LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has sold several of its thrillers and disaster movies to broadcasters around the world. The action disaster film 10.0 Earthquake has been picked up by TF1 in France; Mediaset in Spain; LNK in Lithuania; Channel 5 ...

PARIS: Brian Robbins, the founder and CEO of multiplatform media company AwesomenessTV, is set to present the AwesomenessTV MIP Digital Fronts Screening, along with YouTube star Meg DeAngelis. The screening will take place April 15 during the second edition of the MIP Digital Fronts, scheduled for April 15 and 16. ...

LOS ANGELES: FOX is bringing back the hit series The X-Files as a six-episode limited event, with creator/executive producer Chris Carter and stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson all returning. Production is slated to begin this summer. Duchovny and Anderson will be reprising their roles as iconic FBI Agents Fox ...

CHEVY CHASE: Travel Channel in the U.S. has lined up a local version of Slow TV, a unique entertainment format created by Norway's NRK. This fall, Travel Channel will premiere Slow Road Live, a 12-hour road trip, the route of which will be announced at a later time. The event is ...

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2015 issue of TV Drama. The story of Viola Davis’s life is as compelling as that of any of the characters she has played in her distinguished career. She grew up dirt-poor in Rhode Island but found solace and escape watching movies. Her ...

SYDNEY: Network Ten has commissioned The Great Australian Spelling Bee, a new family entertainment series from Shine Australia. The Great Australian Spelling Bee is slated for broadcast later in the year. Rick Maier, Network Ten's head of drama, worked with Shine Australia to develop the original format. A host for ...

NEW YORK: The NBA has inked a multiyear deal with Univision Deportes, the sports division of Univision Communications, to launch exclusive Spanish-language content across multiple platforms. As part of the agreement, Univision Deportes will debut new NBA programming via UniMás and Univision Deportes Network (UDN), a 24-hour Spanish language U.S. ...

LONDON: ESPN Player has launched a new channel dedicated to the Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) in Europe, providing live coverage of the mixed martial arts organization. As part of ESPN’s live streaming service, the channel will be broadcast in the U.K., Eire, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia ...

SYDNEY: BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) has licensed more than 200 hours of music and arts programming to Foxtel Arts, a new network that is due to debut later this month. The package includes concerts from the BBC Proms classic music festival, such as Brahms Night and Wagner's ...

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has unveiled the jury panel for its MIPDoc Co-Production Pitch, which will take place in Cannes April 11. The confirmed jury members are Peter Arens, the head of editorial division, Culture and Science, at ZDF; Sally Habbershaw, the VP of international programming, production and operations at A+E; ...