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HBO & HBO Max snag North American rights to France’s ‘Laetitia’

WarnerMedia’s HBO has picked up North American TV and streaming rights to six-episode French drama Laetitia. The show, which is sold by France TV Distribution, was written and directed by Murder On A Sunday Morning’s Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and became the first French series to be selected for the Sundance Film Festival in 2019. It […]

Russian SVOD Amediateka strikes deal for all HBO Max shows

Russian streamer Amediateka has struck an exclusive deal that allows it to offer all series from WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, in addition to library content from the US studio. The agreement, which is effective immediately, hands Amediateka shows including the reboot of cult TV series Gossip Girl, Steven Soderbergh’s film No Sudden Move, sci-fi series Raised […]

HBO Max names MBC exec to lead Turkish content acquisitions

WarnerMedia has named MBC Dubai’s senior content manager Mia Edde to lead its Turkish content buying activity. Edde, who had been with MBC since 2005, takes up the newly created role of executive director of Turkish content acquisitions on 1 August and will be based out of Dubai. She will report to Hannes Heyelmann, EVP […]

WarnerMedia to delay HBO Max roll-out in Europe

WarnerMedia is likely to delay the roll-out of its streaming service HBO Max in Europe, as it focuses efforts on Latin America. The news came as WarnerMedia parent AT&T announced its Q2 results, revealing that HBO Max and its linear counterpart now have a total of 67.5 million subscribers worldwide, with 47 million of that […]

WarnerMedia to launch CNN+ streaming service

WarnerMedia-owned news network CNN is launching a new streaming service, complete with its own content. Set to roll out in Q1 2022, CNN+ will feature live and on-demand programming, along with interactive content which is all distinct and separate from the CNN, CNN International, HLN and CNN en Español linear TV channels. At launch, the […]

WarnerMedia names HBO Asia Originals content leads

WarnerMedia has made two new senior appointments to its HBO Asia Originals team, with May-Yi Lee named head of development and production of unscripted content, while Garon De Silva has been promoted to head of development and production for scripted. Based in Taiwan, Lee is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of production […]

WarnerMedia alum Iris Knobloch launches $300m European SPAC

Iris Knobloch, WarnerMedia’s former president of France, Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, is launching a $300m European special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) with backing from Artemis, the holding company owned by French billionaire businessman François-Henri Pinault. The “blank cheque” company, named I2PO, will focus on the entertainment and leisure industries, and is also receiving backing […]

WarnerMedia continues HBO Asia originals push with drug trafficking docuseries

WarnerMedia has commissioned a new HBO Asia Original documentary series exploring the region’s illicit narcotics industry for the regional HBO GO streaming service. Produced by Singapore-based IFA Media, the 3 x 60-minute docuseries, Traffickers: Inside The Golden Triangle, will debut on the streamer on 23 July, and will follow the demise of three infamous drug kingpins […]

HBO Max starts global expansion with Lat Am & Caribbean launch

WarnerMedia has launched streamer HBO Max in Latin America and the Caribbean, marking its first roll-out outside of the US. The streamer, which is now available in 39 territories across the regions, will offer local content such as Mexican women’s soccer series Las Bravas and the Gabriela de la Garza-starring Love Spells, as well as US […]

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