Sara Alessi

SPI International/FilmBox is rolling out several of its channels on a Scandinavian IPTV platform operated by Kalejdo Bredband.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is honoring renowned prop master Bobby Warans with the BAFTA Special Award at the 2017 British Academy Television Craft Awards.

ITV has ordered a second season of the comedy panel show Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule.

SPI International/FilmBox has entered into a distribution agreement with Orion that will see the launch of several of its channels in Russia, with the federal satellite operator also becoming the exclusive distributor of SPI channels in the country.

E4 has commissioned Studio Lambert to produce a second season of the transformation series Body Fixers.

Zinc Media Group has appointed seasoned executive producer and former Pulse Films exec Roy Ackerman as managing director of the Films of Record label and director of international strategy for TV.

SVOD service MUBI has acquired all rights for several movies, including the Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear winner On Body and Soul, for U.K. theatrical and VOD release.

Keshet International (KI) has secured a host of deals across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) from its catalog of scripted and non-scripted formats, as well as finished series, including the buddy comedy Traffic Light.

SPI International/FilmBox has acquired pay-window rights for several films, including the Academy Award-winning La La Land, for its FilmBox movie channels in select CEE territories.

WARSAW/BUCHAREST: Romanian satellite TV operator Focus Sat, which is managed by UPC DTH, has added the SPI/FilmBox channels DocuBox, FightBox and Eroxxx to its lineup.