BBC Studios and Asian SVOD platform HOOQ have agreed a content deal that will give Indian viewers access to nearly 200 hours of BBC drama including Luther, Maigret and Wolf Hall. HOOQ is a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros and Singapore’s Singtel, which currently has services in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand […]
Science fiction and fantasy has become the most popular genre among Netflix subscribers and this preference is being reflected by Netflix’s commissioning behaviour, according to Ampere Analysis. The research firm said that following the success of flagship series like Stranger Things, sci-fi and fantasy was the most popular genre on Netflix as of Q1 2018 with […]
Propagate is to invest in Edouard de Vésinne’s prodco, Incognita, as it looks to expand its European production efforts. Propagate and Incognita will package big dramas and movies for local and global audiences and look to serve as the premiere production partner for local broadcasters, cable players and OTT services. Cyrus Farrokh, president of international […]
DLT Entertainment has acquired independent production company Vera Productions. The deal will see Vera MD Geoff Atkinson remain as CEO and report to DLT president Donald Taffner Jr. (pictured). Through the deal Vera will operate as a separate company under the DLT banner, but it is now wholly owned by DLT. DLT will inherit Vera’s […]
National Geographic has announced a string of new titles across its channels including a Ridley Scott drama and a double factual order from the UK’s Plimsoll Productions. The Hot Zone, is a scripted series based on Richard Preston’s best selling book about the Ebola Virus, which will be executive produced by Ridley Scott. Lynda Obst […]
Entertainment One has reached a licensing deal with the UK’s Channel 5 for the female-driven detective series The Detail and Kiefer Sutherland-led drama Designated Survivor (right). The Detail is a ten-episode ensemble drama that centers around three fiercely talented female homicide investigators. Angela Griffin (Brief Encounters), Shenae Grimes-Beech (90210) and Wendy Crawson (Saving Hope) will […]
EbonyLife Ltd, owners of Africa’s Global Black TV Network and Sony Pictures Television (SPT), are co-developing three new scripted TV projects with SPT set to distribute internationally. The three-project deal, the first of its kind between SPT and a Nigerian production company, will include a TV series inspired by the Dahomey Warriors, an all-female army […]
UK and US-based producer Playground has gained film and TV rights for Imogen Hermes Gowar’s best-selling novel The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock. The book, which was published earlier this year to rave reviews, is set in 1785 London and tells the story of Jonah Hancock, a prosperous merchant and widower, whose Captain returns having exchanged […]
NBCUniversal International Networks’ Syfy UK has acquired exclusive UK premiere rights to three new dramas from Disney UK & Ireland. This spring, Syfy will premiere Marvel’s Runaways, supernatural thriller Siren and sci-fi crime drama Stitchers. Runaways will premiere on 18 April, with Siren following in May and Stitchers later this year. Marvel’s title tells the […]
MGM-owned cable channel Epix has bagged exclusive US rights to Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa’s first original drama, Deep State. The show’s distributor, Fox Networks Group Content Distribution, has also shopped the series to SBS in Australia, NBCUniversal in France, Super Channel in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand and DR in Denmark. For Epix, […]
