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Entertainment One (eOne) hired Dan Gopal as executive vice president of Sales for the EMEA region. Before joining eOne, Gopal served as executive vice president, EMEA Distribution & Global Partners, (…)

Medienboard and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) signed an agreement to establish the Canada-Germany Digital Media Incentive for the co-development and co-production of digital media projects between Canadian producers and German (…)

Critical Content announced a new series based on Manning Marable’s biography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, which the content studio will develop and produce. David Matthews is (…)

AMC Networks’ thriller and suspense streaming service, Shudder, acquired the first window rights from AB International Distribution for the first season of the sci-fi series Missions for the U.S., Canada, U.K. and (…)

Starz is developing a new action-drama series, the working title is Black Samurai, with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Wu Films. The series is based on the Black Samurai novels written by Marc Olden (…)

RTÉ unveiled the first project developed from its co-production deal with European broadcasterARTE, as well as its first co-production with American Public Television (APT). The project,Countdown to Calvary, is (…)

U.K. distributor Scorpion TV sold the Channel 4 documentary Diana: In Her Own Words to over 20 territories around the world. The Princess Diana documentary was acquired by Australia’s Seven Network, New Zealand’s (…)

U.S.-based production company Ivanhoe Pictures signed a deal with 42nd Pictures to acquire the adaptation rights of Terbalik (Upside Down), for 34 countries. Terbalik (Upside Down) is an original screenplay by Yasu Tanaka, director (…)

The European Film Academy and EFA Productions have chosen 51 films for this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature films up for nominations for the European Film Awards (…)

SMPTE unveiled the recipients for the 2017 awards, part of the SMPTE 2017 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, held in Hollywood, California. The Annual SMPTE Awards Gala is held on (…)