UNTERFÖHRING: maxdome has concluded a new agreement with Sony Pictures Television involving more than 700 series and movies for digital use. The deal sees more than 130 movies and TV series from the studio being added each year to the maxdome package. Offerings include the film Django Unchained and series ...

CANNES: Dori Media Group and Croton Media have signed a deal to bring the comedy formats Ciega a Citas, Little Mom and So Where Were We to the Chinese market. Croton is planning to adapt these comedies for the local market. Ciega a Citas has already been sold into more ...

CANNES: BBC Worldwide is working on a local version of The Great Bake Off for BBC Lifestyle in South Africa. Local production company Rapid Blue will be adapting the show, with a launch slated for late 2015. Titled The Great South African Bake Off, the series seeks to find the ...

HILVERSUM: The Big Picture, a connected game show from Talpa that lets viewers participate in real time using a special app, has been renewed for a second season in the Netherlands.  The Big Picture launched in February on RTL and increased the channel's Sunday evening time slot by up to ...

TORONTO/CANNES: The Canadian digital media companies Secret Location, Félix & Paul Studios, MiiScan and Zandel Media will be at MIPTV this week to showcase their latest multimedia propositions. Secret Location is showcasing Are You on the Blacklist?, which is nominated for a 2015 International Digital Emmy Award. The property was ...

CANNES: Studio 100 Media has bolstered its programming agreement with Sky Deutschland, delivering to the German platform shows like Maya the Bee and expanding multiplatform access to its series. The enhanced relationship between the two companies covers nonlinear rights, with programs such as Vic the Viking, Maya the Bee and ...

CANNES: The Nollywood entertainment channels IROKO Play and IROKO Plus have secured carriage on StarTimes, the leading African pay-TV platform. Both channels are being added to the StarTimes Basic Bouquet. IROKO Play will air classic Nollywood movies from 2007 onward. New movies will be added to the schedule each month. ...

CANNES: Zodiak Rights has closed a first-look agreement with New Zealand's 2B Media, an outfit that specializes in factual and reality programming and observational documentaries. With the deal, Zodiak Rights arrives at MIPTV with such new titles as Beauty & the Beach, about CosMediTours, who provide medical vacations encompassing plastic ...

MUNICH: The format Real Men, which sees five everyday guys embark on a journey toward a healthier lifestyle, has been licensed by Red Arrow International to production companies in Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland. Warner Bros. International Television Production took on the production rights for Belgium and the Netherlands. ...

SYDNEY: The Cartoon Network Watch and Play app in Australia has been enhanced with new functionality that allows users to live stream the channel within the app via a new authenticated service. Starting today, Foxtel subscribers can log in to the free app to unlock a slew of services. This ...