Smithsonian taps Two Rivers for Muhammad Ali doc Smithsonian Channel has greenlit a feature length documentary about the life of Muhammad Ali from Scottish indie, Two Rivers Media. Cassius X: Becoming Ali is based on the book by Stuart Cosgrove and will explore the transformation of Cassius Clay into the international boxing icon and activist, […]
BBC revives ‘Weakest Link’ UK pubcaster the BBC is reviving gameshow format Weakest Link. BBC Studios Entertainment is producing, with the 12 x 45-minute series executive produced by Pete Ogden. It was commissioned by director of entertainment Kate Phillips. This return for Weakest Link will see celebrity contestants battling it out by answering a series […]
Globosat’s kids channels Gloob and Gloobinho have launched two new departments for content and programming. Flavia Costa is to lead the content team, which will focus on developing scripts for original productions and co-productions for both channels. Meanwhile, Luiz Filipe Figueira will be responsible for programming, which includes acquiring international content and co-productions, as well […]
Alberto Pecegueiro is to step down as chief of Brazilian pay TV operator Globosat after almost 25 years in the role. Pecegueiro will take up a new position working across joint ventures at Grupo Globo, the pay operator’s parent company, from January next year. The veteran exec oversaw a shift in strategy for the pay […]
Brazilian media giant Globo has unveiled a restructure that will see the company re-organising its operations along product and service lines rather than content genres. As part of the changes, broadcast operation TV Globo, cabler Globosat, streamer Globoplay and online offering Globo.com will now be combined with music division Som Livre and subsidiary DGCorp under […]
Brazil’s Globosat has commissioned the first local adaptation of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Globosat’s pay-TV channel GNT has ordered a primetime run of the home reno format from Endemol Shine Brazil. The order comes just weeks after US cable channel HGTV ordered an Endemol Shine North America-produced reboot of the format with Modern Family star […]
Talpa to open The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes Talpa TV in the Netherlands has ordered a local version of social experiment format The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes, which sees a group of people living with dementia tasked with helping to run a restaurant. The show, sold by Red Arrow Studios International, is being produced in […]
Media I.M. has licensed hit Belarus pre-school animation series Sunny Bunnies to broadcasters in Canada and Brazil. All told, the show has reached more than 160 territories since it launched two years ago. In Canada, DHX Television has picked up the first two seasons of the show (52 x 3.5 mins) for its French and […]
Vice Media and Globosat will partner to expand the Vice brand’s local presence across online, mobile and linear in Brazil. Under the agreement, Globosat will take a significant minority stake in Vice Brazil, and see Vice grow its portfolio of youth focused digital channels and library of original video content. The partnership between Vice and […]
BBC First in the Benelux region is among five buyers of Keshet International’s British drama The A Word. UKTV in New Zealand, Polish pubcaster TVP, Brazilian cable and satellite provider Globosat, and South Korean public service network EBS are the other networks to acquire the BBC One six-parter, which soon launches a second season. Amazon […]
