Up The Ladder: Kew Media Group
Kew Media Group appointed Carrie Stein as executive vice president, Global Scripted Series. Prior to joining Kew Media, Stein most recently served as executive vice president of Global Productions for (…)
Boat Rocker Sells ‘Ollie!’ To Universal Kids, Discovery MENA
Boat Rocker Rights closed sales for the kids and family title Ollie! The Boy Who Became What He Ate. NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment’s Universal Kids network picked up the series for the (…)
Mediaset’s ‘Rosy Abate’ Receives Record Ratings In Views
Distributed by Mediaset Distribution, the crime drama series Rosy Abate had its primetime debut on Canale 5 on November 11, receiving an audience share of 22 percent with almost five million viewers. (…)
Televisa Executive Killed Outside Mexico City
Adolfo Lagos, head of Grupo Televisa‘s telecommunications arm Izzi, was shot and killed on the outskirts of Mexico City. The death was announced yesterday in a statement offered by the (…)
Fox Debuts ‘The Four’ In January 2018
Fox will premiere The Four: Battle For Stardom, the local version of Armoza Formats‘ The Final Four, on January 4, 2018. In the U.S. adaptation, four musicians and artists defend their seats (…)
A+E Networks Co-Produces ‘Scars of Nanking’
A+E Networks will be co-producing Scars of Nanking with China’s Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation. The one-hour docu-drama tells the history of American missionaries who attempted to save Chinese civilians from war crimes by (…)
ABS-CBN’s ‘Mission Possible’ Spotlights Cyclist Khelvin Federigan
ABS-CBN’s public service program Mission Possible will spotlight the cyclist Khelvin Federigan in its episode on November 20. The host Julius Babao will accompany Federigan on the road. Viewers will learn (…)
GMA Network Wins Big At PMPC Star Awards
GMA Network titles and actors won a number of awards at the 2017 Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) Star Awards for Television, which took place on November 12. Dingdong Dantes (…)
APC Secures ‘Valkyrien’ Sales
About Premium Content (APC) secured a number of sales with broadcasters across Europe and Australasia for its series Valkyrien, Contact, and The Forest. The eight-hour original drama Valkyrien was acquired by Canal+ in France, Ale (…)
A+E And CJ E&M Execs Join FRAPA Board
FRAPA’s management board appointed two new general board members: Hayley Babcock, head of Formats, International Programming and Production at A+E Networks; Jin Woo Hwang, general manager and head of (…)