The immediate future of Tehran broadcaster Kan appears to be more secure after the Israeli government said the proposed shuttering of the country’s public broadcaster would be postponed. Kan, which was launched in 2017 after replacing Channel 1, appeared to be facing imminent closure after communications minister Shalom Karhi said last month that there was […]
Israeli pubcaster Kan has commissioned a local version of Lineup Industries’ comedy format Taboo, to be produced by Yoav Gross Productions. The format, which explores the boundaries of what is considered acceptable humour, was originally created by Panenka, and launched in Belgium on VRT where the series was hosted by comedian Philippe Geubels. Each episode […]
Israeli nets snag TVF shows Israeli networks including YES Docu have picked up a raft of shows from factual distributor TVF International. YES Docu has acquired BBC Studio’s Keith Haring: Street Art Boy (1 x 59-minutes), which explores the celebrated street artist’s life in 1980s New York, and access doc David Foster: Off The Record (1 […]
Israel-based producer and distributor ADD Content previously sold Fauda to Netflix and is now bringing this hard-hitting drama about divorce to international buyers. Being sold as both a scripted format and a finished series, Unchained has been produced by United Studios of Israel and premiered on public broadcaster Kan. It was created by Joseph Madmoni, […]
Israel-based producer and distributor ADD Content previously sold Fauda to Netflix and is now bringing this hard-hitting drama about divorce to international buyers. Being sold as both a scripted format and a finished series, Unchained has been produced by United Studios of Israel and premiered on public broadcaster Kan. It was created by Joseph Madmoni, […]
Israel’s Kan acquires history format Born On Israel public broadcaster Kan has struck a deal with UK-based distributor DRG that has seen it ordering a local version of social history format Born On and optioning social experiment format No More Boys & Girls. Born On will run as a 6 x 60-minute series this summer […]
Cameras have started rolling on Cineflix Rights’ eight-part international espionage thriller Tehran. Set in Iran, the drama for Israeli network KAN is produced by Donna Productions and Shula Spiegel Productions, in association with Alon Aranya’s Paper Plane Productions. Cineflix Rights is selling the thriller globally. Tehran (8 x 60 minutes, working title) tells the story […]
UK-based Cineflix Rights has acquired exclusive global distribution rights to an Iran-based espionage thriller produced for Israeli public broadcaster Kan. Tehran (8 x 60 minutes, working title) tells the story of a computer hacker-agent working for the Israeli secret service in the Iranian capital, where she was born. After her mission to disable a nuclear […]
Israeli pubcaster Kan has commissioned July August Productions, a Red Arrow Studios company, to produce a local version of the international format Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds. The format, which is now in production, will see ten senior residents of the Bait Bakfar care home brought together with ten four-year-olds, over six weeks. […]
