Jamie Stalcup

SPI/FilmBox and France’s Free have inked a distribution deal for eight thematic SPI channels to become available via various packages.

Blu Digital Group and Atlantis Television have launched Blu Digital Group France to provide digital services and solutions to local French media companies and French localization services to clients globally.

Several changes have been made to the program structure for the 2024 edition of Berlinale, including dissolving Perspektive Deutsches Kino as a separate section and discontinuing Berlinale Series as an independent program.

The digital comics platform Manta has appointed Stephen Byong-Uk Lee as its chief business development officer.

Ascendant Fox, the production outfit behind the BBC One Boiling Point series and movie, has inked a development deal with BBC Studios and hired two new executives.

MIPCOM Cannes has opened the global call for entries for the seventh edition of the MIPCOM Cannes Diversify TV Awards, which recognize the promotion of diversity and inclusion in international TV.

Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT has wrapped after welcoming 1,031 accredited professionals from 41 countries, a 30 percent gain on last year’s attendance.

Newsflare has signed an agreement to make ViralHog’s library of user-generated videos available to publishers and producers worldwide via its global online transactional platform.

The seventh edition of Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT has begun in Toledo, with 22 panels, nine keynotes and five workshops set to take place throughout the four-day event.

Stars Lucie Lucas, Jamie Bamber and Tamara Marthe give World Screen Newsflash a behind-the-scenes look at Acorn TV’s Cannes Confidential.