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Banijay Rights, the leading distribution arm of Banijay Group, announced that it has successfully acquired the rights to the exclusive Thomas Markle: My Story.
Prior to Cactus, Skinner was Head of Development at Rob Brydon’s production company, Jones The Film.
Brassic, Sky’s highest-rating comedy in seven years, has been acquired by SVOD service Hulu. Produced by Calamity Films for Sky One and written by BAFTA® winner Danny Brocklehurst.
The APAC Effies is the Asia Pacific region’s preeminent award for marketing effectiveness.
Fans in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America will be able to enjoy films from the Academy Award-winning Japanese art house behind Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.
Reporting to Gerd Russwurm, Head of Licensing, Aleksandra Gebauer will be the point of contact for the company’s international licensing businesses across all categories.
DocuBay, announces a partnership with the International Film Festival Shimla (IFFS) that will bring IFFS documentaries featured in last year’s film festival.
Since its introduction at IBC 2015, the Certification program has quickly grown in popularity.
This marks the first time that both series will be offered as finished programs to the Latin American market.
Family Pictures USA, originally produced for PBS, created and hosted by filmmaker and photographer Thomas Allen Harris.
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Prior to Cactus, Skinner was Head of Development at Rob Brydon’s production company, Jones The Film.
The APAC Effies is the Asia Pacific region’s preeminent award for marketing effectiveness.
Globally recognized award underlines how Dejero exponentially improves flexibility in location coverage for newsgathering and live events crews.
Brindley is currently the BBC’s Head of commissioning for Popular Factual and Factual Entertainment, overseeing commissions for BBC One, Two and Three, totalling over 350 hours of content a year.
An expert in the field of non-scripted content production, commissioning and co-productions, Rachel was at A+E Networks UK for ten years, joining as Co-Production & Acquisitions Manager in 2007.
Atlas has over 14 years of experience in creating and executing integrated digital and social media campaigns.
The kid’s TV business is becoming ever-more challenging with education producers battling the effects of fragmentation and changing international market demand, EBS’s (Korea Educational Broadcasting System) Senior Executive Producer Dr Hyunsook Chung tells K. Dass how she narrates her education programmes for kids.
Leading analyst house across converging media says as companies increasingly bundle and aggregate content and services, they will likely respond positively to vendors with technology that addresses the myriad challenges they face. Edward Barton, Ovum’s Practice Leader for TV tells K. Dass his observation of current video streaming strategies in the market.
U.S. video streaming giant shops in Asia for multiple huge titles, according to Joanne Waage, Viki’s SVP, Partnership and Programming. She tells K. Dass The Legend of the Blue Sea was aired in the U.S. minutes after its debut in Korea with English subtitles.
U.S. video group, Hulu launched its service in Japan in September 2011. Nippon TV acquired Hulu’s Japan business in April 2014. The unit now has 1.5 million subscribers, paying a monthly fee of USD$8 or JPY933 plus taxes. It boasts a library of 19,000 films, dramas, anime and shorts or enjoys 35,000 hours of content. Kazufumi Nagasawa,
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