DHX Media and A stark in production of The Deep with commitments for the new season of 13 half-hour episodes from current partners Australia’s ABC, Germany’s Super RTL, Canada’s Family CHRGD and Netflix in the U.S. Additionally, CPLG, a DHX Media company and one of the world’s leading licensing agencies, has been appointed as multi-territory licensing agent for the brand, including North America, EMEA (excluding Germany) and Latin America. Based on the Aurealis award-winning graphic novel … [Read more...] about Season Two of The Deep in production
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Drive announces programme sales and debuts MIPCOM slate
London - Drive the production funding and distribution agency led by Lilla Hurst and Ben Barrett announces a number of pre-sales, co-production and completed programme sales that also form the company’s first distribution slate for MIPCOM. Drive secured pre-sale funding from SBS Australia and ZDF for Building Star Trek, a 50th anniversary special celebrating the cultural and technological impact of the iconic series. The special was produced by yap films for Smithsonian Channel and … [Read more...] about Drive announces programme sales and debuts MIPCOM slate
Eccho Rights forges multiple series deal with Netflix
Stockholm & Istanbul - Eccho Rights has obtained a license deal for drama series with Netflix for international launch. The package includes some of the biggest titles from Turkish Drama such as Ezel, Karadayi, Kurt Seyit & Sura and The End from Ay Yapim. Also included in the deal are the series Can’t Run From Love from Erler Film, Kacak from Surec Film, Gonul from Most Productions, the miniseries Mahmut & Meryem from Duka Film, Black Heart from AKA Yapim as well as Winter Sun from … [Read more...] about Eccho Rights forges multiple series deal with Netflix
TV content leaders to speak at MIP Cancun
Paris – A trio of key industry leaders, Laurens Drillich, President, Endemol Shine Latino, Joshua Mintz, Deputy to the President, TV Azteca, and Tomas Yankelevich, Content & International Business Director, Telefe, have joined the line-up of the third MIP Cancun Latin American TV Market and Summit and take the stage to share their vision on the future of Hispanic content. These TV heavyweights will take part in MIP Cancun’s Summit, the only executive forum in Latin America … [Read more...] about TV content leaders to speak at MIP Cancun
Netflix unveils binge watching pattern
Singapore - With such a diverse mix of international content that Netflix has to offer Singaporeans, it takes more than only one episode for viewers to get “hooked” to a series. Netflix pinpointed the specific episode that took watchers from casual to committed by examining global viewing of more than 60 shows. That is, 70% of viewers who watched this episode went on to complete season one or more poetically, when members were hooked there was no turning back. For instance, the fear … [Read more...] about Netflix unveils binge watching pattern
Video streaming gaining popularity in Taiwan
Taiwan’s media scene has changed significantly since the beginning of the internet era. According to Nielsen Taiwan, only 18% of its population had access to the internet daily in 2000. But by 2015, 79% of its population of 23.3 million are connected. Television still remains the most popular platform for receiving news, but this viewership has declined from 93% to 88% in 2000. Still, pay-TV is increasingly saturated with the focus shifted to more on-demand services. pay-TV … [Read more...] about Video streaming gaining popularity in Taiwan
