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GRB Entertainment acquired the Emmy Award-winning scripted drama, The Bay. Set in a chic seaside town, the drama series follows the lives of the town’s rich and dysfunctional residents. (…)

FilmRise entered an exclusive distribution agreement with Canadian company Incendo. As part of the terms, Incendo will serve as FilmRise’s sales agent for television in Canada. FilmRise’s CEO (…)

Dick Clark Production partnered with China’s Alibaba Group to expand the global footprint of the 2017 American Music Awards. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the music awards (…)

Mark Endemaño was appointed to senior vice president, Media Distribution, Walt Disney International. Endemaño’s current portfolio, which includes Europe and the Middle East & Africa (EMEA), expands to encompass (…)

Toronto-based Bristow Global Media (BGM) entered a strategic creative partnership with Montreal-based Attraction Images to develop English-language scripted series. The two companies have three projects in active development. BGM (…)

Lionsgate licensed its drama series Ten Days in the Valley to France’s Canal+, Israel’s Yes, South Africa’s MNET, Greece’s OTE, and Italy’s Telecom. Ten Days in the Valley stars (…)

All3media International signed a pan regional deal with BBC Worldwide and Discovery for more than 70 hours of content. BBC Worldwide acquired over 40 hours of The F Word (…)

Sonar Entertainment acquired the global rights to Will Macintosh’s sci-fi adventure Watchdog to develop a kids’ series with show runners Art Brown and Douglas Sloan. The series will follow (…)

Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) signed the format rights to drama series Mother to CJ E&M to remake the series in Korea. The series follows an elementary school (…)

Canada’s Bell Media revealed its next music TV format, The Launch. Created for CTV, the format features five unsigned artists who compete for the opportunity to record and perform (…)