AMSTERDAM/LONDON: Endemol Shine Group has unveiled its newly merged Endemol Shine Creative Networks structure, a combined business that will be led by Lisa Perrin, currently the managing director of Shine Networks. Iris Boelhouwer, a 20-year Endemol veteran who has been overseeing the creative and format distribution teams as managing director ...

CAPE TOWN: Eva, a bespoke telenovela channel from AMC Networks International (AMCNI) Zone, has been added to the lineup of DStv in Africa, which is already home to the Telemundo novela network. All programs are fully dubbed into English for South Africa and Portuguese for Portuguese-speaking communities in Mozambique and ...

PREMIUM: Kevin Lygo, the managing director of ITV Studios, talks to TV Europe about ITV Studios’ growth in the U.S. and elsewhere. TV EUROPE: ITV Studios has been an integral part of ITV’s Transformation Plan to develop more revenue streams. What factors have been driving ITV Studios’ strong performance? LYGO: ...

NEW YORK: The pre-MIPTV & FILMART digital edition, which includes a special report on the new distribution and financing models being used to create high-quality drama today, is now available. Read the digital edition here. Hot Topic: Raising the Stakes—A ...

Last October, Toonz Entertainment entered an agreement to acquire the Spanish company Imira Entertainment, which produces and internationally distributes series designed for youngsters and animated feature films, with an emphasis on digital content. Through this transaction, Imira continues to operate as an independent production and distribution outfit, maintaining its existing ...

PARIS: As part of a new four-year deal, pan-European network Eurosport is slated to broadcast Major League Soccer (MLS) matches across most of its territories starting this month. The agreement covers all of the channel’s European territories except for the U.K. The first game of the North American league to ...

TORONTO: W Network is set to launch Cameron's House Rules, a new digital series led by Game of Homes' Cameron Mathison that is produced by Great Pacific Media and Hodgee Films, and developed in association with W Network. Cameron's House Rules takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles home of the ...

OTTAWA: Canada’s CTV has begun production on a new reality series pilot, Dream Funded: Let the Crowd Decide, which gives entrepreneurs the chance to make their dreams come true through the help of consumers. Hosted by James Duthie, the series offers budding businesspersons the opportunity to earn cash by pitching ...

PARIS: BuzzFeed Motion Pictures president Ze Frank and producer Michael Shamberg are lined up to deliver a joint keynote at the MIP Digital Fronts. Frank is the driving force behind BuzzFeed’s video division and a pioneer of online video. Shamberg ...

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has licensed a number of lifestyle series, including Top Travel, to broadcasters in the Netherlands, Italy, Africa and the U.S. Top Travel is headed to RTL in the Netherlands and AWE in the U.S. Discovery Italy snapped up Last Call Food Brawl and Deep Fried Masters, ...