Shonda Rhimes Named Mipcom’s Person of the Year
Shonda Rhimes, creator and writer of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and Private Practice, will be honored at Mipcom in Cannes this year, where she will receive the Personality of the (…)
Canal+ Founder Andre Rousselet Dies at 93
Andre Rousselet, the founder of Canal Plus, passed away last Sunday at his home in Paris, at the age of 93. Rousselet started his career as a magistrate, before becoming (…)
JP Bommel on Running His First NATPE in Europe
After a two-year stint in Prague, NATPE in Europe has returned to Budapest, and as a result, attracted 414 buyers from across Central and Eastern Europe (coming from 25 CEE (…)
Squeeze’s “Cracké” Premieres on Disney
Disney EMEA has acquired Squeeze’s TV series Cracké. Starting June 2016, 52 one-minute episodes will air across the Disney Channel multiplex in close to 100 countries and territories of (…)
SPI Inks Distribution Deal With Nigeria’s Digitune Media
SPI International/Filmbox International is continuing its African expansion by launching eight FilmBox brand channels and FilmBox Live on demand service with Digitune Media Technologies. FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Art House, FightBox, (…)
New Flagship Studio for Brown Bag Films
Brown Bag Films has moved to a new 30,000 square foot animation studio in Smithfield, Dublin. The 9 Story Media Group subsidiary, founded in 1994, now employs nearly (…)
“The A Word” Renewed for Season Two
BBC One has green lit a second season of Fifty Fathoms and Keshet U.K.’s drama The A Word. The renewal follows the critical success of the first season, which was (…)
Up the Ladder: MGM
Deblina Chakrabarty and Guro Viddal have been promoted to executive directors, International Television Distribution, at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s (MGM) EMEA division. Chakrabarty will take on distribution of all television media in Spain (…)
Smilehood’s “Creators” Wins Martin Fierro Award
Pablo Aristizabal’s Creators, released on Telefe and distributed by Smilehood Media, has been awarded Best Children’s Program at the 2016 Martin Fierro Awards. The Argentine awards are the most (…)
Poland’s TTV Licenses Armoza’s “How To Be”
Polish broadcaster TTV has commissioned Armoza Formats’ celebrity interview show How To Be, in a deal that marks the first partnership between the companies. Locally named Być Jak… the nine-episode (…)
