Federation Entertainment

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France Televisions boards Federation’s Josephine and Napoleon

France Télévisions has boarded Federation Entertainment and Ecosse Films’ marquee period drama Josephine and Napoleon….

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Federation raises €16m for int’l expansion

French studio Federation Entertainment has completed a minority funding round, raising €16m ($18.4m) for growth…

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Federation takes majority stake in unscripted venture WeMake

Federation Entertainment is to take a majority stake in WeMake, the Paris-based unscripted outfit it…

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Hulu lands US rights to Federation’s Bad Banks

Hulu has acquired the US streaming rights to Bad Banks, Federation Entertainment’s European thriller series…

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UK execs Wiffen & Marquess launch prodco backed by Federation

French indie studio Federation Entertainment has joined forces with British TV execs Paul Marquess (Suspects)…

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Federation secures distribution rights to Italian thriller

Federation Entertainment has acquired the global rights to distribute Don’t Leave Me (Non Mi Lasciare),…

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Federation & Drama Team back new Omri Givon series

Federation Entertainment has joined forces with Israel’s Drama Team productions to co-produce The Grave, an…

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TBI Weekly: The billion dollar US pay TV drop

This week, damning numbers hinting US pay TV may face significant trouble in its near…

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Federation builds Bigger Boat into prodco

French companies Federation Entertainment and Empreinte Digitale have joined forces to create a genre-focused drama…

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Xilam’s du Pontavice develops Joan of Arc drama

Animation producer Marc du Pontavice is working with French prodco Federation Entertainment on a high-end…

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Talpa exec joins Federation prodco WeMake

Talpa Media executive Moe Bennani is joining Federation Entertainment start-up prodco WeMake as creative director….

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Returning miniseries

Distributors will tell you that if they could have one drama production in their portfolio…

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Ex-Shine France COO creates Federation firm

France’s Federation Entertainment has brought in former Shine France COO Bouchra Réjani to create a…

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Federation takes AIDS drama to market

Paris-based Federation Entertainment is taking a drama about the emergence of the AIDS disease in…

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Federation eyes transactions for Bad Banks

France’s Federation Entertainment has bought international sales rights to European high finance drama Bad Banks….

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Paramount to co-create content with Federation

Hollywood’s Paramount Television has bolstered its profile in Europe after scoring a wide-ranging agreement with…

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Federation hires ex-France 2 drama chief

Paris-based Federation Entertainment has hired the former head of drama at France 2 to take…

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Federation scoops rights to cybercrime drama

Federation Entertainment, the producer and distributor behind Netflix’s Marseille, has scooped the rights to Unit…

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Amazon bags first French dramas

Amazon Prime Video has acquired French dramas for the first time, as speculation over an…

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The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 – part II

The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 reveals why, where and how the genre is evolving, tackling…

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MIPTV: Federation gets The Break

Federation Entertainment has snagged the rights to Belgian drama series The Break. The independent French…

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Federation opens The Bureau ahead of MIP

Federation Entertainment has sold Canal+ spy drama The Bureau to a raft of broadcasters before…

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Federation taking buyers to Bordertown

Pascal Breton’s production and distribution group Federation Entertainment will give new Scandi crime drama Bordertown…

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France’s Federation boards Finnish drama

France’s Federation Entertainment is to coproduce a drama series for Finnish pubcaster YLE. Federation and…

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Federation taps Zodiak exec for kids launch

Federation Entertainment has recruited kids TV veteran Monica Levy, who will play a key role…

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Amazon, BBCWW coproduce fashion drama

Amazon Prime Instant Video and BBC Worldwide have greenlit an eight-part fashion-themed drama from UK…

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Exporting in Asia

ATF is the biggest TV market in Asia. Ahead of the trip to Singapore, TBI…

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RTL buys Canal+ series The Bureau

RTL has picked up French drama series The Bureau for its RTL Crime channel in…

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Alessandri’s indie scores France Télévisions deal

Philippe Alessandri’s new Paris-based indie Watch Next Media has scored its first major programming deal….

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Federation buys into Michel’s Cottonwood

Emerging French indie Federation Entertainment is acquiring a significant shareholding in compatriot Cottonwood Media, a…