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On Sunday, March 4, 2018, the red carpet will be rolled out for the 90th edition of the Oscars. Nominees for Best Picture are Call Me by Your (…)

FilmRise acquired the worldwide distribution rights to John Keating’s feature-length documentary, GameChangers: Dreams of BlizzCon, from Wild West Productions. GameChangers depicts the lives of two of the best StarCraft II (…)

TRT World launched on the U.K.-based digital satellite platform Freesat. Headquartered in Istanbul, the English-language international news platform offers the Turkish perspective on current affairs. TRT World (…)

Netflix and Sky partnered to bundle the Netflix service into a new Sky TV subscription package. Sky customers will be able to access Netflix through (…)

Paramount Television tapped Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev to develop a dramatic thriller, which is at the moment untitled. Based on an original idea by Zvyagintsev and Oleg (…)

MIPDrama Buyers’ Summit, the revamped MIPDrama Screenings, will offer buyers an exclusive first-look showcase of six previously unseen drama series. The summit will take place in Cannes, France, on (…)

Banijay Group launched a new production company headquartered in Cologne, Banijay Productions Germany. Arno Schneppenheim (pictured), the founder of the German production company Florida TV, will lead the unit. (…)

Chilean national broadcaster TVN picked up Families at the Crossroads for a local adaptation. From All3media International‘s Constructed Reality slate, the series has already been adapted in (…)

Banijay Group announced that it will increase its shareholding in the Cologne-based production company Brainpool. The augmented stake works in part of the company’s initiative to continue (…)

Rakuten TV will be launching its 4K HDR catalog on Smart TV in Italy. Rakuten TV’s 4K HDR catalog includes over 100 titles, including Spider-Man Homecoming, Baby Driver, and Baywatch (pictured), (…)