)

RTÉ announced several international sales for the Easter special Countdown to Calvary, hosted by Hugh Bonneville. Co-produced by RTÉ, American Public Television (APT), and ARTE, the documentary tells (…)

Poorhouse International is presenting a new slate of arts and cultural programming. Produced by Wichita Film, I, Douglas Fairbanks tells the life story of Douglas Fairbanks, including film clips (…)

Breakthrough Entertainment hired Erin Williams as sales executive. Williams most recently served as a sales executive at Annex Entertainment. In her new position, Williams will work with (…)

Series Mania will take place in Lille, France, from April 27-May 5, 2018. Jury president, Chris Brancato, will lead the international jury, which decides on the winner (…)

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) closed its first-ever international sale for Comedy Central’s Roast Battle UK. In addition, Viacom made several other license agreement deals across the Nordic (…)

HITLAB appointed Michel Zgarka to president of its Media division. Zgarka is an executive with over 35 years in the production, communications, marketing, financial engineering and business (…)

Portfolio Entertainment signed a deal with Scott Christian Sava, the founder of Blue Dream Studios, to develop Sava’s graphic novel, Pet Robots, into an animated comedy series. Targeted (…)

SPI International/FILMBOX is broadening its distribution in Europe by launching FilmBox Art House in Finland on the IPTV/OTT service Ålcom. FilmBox Art House offers classic cinema (…)

A+E Networks signed deals with Vectra and Hrvatski Telekom that expands the distribution of its factual entertainment channel H2 into Poland and Croatia. Izabella Wiley (pictured), general (…)