Executive Editor, World Screen

January 19, 2017 Top Stories

Amazon Adapting Novel from Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

January 19, 2017

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has greenlit a new limited comedy series event, Good Omens, based on Neil Gaiman’s and Terry Pratchett’s novel of the same name.

January 19, 2017 Top Stories

ARTE, BBC, ZDF & More to Take Part in Avant Première 2017

January 19, 2017

VIENNA: Avant Première Music + Media Market, an annual co-production market for the international performing arts TV and media industry, is gearing up to host delegates from such companies as ARTE, NRK, BBC, EBU, NHK and ZDF.

January 18, 2017 Top Stories

FremantleMedia & Vemba in Digital Deal

January 18, 2017

LONDON: FremantleMedia has inked a deal with Vemba to make more than 10,000 videos available to digital publishers through the platform.

January 18, 2017 Top Stories

Seinfeld Ties Up with Netflix

January 18, 2017

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has signed comedian Jerry Seinfeld to a multi-faceted production deal, part of which sees new episodes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee becoming available to stream on the service later this year.

January 18, 2017 Top Stories

Globo’s Total Dreamer Licensed into Africa

January 18, 2017

MIAMI: The Globo novela Total Dreamer will be distributed to French-speaking countries in Africa by Côte Ouest.

January 18, 2017 Top Stories

Thomas Tull Resigns from Legendary

January 18, 2017

BURBANK: Thomas Tull has resigned from Legendary Entertainment and, effective immediately, will assume the role of founding chairman of the company he established and has led since 2005.

January 17, 2017 Top Stories

Zoomin.TV Sets Up Studio to Create Longer-Form Content

January 17, 2017

AMSTERDAM: Zoomin.TV, which is part of MTG, has established a new studio division to create longer-form content intended for a global audience.

January 17, 2017 Top Stories

Aviation Networks Aerostar TV & AeroCinema Tie Up

January 17, 2017

TORONTO/PARIS: Aerostar TV and AeroCinema have reached an agreement to develop a long-term strategic alliance in the areas of content production and channel distribution.

January 16, 2017 Top Stories

AMC & BBC to Adapt John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

January 16, 2017

LOS ANGELES: Following on their successful collaboration with The Night Manager, AMC and the BBC are partnering with The Ink Factory for a TV adaptation of John le Carré's best-selling novel The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

January 16, 2017 Top Stories

Into the Badlands Gets Companion Mobile Game

January 16, 2017

CHICAGO: AMC Networks and Reliance Games have developed a first-of-its-kind multiplayer martial-arts mobile game tied to the drama series Into the Badlands.

Kristin Brzoznowski

Amazon Adapting Novel from Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

ARTE, BBC, ZDF & More to Take Part in Avant Première 2017

FremantleMedia & Vemba in Digital Deal

Seinfeld Ties Up with Netflix

Globo’s Total Dreamer Licensed into Africa

Thomas Tull Resigns from Legendary

Zoomin.TV Sets Up Studio to Create Longer-Form Content

Aviation Networks Aerostar TV & AeroCinema Tie Up

AMC & BBC to Adapt John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

Into the Badlands Gets Companion Mobile Game

DIRECTV Abandons DISH Acquisition

Chernin Entertainment Promotes for TV Division Leads

MIP CANCUN Wraps with 750 Delegates from 40 Countries