{"id":5961,"date":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2014\/10\/10\/ae-networks-launches-new-banner-for-scripted-content\/"},"modified":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","slug":"ae-networks-launches-new-banner-for-scripted-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/ae-networks-launches-new-banner-for-scripted-content\/","title":{"rendered":"A+E Networks Launches New Banner for Scripted Content"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tNEW YORK: A+E Networks is launching a new banner at MIPCOM, A+E Studios International, which will distribute and finance scripted series, TV events and movies.<\/p>\n
\n\tA+E Studios International makes its debut at MIPCOM with a lineup of some 40 hours of scripted content. This includes the six-hour TV event Sons of Liberty<\/em>, which will air on HISTORY in the U.S.; the ten-hour series Un-Real<\/em>, a dark comedy about the production of a dating competition series, set to air on Lifetime in the U.S.; and the Lifetime original movie Big Driver<\/em>, from a story by Stephen King. Also being launched by A+E Studios International is Whitney <\/em>(working title), about the late singer\/songwritter Whitney Houston.<\/p>\n \n\tAdditional titles on the slate include If There Be Thorns<\/em> and Seeds of Yesterday<\/em>, the final two installments of the V.C. Andrews book series that started with the acclaimed film Flowers in the Attic. <\/em>There are also two projects currently in production, the fact-based TV event Gangland Undercover<\/em> (working title) and The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe<\/em>, and two projects in development, The Liberator<\/em> and Roots<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\t“Last year, A+E Networks announced the formation of A+E Studios to allow our company to take greater control of the scripted content commissioned for our domestic channels, HISTORY, A&E and Lifetime,” said Sean Cohan, the executive VP of international for A+E Networks. "The announcement generated tremendous interest from the media and clients.”<\/p>\n \n\t“The industry knows us as a source for high-end factual programming,” Cohan continued. “Now that we have ownership over these premium dramas, TV events and movies, it made sense to package and market our scripted content under a new umbrella brand.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW YORK: A+E Networks is launching a new banner at MIPCOM, A+E Studios International, which will distribute and finance scripted series, TV events and movies. A+E Studios International makes its debut at MIPCOM with a lineup of some 40 hours of scripted content. This includes the six-hour TV event Sons of Liberty, which will air …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n