Alison Skilton

Kew Media Distribution has signed a slew of deals across the U.S., Canada and LatAm, sending numerous dramas, nonfiction shows and event series around the world.

Blue Ant International has closed a crop of new licensing deals that amount to more than 320 hours of content placed across platforms in the U.S., the U.S. Hispanic market, Latin America and English- and French-speaking Canada.

Cinedigm has relaunched its AVOD service Viewster, and the app is now available worldwide on select ZEASN-supported Philips TVs.

all3media international has partnered with Cinedigm to launch two new free AVOD-driven services that are set to offer programming from its drama and reality catalogs.

The AVOD platform Tubi has inked a global deal with the television manufacturer Hisense to offer its library of over 20,000 movies and TV shows on the company’s new Vidaa platform.

Of all the new shows that bowed across the world in November, Disney+’s The Mandalorian generated the most buzz on Instagram, according to The WIT.

Electric Entertainment has begun production on Almost Paradise, the first North American scripted series shot entirely in the Philippines, and revealed the series’ cast.

Sundance Institute has launched Sundance Co//ab, an emerging global creative platform for independent storytellers to learn, share and connect.

The direct-to-consumer streaming app STARZPLAY has launched in Brazil, France, Germany, Mexico and the U.K., with plans to launch in an additional 20 countries in 2020.

Kew Media Distribution (KMD) has upped its VP of business development and producer relations, Graham Begg, to the position of senior VP of acquisitions and business development.