Jamie Stalcup

Electric Entertainment has acquired the exclusive North American distribution rights to the feature film Long December, featuring Stephen Williams, John Mark McMillan (Jude Moses) and Charley Koontz (Community, The Boys), among others.

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order for The ‘Burbs, a reimagining of the 1989 film of the same name, starring Keke Palmer (Nope, Password) and coming from Brian Grazer (Empire, Arrested Development) and Seth MacFarlane (Ted).

Blue Ant Media has promoted Deborah Gurofsky to senior VP and managing director of the connected-TV marketplace Media Pulse and added two new members to the team.

Gracenote, Nielsen’s content solutions business unit, has launched Gracenote Watch Prompts, a new dataset that gives global video platforms and services interesting facts about TV programs and movies to influence consumer viewing decisions.

Thierry Lachkar, CEO of ITV Studios France, and Céline Roux, COO of ITV Studios France, have expanded their responsibilities to become president and COO, respectively, of Tetra Media Studio.

BBC Studios and Poland’s CDA have partnered to make the multi-genre VOD service BBC Player available to CDA Premium subscribers on September 1.

Javiera Balmaceda, head of originals for Latin America, Canada and Australia at Amazon MGM Studios, has joined the keynote lineup for Content Americas’ 2025 event, running from January 20 to 23.

Netflix has lined up three new Danish titles, including a series, drama film and documentary, that are set to premiere in 2025.

The director and creator talks about the collaborative nature of the volunteer-led project.

MIPCOM CANNES has added to its lineup the special spotlight session Apprentice in Wonderland, led by Ramin Setoodeh, co-editor in chief of Variety and author of Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass, to explore the role of The Apprentice in launching the political career of Donald Trump.