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DeAPlaneta Expands Reach in FAST Market

TVKIDS DeAPlaneta Entertainment has increased its FAST offering in Spain and Italy.

TV Drama Screenings Festival Spotlight: Leading Distribution Partners

TVDRAMA Leading Distribution Partners (LDP) is targeting the healthy appetite for movies with its MIPCOM lineup, as it highlights in the TV Drama Screenings Festival.

MIPJunior Spotlight: Lion Forge Entertainment

TVKIDS Leading Lion Forge Entertainment’s MIPCOM slate, Iyanu blends anime-style looks with African culture and Yoruban magic, with a basis in Nigerian mythology.

MIPJunior Spotlight: Mercury Filmworks

TVKIDS Mercury Filmworks has Don’t Walk Home Alone After Dark, a brand-new horror series for teens and tweens, on its MIPCOM roster.

MIPCOM Spotlight: Kanal D International

TVDRAMA For MIPCOM, Kanal D International is spotlighting Secret of Pearls and The Family Burden.

MIPCOM Spotlight: A+E Networks

TVREAL Among A+E Networks’ MIPCOM offering is Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid.

MIPCOM Spotlight: Collot Baca Media

Collot Baca Media offers a suite of localization services designed to help global content creators reach wider audiences, including AI-powered dubbing.

MIPCOM Spotlight: Hat Trick International

For MIPCOM, Hat Trick International is highlighting the six-part Smoggie Queens.

Prime Videos Renews Reacher for Fourth Season

TVDRAMA Prime Video has ordered a fourth season of Reacher, ahead of the third season’s premiere in 2025.

BBC Earth Science Debuts New Online Series

TVREAL BBC Studios’ BBC Earth Science YouTube channel has launched an 18-part online series created by After Party Studios.

Studio 100 Co-Developing New Jungle Book Series

TVKIDS Studio 100 International and Gaumont’s animation, kids and family division are teaming up with I Josh Around to co-develop a new animated series inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book.

Cineflix Rights Picks Up Rock Oyster Titles

TVREAL Cineflix Rights has secured a deal with Rock Oyster Media for 32 hours of food and travel content produced for the BBC and ITV.

NPACT & Talent Systems to Host Unscripted Executive Summit

TVREAL NPACT, the trade association for the unscripted production industry, and the software company Talent Systems have come together to launch the inaugural Unscripted Executive Summit, taking place October 29 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

Hypewriter Pitch Forum Winner Announced

TVDRAMA A winner has been selected from the pitch forum of the international series concept competition Hypewriter, with Anastasia Hoppanova's drama series Earthling taking the top prize.

TV Kids Screenings Festival Now Live

TVKIDS From best-selling book adaptations to returning hits to breakthrough new ideas, there’s plenty to sample in our latest edition of the TV Kids Screenings Festival.

Spanish Late-Night Show Tops September Wit List

The La 1 late-night show La Revuelta (The Revolt) picked up the most followers on Instagram out of all the new shows that debuted in September, according to The WIT.

Showcase: GMA Network

TVDRAMA Annette Gozon-Valdes, senior VP for programming, talent management, worldwide and support group at GMA Network and president and CEO of GMA Films, highlights how the company continues to deliver series that showcase Filipino storytelling.

French Producers & Distributors Unite for Paris Unscripted Showcase

TVREAL A group of 13 French producers and distributors are coming together for the Paris Unscripted Showcase, set to be held from April 28 to 30, 2025.

SPI International’s Erwan Luherne

Now wholly owned by CANAL+ Group, SPI International is tapping into its years of channel management and curation expertise and its extensive suite of digital assets to expand its portfolio of free-to-air, pay-TV and SVOD services. Erwan Luherne took on oversight of the business as managing director following the closing of the CANAL+ deal, having …