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PactUS makes first hire
The New US arm of UK indies body Pact has hired Matt Gould has its…
DRG expands to LA with MarVista exec
Britain-based distributor DRG has launched an office in LA as part of a strategy to…
Agent Carter joins Fox UK
Fox International Channels UK has acquired rights to Disney superhero Marvel’s Agent Carter for the…
Maxdome CEO to exit
German VOD service Maxdome is saying goodbye to its CEO for the second time in…
Woolf returns to All3 after Zodiak exit
Gary Woolf has returned to All3Media just a year after leaving to join Zodiak Media,…
NMV bags ‘Spanish Wonder Years’
London-based New Media Vision has snagged format rights to a long-running TVE drama dubbed the…
Turner hires Sony exec for Asia Pac
Turner Asia Pacific has made a senior hire and promoted two executives to meet what…
Endemol Shine US unscripted team named
The overall structure of Endemol Shine USA’s unscripted team has taken shape. With Endemol USA…
Ex-Disney digital chief joins Amazon Studios
Amazon Studios has named former Disney/ABC Television Group digital chief Albert Cheng COO, and drafted…
Serious Lunch reps NHK, Studio Ghibli toon
UK-based distributor Serious Lunch will oversee the international roll-out of a 26-part animated toon serial…
Heaney’s TCB poaches Cineflix exec
TCB Media Rights chief Paul Heaney has recruited a managing director from his former company,…
Jodi Flynn prodco hires development chief
Former Cineflix Media executive Jodi Flynn has hired a VP of development at her Leftfield…
Presto goes Rogue with eOne dramas
Australian on-demand platform Presto has inked a new drama programming deal with Entertainment One Television….
ProSiebenSat.1 issues drama copro call
Germany broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has issued an open call to the international market as it launches…
LA Screenings wrap: analysis
Another year of excess, exuberance and extreme selling at the Hollywood studios is over, but…
Epic drama Rising
The story of History’s new historical miniseries, Texas Rising, which debuts this evening on Memorial Day,…
LA Screenings: CBS sales veteran retires
Joe Lucas is to retire from his post at CBS Studios International after more than…
Turner, Sesame Workshop pair for Indian toon
Turner Broadcasting System’s Indian kids channel Pogo is getting a new Sesame Workshop-produced cartoon, Chamki…
LA Screenings: SVT wants the ‘wow factor’
SVT is in Hollywood chasing shows with a ‘wow factor’ that will create buzz among…
Endemol Shine UK retools MCNs
Multichannel networks Endemol Beyond UK and ChannelFlip are to continue operating separately under the Endemol…
LA Screenings: RTE searches for CSI replacement
Irish pubcaster RTÉ is at the LA Screenings searching for three dramas to replace CSI,…
David Lynch back on board Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks director David Lynch has rejoined Showtime’s 2015-16 season remake of the classic mystery…
All3’s Caudell switches to Channel 4 in rejig
Ben Caudell is leaving All3Media’s Objective Productions for UK broadcaster Channel 4 little more than…
BBC Worldwide officially closes Global iPlayer
The BBC’s commercial arm will officially end the BBC Global iPlayer on-demand platform within the…
Endemol Shine opens Shoebox TV
Endemol Shine International has pacted with a UK film producer that’s moving into high-end drama…
USA to remake La Reina Del Sur
USA Network is remaking popular telenovela La Reina Del Sur for US audiences. Fox 21…
Verizon pays $4.4bn for AOL
US-based telco Verizon will pay US$4.4 billion to acquire digital content and distribution group AOL. The…
PactUS formed with ex-Nat Geo chief Lyle
Former National Geographic Channel CEO David Lyle will be the inaugural president of UK indie…
Quick-turnaround Nepal doc for Sky 1, Nat Geo
The UK’s Sky 1 and National Geographical Channels International are getting a quick turnaround doc…
American Idol axed amid falling ratings
Long-running US singing format American Idol is headed for the scrapheap after broadcaster Fox cancelled…