French streaming service Salto, formed by media groupsFrance Télévisions, TF1 and M6,confirmed its launch on the country’s DTT platform next week, following theregulator CSAapproval this week. Broadband TV Report informed that the French joint venture…
Francisco Ramos, VP of Content for Latin America confirmed that Netflix will open offices in Bogota (Colombia) later this year. According to the executive, this action will allow the leading international streamer to be ‘closer’…
Agatha Christie’s Sven Hjerson, a crime drama series distributed by ZDF Enterpriseswas the premium series selected for this year’s MIPDrama 2021, becoming the big winner of the Coup de Cœur. Closing this year’s event, MIPTV…
Sebastian Debertin, Head of Content Acquisition and Co-Productions at Ki.KA, leaded a interview at MIPTV Digital 2021, where the responsible for kids content arm of German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, commented some highlights and…
Studiocanal confirmed it has sold during Digital MIPTV the lavish crime drama franchise Paris Police 1900 (8x’60) to Sky Germany and a raft of international channelsincluding French-speaking Canada, Radio Canada; Amediateka Russia; RTP Portugal; NOVA…
Digital Television Russia (DTR) Media Holding has closed key sales deals for two animated series with Chinese company Beijing Joy Culture Media Co., Ltd. and signed an agreement for the distribution of several projects in…
Tim Gerhartz has been promoted to the position of President & Managing Director, Red Arrow Studios International, the distribution arm of Red Arrow Studios. Previously SVP, Global Sales at Red Arrow Studios International, the executive…
The annual event, taking place on May 17, will showcasethe NBCUniversal’s content and IP, buildt upon ONE21, which highlighted Comcast, NBCUniversal and Sky’s joint strategy across broadband, aggregation, and streaming as well as the partnerships,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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 £…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
