MIAMI: A+E Networks and Carnival Corporation have entered into a strategic partnership that will see the original series Good Spirits air on FYI and A&E.
Read More »New Showtime Doc Explores Domestic Jihadism
NEW YORK: Showtime Documentary Films has unveiled American Jihad (working title), which will explore homegrown Jihadism, how young men are radicalized to commit violent acts of terrorism and what can be done to prevent it.
Read More »New Olympic Games Partnerships for Discovery
LONDON: Discovery Communications has signed seven new partnerships regarding the Olympic Games in Europe, including one with Polish national broadcaster Telewizja Polska.
Read More »Video Interview with Mark Gordon
NEW YORK: Producer Mark Gordon talks to World Screen Newsflash about the enduring appeal of procedural series, which, even in a television landscape filled with buzzworthy serialized shows, continue to satisfy broad swaths of the audience, in the U.S. and around the world.
Read More »Nickelodeon Reveals 2017 Kids’ Choice Award Nominees
BURBANK: Nickelodeon has announced the nominations for this year's Kids' Choice Awards, which will be hosted live by WWE's John Cena on Saturday, March 11, at 8 p.m. from USC's Galen Center in Los Angeles.
Read More »A+E Networks & NWSL Tie Up for Joint Venture
CHICAGO: A+E Networks has taken an equity stake in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), with the two companies teaming up to launch NWSL Media, a new media and commercial JV sponsored by Lifetime.
Read More »Mercury Filmworks & Cartoon Saloon Launch Animation Studio
KILKENNY: Canada's Mercury Filmworks has teamed up with Ireland's Cartoon Saloon to create a new 2D-focused full-service animation studio in Ireland called Lighthouse Studios.
Read More »BBC Worldwide Showcase to Feature Jimmy McGovern’s Broken
LONDON: BBC Worldwide Showcase is gearing up for its flagship event in Liverpool later this month, which will feature BAFTA-winning writer Jimmy McGovern on hand to present his new drama series Broken.
Read More »Snapchat to Feature Exclusive Planet Earth II Content
NEW YORK/LONDON: A new partnership between BBC Worldwide and Snap Inc. will see an exclusive series of Planet Earth II programming being made available on Snapchat’s Discover Platform in the U.S. and Canada.
Read More »APC & Investigate North to Co-Develop Unpunished
LONDON/COPENHAGEN: About Premium Content (APC) is working with Investigate North to co-develop Unpunished, a new drama series that touches on topics of artificial intelligence and cyber warfare.
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