Tricon Sells “Aprés Ski” to Shaw Media’s Slice
Toronto-based Tricon Films & Television has sold its original series, Aprés Ski, to Shaw Media’s Slice. Bell Media’s French-language channel Vrak also acquired the series, which will launch this (…)
Up the Ladder: Blue Ant
Blue Ant Media made several changes to its leadership team—Jesse Dallal joins Blue Ant as vp, Product Development. The changes include promotions within Blue Ant: Jamie Schouela has been (…)
Australian Content for Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network has added four Australian-made animation projects to the Asia Pacific line-up in 2016. Cartoon Network has commissioned short-form comedy series Bill & Tony and The Sketchy Show (…)
HBO Brings “Game of Thrones” to Japan’s Star Channel
Tokyo-based Star Channel has a new exclusive television content deal with HBO. The channel will expand its current premium movie services by becoming the exclusive television home of HBO (…)
NBCUni and David Heyman Create Heyday Television
David Heyman, producer of Harry Potter and Gravity, is forming a joint venture with NBCUniversal International Studios to create Heyday Television. The new company will produce premium television and (…)
Cheryl Boone Isaacs Closing Keynote at ScreenSingapore
Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is the closing keynote speaker at ScreenSingapore 2015 on December 4, at the Marina Bay Sands. (…)
New Financing Initiative for Compact Media
Compact Media is launching a new production financing initiative, a first for the media advisory group. They have signed their first financing deal with Pilot Productions to produce the (…)
Charter Launches Spanish-Language Channel BabyFirst
BabyFirst, a network that features high-quality child development programming to toddlers and their parents, has launched in Spanish on Charter Spectrum TV systems nationwide. BabyFirst previously launched in English (…)
SBS Australia Secures Studiocanal’s “The Last Panthers”
SBS Australia has acquired the rights to six-part crime drama series The Last Panthers. Set to air in 2016, The Last Panthers is a joint pan-European commission from Sky (…)
Discovery Life to Air GRB’s “Untold Stories of the ER”
L.A.-based production and distribution company GRB Entertainment announced ten new themed specials of Untold Stories of the ER. The series highlights some of the most unusual medical stories, narrated (…)
