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Playground appointed Dan Leon to the newly created position of head of Business Affairs and director of Operations. Leon most recently served as a business manager within the BBC’s Rights (…)

Quintus Media secured sales for two of its factual documentaries produced by Maximus Film, Mega Transportsand Ultimate Vehicles. New Zealand’s TVNZ picked up both factual series for its entertainment channel Duke, while (…)

Telefónica acquired the first two seasons of Below The Surface and Ride Upon The Storm from StudioCanal. Produced by SAM for Denmark’s Kanal 5, Below The Surface is an eight-part crime drama of when 15 people (…)

One Life Studios licensed the historical drama Porus to Workpoint Entertainment, a division of the Thai Broadcasting Company. As part of the deal, One Life licensed the series’ exclusive TV rights for (…)

Bomanbridge Media entered a distribution partnership with Level-5 Abby Hong Kong, a joint venture between video game publisher LEVEL-5 and Dentsu Inc. As part of the partnership, Bomanbridge will distribute (…)

NBCUniversal named Jeff Wachtel as president of NBCUniversal International Studios. Wachtel has served as chief content officer, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, since 2013. In his new role effective January, Wachtel will (…)

FilmRise will release the feature film debut, titled Inflame, from Ceyland Ozgun Ozcelik on December 12, 2017. The psychological thriller premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and received the Luna (…)

Zone·tv’s Santa Tracker will be available on Xfinity X1 in the U.S. as well as TELUS and Bell Fibe TV in Canada. Just in time for the holiday season, (…)

Nippon TV closed its third deal with MF Yapim and MEDYAPIM. The Turkish production company acquired the format rights to the Japanese drama My Son. The two previous deals were for (…)

For its ninth edition, Series Mania is moving to Lilles, France, where it will be held from April 27 to May 5, 2018. In addition, the European Project and Talent Forum, (…)