RAI Renews ‘Fast Forward’

RAI renewed the rights to Fast Forward from ORF-Enterprise.

The deal sees the Italian broadcaster renew the rights for all seven series of crime drama and (…)

By |March 24th, 2025|0 Comments

CJ ENM Lands K-Dramas on Emirates

Korea’s CJ ENM has secured a distribution deal with Emirates airline to launch four of its K-dramas inflight, in partnership with Circular Media.

The drama series in the agreement (…)

By |March 21st, 2025|0 Comments

Lilly Krug To Star in ‘Corporate Retreat’

Lilly Krug has landed the lead role in Passage Pictures’ Corporate Retreat, a horror-thriller written and directed by Aaron Fisher.

Krug is best known for her performance alongside John Malkovich in the film (…)

By |March 21st, 2025|0 Comments

MIP Cancun Networks in Colombia, Mexico

MIP Cancun is organizing a series of networking events in Colombia and Mexico in the coming weeks.

The events — which are free to attend for industry executives, subject to capacity (…)

By |March 21st, 2025|0 Comments

ATV Secures Deals in Latvia and Lithuania

Istanbul-based ATV Distribution has secured a new licensing agreement for two of its Turkish dramas, Safir and Street Birds, in Latvia and Lithuania.

The Emmy-nominated Safir, starring Ozge Yagiz, Ilhan Sen, (…)

By |March 21st, 2025|0 Comments

Leveraging Controversial Films

Tom Ortenberg, a Hollywood film distributor who specializes in provocative movies, saw an opportunity when Disney’s Searchlight Pictures dropped indie film Magazine Dreams, because its star, Jonathan Majors, was arrested and convicted (…)

By |March 21st, 2025|0 Comments

Yes Studios Unveils ‘Embassy Down’

Israel-based yes Studios has launched its latest series, six-part action drama Embassy Down.

Inspired by true events, Embassy Down is set at the time of the “Arab Spring” in 2011. At (…)

By |March 20th, 2025|0 Comments

Confronting Attack Ads

Possibly in view of the upcoming television upfronts (digital, cable and broadcast) the revival of attack ads became a topic covered by The Wall Street Journal, which explained that the practice (…)

By |March 20th, 2025|0 Comments

Kanal D Inks Deal for ‘Sunshine Girls’ in Slovenia

Istanbul-based Kanal D International has licensed drama series Sunshine Girls in Slovenia.

This coming-of-age series follows Güneş, a mother of three daughters, who works as a high school teacher in Izmir. When (…)

By |March 20th, 2025|0 Comments

Something Special Receives Investment for Expansion

Korea-based format production agency Something Special has received a major investment from DAEKYO Investment and SB Partners.

DAEKYO manages the ‘DAEKYO K-Contents Scale Up Fund’ for small and medium-sized venture companies that (…)

By |March 20th, 2025|0 Comments