MONTREAL: Industry veteran Brett Burlock, formerly of Sea to Sky (Ascension), has been named senior VP of scripted at Cineflix Media.
Read More »Syfy Heads to the Middle East & North Africa via OSN
LONDON: NBCUniversal International Networks and OSN have agreed to the exclusive launch of Syfy in the Middle East and North Africa on the pay-TV platform.
Read More »PactUS Names Inaugural Executive Board of Directors
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: PactUS, led by president David Lyle, has appointed an inaugural executive board of directors representing a cross-section of its 30-plus member companies.
Read More »Nikki Amuka-Bird & Phoebe Fox to Star in BBC Zadie Smith Drama NW
LONDON: Nikki Amuka-Bird and Phoebe Fox have been cast in the lead roles for the BBC Two and Mammoth Screen adaptation of Zadie Smith’s novel NW.
Read More »Mercis’s Marja Kerkhof
The company's managing director talks about Miffy and what’s still to come for the brand in the years ahead.
Read More »New ITV Series Follows Joanna Lumley Around Japan
LONDON: Ab Fab star Joanna Lumley is fronting a new three-part series for ITV, which will see the actress journey more than 2,000 miles traveling across Japan.
Read More »CBS Corporation Names Chief Digital Officer
NEW YORK: Seasoned digital exec Jim Lanzone has been appointed as CBS Corporation's chief digital officer, a newly created position.
Read More »Henry James’s Portrait of a Lady Set for TV Adaptation
LONDON: Number 9 Films, which is behind the Oscar-nominated movie Carol, is teaming up with RED Production Company for its first-ever TV project, an adaptation of Henry James’s 1881 novel The Portrait of a Lady.
Read More »OSN Names Martin Stewart as CEO
DUBAI: David Butorac, who has served as OSN’s CEO since 2010, is exiting the company, with Martin Stewart tapped to take over the post.
Read More »Monster Entertainment Titles Land on AmebaTV
WINNIPEG: Canada-based on-demand hub AmebaTV has nabbed 150 episodes of kids’ animated programming from Ireland’s Monster Entertainment.
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