Joanna Padovano Tong, Author at TVREAL

October 19, 2016 Top Stories

BBC Worldwide to Co-Produce Planet Earth II with Tencent

October 19, 2016

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has entered into a co-production agreement with Tencent for Planet Earth II, marking the first time the company is co-producing a documentary with a video platform in China.

October 18, 2016 Top Stories

Channel 4 Orders Lightbox Doc War Child

October 18, 2016

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned Lightbox, co-founded by Simon Chinn (Man on Wire) and Jonathan Chinn (American High), to produce the tentatively titled documentary War Child.

October 15, 2016 Top Stories

Scripps Networks Content Acquired by Quebecor

October 15, 2016

MONTREAL: Quebecor Media's Quebecor Content has acquired a variety of new lifestyle programming from Scripps Networks.

October 12, 2016 Top Stories

Passion Scores Global Sales for New Robot Wars

October 12, 2016

LONDON: Passion Distribution has sold the first season of the rebooted competition series Robot Wars to a number of broadcasters worldwide, bringing the show to more than 90 territories.

October 6, 2016 Top Stories

Z Living Lines Up POPSUGAR Lifestyle Series

October 6, 2016

LOS ANGELES: Z Living is slated to premiere the lifestyle show POPSUGAR Presents: Conquered, the third project to come out of its collaboration with millennial media company POPSUGAR, early next year.

October 6, 2016 Top Stories

Fusion Preps Premiere of Trafficking Docuseries

October 6, 2016

MIAMI: Next month, Fusion is due to debut The Traffickers, a new investigative documentary series about the black market that comes from the FremantleMedia International catalog.

October 3, 2016 Top Stories

Sky Vision Signs Global Deals for The Wine Show

October 3, 2016

LONDON: Sky Vision has sold the factual series The Wine Show into 99 territories across multiple broadcasters and platforms.

October 3, 2016 Top Stories

Blue Ant Unveils MIPCOM Highlights

October 3, 2016

NEW YORK: Blue Ant International plans to present its largest slate of series and documentaries to date, including more than 600 hours of new programming, to international buyers in Cannes.

September 26, 2016 Top Stories

360Production Appoints Director of U.K. Factual

September 26, 2016

LONDON/DERRY: 360Production, an indie factual producer owned by the Rare TV group, has hired seasoned director and producer Belinda Cherrington as director of U.K. factual, a newly created position.

September 22, 2016 Top Stories

Zodiak Sends The Supervet Around the Globe

September 22, 2016

LONDON: Banijay Group's Zodiak Rights has sold the third season of the factual series The Supervet to a number of broadcasters worldwide.

Joanna Padovano Tong

BBC Worldwide to Co-Produce Planet Earth II with Tencent

Channel 4 Orders Lightbox Doc War Child

Scripps Networks Content Acquired by Quebecor

Passion Scores Global Sales for New Robot Wars

Z Living Lines Up POPSUGAR Lifestyle Series

Fusion Preps Premiere of Trafficking Docuseries

Sky Vision Signs Global Deals for The Wine Show

Blue Ant Unveils MIPCOM Highlights

360Production Appoints Director of U.K. Factual

Zodiak Sends The Supervet Around the Globe

TV5MONDE Launches First FAST Channel in the U.S.

Off the Fence Signs Iberian Deals

Nat Geo Greenlights Slew of New Series

Apple Lines Up Official Fleetwood Mac Doc from Frank Marshall

Lucky 8’s Greg Henry & Kim Woodard

The Fifth Estate’s Bob McKeown to Retire