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News brief: b’casters buy Calimero reboot

Gaumont Animation has shopped its rebooted Calimero animated series to a raft of international broadcasters….

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Attraction brings Belgian noir to Cannes

Toronto-based distributor Attraction is launching a ‘Benelux Noir’ label at MIPTV. The highlights include cop…

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Minecraft doc launches at MIPTV

Minecraft feature doc Minecraft: Into the Nether will launch internationally at MIPTV. North American based Global…

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Beta Film sets a MIP date for 1992

German distributor Beta Film will launch buzzy Italian drama 1992 and Spanish drama hit Under…

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MIPTV Hot Pick: Paprika

“Paprika is our first ever preschool show and it features a unique relationship between the…

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Sky Vision sells Snow Monkeys, Birds

Sky’s sales arm, Sky Vision, has sold Nature’s Treasure Island, Snow Monkeys and The Secret…

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Prodcos see Upside of MIPTV sales

A trio of European producers have signed distribution agreement with Havas Productions-owned sales house Upside…

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Showrunners to helm Scorpion slate

A documentary about US television showrunners will lead UK indie distributor Scorpion TV’s slate on…

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Blue Ant plots Big Feed in 4K

Blue Ant International is developing new 4K productions, including a series that goes behind the…

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GRB has OWN style

LA’s GRB Entertainment has secured sales rights to a batch of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network…

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Sky Germany going day-and-date with HBO

Sky Germany will start launching HBO series on the same day they go out on…

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Banijay ups Ambra’s Cipriano

Banijay Group has upped Filippo Cipriano to managing director of its Italian prodco Ambra. Ambra…

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Manufacturers add ‘Netflix button’

A number of TV and Blu-ray player manufacturers will begin marketing devices with dedicated Netflix…

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Endemol Beyond launches online channel

Endemol’s digital division has teamed up with YouTube beauty and fashion expert Michelle Phan to…

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New on-demand kids net set for Comcast

Genius Brands International is launching a new children’s channel on Comcast Communications’ Xfinity On Demand…

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News brief: Kids SVOD service buys Splash series

North American SVOD service Oznoz has bought shows such as Chloe’s Closet and Dive Olly…

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Corus secures all Nick rights in Canada

Corus Entertainment has scored a coup, securing rights to all Nickelodeon programming and content in…

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Red Arrow bringing Real Men to Cannes

Red Arrow International is bringing Real Men to MIPTV. The show has proved a hit…

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Gay Rugby player doc launching at MIPTV

Gareth Thomas: Game Changer will launch internationally at MIPTV. The one-off doc was produced by…

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ZDF brings Berlinale shows to Cannes

ZDF Enterprises has two dramas from this year’s Berlinale Special Series selection for MIPTV, Blochin…

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Tricon picks up SRP blooper shows

Canada-based distributor Tricon has picked up a package of sports shows from Steve Rotfeld Productions….

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YouTube, Seibert set for Junior@MIPTV

The second Junior@MIPTV event on Tuesday, April 14, will feature YouTube’s global head of family…

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Bomanbridge finds Musti show

Singapore-based content firm Bomanbridge Media has acquired its preschool series Musti ahead of MIPTV. The…

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eOne staffs up with trio of hires

Producer and distributor Entertainment One has hired two sales execs and a marketing chief. Incoming…

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Pact appoints Outline boss vice chair

UK producers trade body, Pact, has appointed Laura Mansfield vice chair of the Pact Council….

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EBS, Bethel Global cross The Bridge

Korean educational broadcaster EBS has hooked up with drama coproduction facilitator The Bridge and Bethel…

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Apprentice hired in Quebec

Canadian indie formats house Media Ranch is planning to bring The Apprentice to screens to…

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Pay TV services launches in Africa

Pay TV operator StrongMedia SAL-Off-Shore (SMO) is launching a range of English, French and Arabic-speaking…

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FremantleMedia shopping AOL’s first longform series

FremantleMedia International has picked up right to Connected, the first longform series from web platform…

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Cineflix bringing supersized family to Cannes

Cineflix Rights will start selling Bringing up Bates, a new reality show about a Tennessee…