UNIVERSAL CITY: USA Network is bringing back Queen of the South for a second season, with Natalie Chaidez (12 Monkeys) signing on as showrunner.
Read More »Head of BBC Films Departs to Lead Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow
LONDON: Christine Langan, the head of BBC Films, is exiting the BBC to join Baby Cow Productions as its CEO.
Read More »Corus Entertainment Refreshes Treehouse App
TORONTO: Corus Entertainment has revamped its Treehouse app, which offers users more than 1,500 episodes from the Canadian preschool network’s content library.
Read More »HGTV to Roll Out in Poland
KNOXVILLE: Scripps Networks Interactive’s cable net HGTV is set to launch in Poland in January 2017.
Read More »Nat Geo Kids’ Weird But True! Lands TV & Radio Shows
WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Kids is prepping the multiplatform launch of Weird But True!, the magazine’s most popular fun-facts feature and book series, via syndicated TV and SiriusXM radio this fall.
Read More »FremantleMedia’s BUZZR Heads to Canada
BURBANK: BUZZR, a vintage game-show network owned by FremantleMedia North America, is slated to become available on YES TV in Canada.
Read More »Brazil’s Globosat Licenses Hostages, Street Justice from Armoza
TEL AVIV: Brazil’s Globosat has licensed two dramas from the Armoza Formats scripted catalog: Hostages and Street Justice.
Read More »ITV Studios’ Meet the Parents Heads to Germany
LONDON: ITV Studios Germany has been commissioned to produce six episodes of the new dating format Meet the Parents for RTL.
Read More »ZDFE Adds Sitcom Blockbustaz to Catalog
MAINZ: ZDFE.entertainment, the division of ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) responsible for format marketing, has added the sitcom Blockbustaz to its slate.
Read More »Amanda Hill Moves Up at A+E Networks
NEW YORK: Amanda Hill has been promoted to chief marketing officer at A+E Networks, working out of New York under company CEO Nancy Dubuc.
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