Philippine media giant GMA Network continues to set the benchmark for topnotch and world-class entertainment for Filipinos with its lineup of new programs in the forthcoming months. Soon to dominate Philippine television is the breakthrough… GMA Network announced nearly 100 new programs
ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) and Magnus Studios announced at Digital MIPTV the brand-new production, Liked, while they revealed the trailer of Gloria quiere saberlo todo, the production confirmed last October 2020. TV singer and producer… VIS confirmed a new production with Marc Anthony’s Magnus Studios: Liked
Television in all its forms, and especially linear FTA (free-to-air) and Pay TV, faces a complex present and an even more complicated future. This is due to a series of circumstances that place it in… TV in its labyrinth
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS) has reached a licensing agreement with US cable network G4 for the streaming and broadcast rights to the American version of SASUKE (Ninja Warrior), the American version of Kinniku… TBS licenses global streaming rights to Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke
Turkish drama will now reach the whole world with Dramax, the brand-new SVOD platform from Demirören Media, one of the biggest media corporations of Turkey. The OTT introduces series to viewers of four corners of… Demirören Media launched SVOD Dramax to offer Turkish drama worldwide
Beta Film has sold the prestigious WWII drama series Atlantic Crossing with Kyle MacLachlan and Sofia Helin to Austria’s national public broadcaster ORF and Spanish Movistar+, which will premier in both countries later this year.… Beta Film’s ‘Atlantic Crossing’ landed at ORF and Movistar+
Indie Producer Propagate and international distribution company Be-Entertainment have teamed up to bring award-winning diversity dating format Project Cupid to USA. The lighthearted format, which helps people with a mental challenge find love, scored both… Propagate and Be-Entertainment join forces on Project Cupid for USA
Following the successful TF1 prime-time launch of shiny-floor entertainment show, Mystery Duets (Duos Mysteres) on Friday February 26, the French leading network has greenlit the commission of more episodes scheduled to broadcast later this year.… France: TF1 orders more Mystery Duets
Leading independent distributor All3Media International has partnered with multi-award-winning Irish independent producer, Animo TV, and broadcaster, Virgin Media Television to represent the hit new format Eating with your Enemy, previously known as Eating with the… All3Media, Animo TV and Virgin Media partner on Eating With Your Enemy
PCCW’s Viu has 45 million Monthly Active Users and surpassed 5 million paid subscribers, becoming one of Southeast Asia leading pan-regional OTT service. 4-5 years ago, the company started to produce originals in Asia that… Viu: mass, premium and differentiation
Televisa-Univision is the new combined company, creating a global leader in Spanish-language media with the largest library of owned content, coupled with production capabilities to power its leading TV, digital and streaming platforms. The transaction… Televisa and Univision, the premier global Spanish-language media company
As part of its Digital MIPTV Showcase, Russian leading network NTV exhibited some of the most outstanding drama series, such as The Missing, Casting Lady Justice and Murderous Fervor who has been sold to French… NTV: Russian drama at its best
At MIPTV 2021, Orion Ross, VP, Animation, at The Walt Disney Company EMEA, highlighted to Sarah Baynes, from The Ceative Garden, that the company is looking for strengthening the co-productions projects all across the region.… Disney EMEA reinforces its coproduction focus
Diversity and inclusion in drama programming were the key topics discussed by Miranda Wayland, Head of Creative Diversity at the BBC, during Digital MIPTV 2021, who confirmed the British leading media group is allocating £… BBC to invest USD 140 million for diverse and inclusive content in the next 3 years
Libbie Doherty, head of children’s programming at ABC, offered at Digital MIPTV her impressions on the content for the kids’ segment at the Australian pubcaster, while she highlighted the intentions to acquire content to strengthen… ABC Kids: cross-content and coproductions
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) and Toronto based LoCo Motion Pictures have announced a deal that will see WBITVP acquire global (excl. Canada) distribution rights to How To Buy A Baby, the International Emmy… WBITVP launched the Canadian scripted format How To Buy A Baby
Instead of the annual meeting at the Côte d’Azur, ORF Enterprises (Austria) organized during Digital MIPTV the UNIVERSUM online screening and dinner, where it presented highlights of internationally successful nature films for the first time… Nature & wildlife films at digital ORF’s “UNIVERSUM Dinner”
MADD Entertainment shared early sales success for two of its drama series, Ay Yapim’s Flames Of Fate and Medyapim’s Nehir. Both ongoing series are top-rated in Turkey, and although many sales have been completed, broadcast… MADD delivered Top Turkish series to Asia and Latin America
On Behalf of God, Globoplay Original docuseries about a scandal that shocked the world has just been licensed to Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (Germany). Globo’s production, which will premiere this year on RTL Crime in Germany,… Globo docuseries On behalf of God was licensed to Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland
Love Nature, a wildlife and nature brand with linear and streaming platforms reaching 300 million households worldwide, announced its debut on Samsung TV Plus in the US market as a 4K FAST linear channel. It… Blue Ant Media: Love Nature debuted on Samsung TV Plus in USA
Banijay confirms The Write Offs has landed its first international deals, having been picked up for Australian and Danish audiences. Metronome Productions will produce the local Danish version for DR1, while SBS has also ordered… Banijay’s The Write Offs books first international deals
RTÉ is Ireland public television and has been very active during the last years on the content production. Dermot Horan, director of acquisitions and co-productions, described the strategy and future plans at Digital MIPTV’s Drama… RTE: ‘Scripted come back and did it stronger’
Keshet is a leading player in Israel and worldwide, producing between 5 to 7 primetime series with one of the most recent successes, Line in the Sand, getting 20 rating points in Israel, the largest… Keshet and the different series production business models
Fremantle has increased its stake in AbotHameiri, one of the leading Israeli production outfits, to 100% taking full ownership of the company. Founded in 2006 and headed by Eitan Abot and Guy Hameiri, the Tel… Fremantle takes full ownership of AbotHameiri
PBS Kids is the segment of children’s programming of the North American public network, which is oriented to an audience of 2 to 8 years of age. Natalie Engel, Director of Content, Children’s Programming for… PBS celebrates kids’ diversity
Glance (Eurodata TV Worldwide) made a its traditionalpresentation “One TV Year In The World: Cracking Audience Trends”at this year Digital MIPTV, where it highlighted the results of a report of trends in world television viewing… Digital MIPTV: Glance revealed top global viewing trends in television
Digital MIPTV officially began on Monday, April 12, with the second presentation from The Wit about «Fresh TV» conferences, this time dedicated to fiction, where highlighted a Spanish and a Brazilian production, and stand out… Fresh TV Fiction: criminal series, the season trend on TV
ZDF Enterprises will also co-produce S2 of the drama and catastrophe series Sløborn and will again be responsible for its global distribution. S1 of the ZDFneoriginal series dealt with the outbreak of a virus that… ZDF Enterprises co-producer and worldwide distributor of Sløborn 2
AMC Networks has acquired the rights to the sophisticated, 6-part spy thriller series Spy City, which was produced by LEONINE Studios’ production banner Odeon Fiction and MIRAMAX TV, and will premier in the USA on… ViacomCBS sold Odeon Fiction and Miramax’s Spy CitytoAMC+
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS) has entered into its latest international venture with Zee Entertainment, one of the largest media conglomerates in India, as a part of its efforts to explore new avenues of… TBS and Zee announced coproduction deal, starting with culinary travelogue The Spiceman Trails: Asia
