Sanctions for Detaining Journalists in Russia
Russia should be deterred from detaining or arresting foreign journalists, is the message that Jason Conti, executive vice president and general counsel of Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street (…)
TBS Invests in Megalis
Japan-based TBS Holdings has made a significant capital investment in VFX production company Megalis.
Established in 2017 and based in Tokyo, Megalis has been involved in a number of VFX productions (…)
Max Sets Date for European Launch
Warner Bros Discovery is set to launch its Max streaming service in Europe from May 21. Pricing details will be announced at a later date.
Max will be initially rolled out (…)
Movistar Plus+ Inks Deal with ARTE France for ‘The New Years’
ARTE France has boarded the production of Movistar Plus+ original series The New Years, which has recently finished filming in various locations in the Community of Madrid (Spain), Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), Lyon (…)
Rockie Awards Nominees Announced
The Banff World Media Festival (June 9-12, 2024) has announced the 2024 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Nominees. The selection includes 155 nominees from 19 countries across 30 categories. The (…)
TAICCA and CNC Unveil Two Co-Productions
The collaboration between Taiwan Creative Content Agency and France’s Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée has seen remarkable growth in recent years and during Series Mania in Lille, (…)
Football in England is a Losing Proposition
Back again to talk about football (soccer), but this time it’s about the English clubs. On February 29, the Water Cooler reported that most of Italy’s major football Serie A (…)
Mediawan Picks up ‘Constantine’s Crossing’
Paris-based Mediawan Rights has acquired distribution rights to Constantine’s Crossing, a Serbian series produced by Telekom Serbia, which will also broadcast the program, and Firefly Production. This marks the first (…)
‘Sports Illustrated’ Has a New Publisher
The London, U.K.-based Minute Media is taking over the publishing rights of the 70-year-old U.S. sports magazine Sports Illustrated.
The rights were granted by SI’s owner, New York City-based Authentic Brands Group, which (…)
SeriesMakers Announces Winning Projects
Creative initiative SeriesMakers, led by Series Mania Forum (currently underway in Lille) and supported by Beta Group, announced the three winning projects of its second edition.
The two Beta Development Awards (…)
