Ahead of Mipcom later this month, BBC Studios has confirmed its first global sales for Big Cats 24/7 from its world-renowned Natural History Unit. Co-produced by PBS in the US who are also on board for Series 2, Big Cats 24/7 has sold to bilibili, iQiyi, Tencent, Youku and linear channel CCTV World Geography (China), YLE (Finland), France Televisions (France), Sky Deutschland (Germany), Movistar Plus+ (Spain). Big Cats 24/7 will also be available on the BBC Earth channel in: Albania, … [Read more...] about BBC Studios announces global sales of Big Cats 24/7 ahead of MIPCOM 2024
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Warner Bros. International Television Production reveals extensive slate of 20 new formats for MIPCOM
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) has revealed a wide-ranging slate of 20 new formats for autumn 2024 and beyond, launching to the international market at MIPCOM later this month. As buyers have come to expect from WBITVP, the new slate covers reality, entertainment and factual entertainment genres, as well as scripted formats, and incorporates iconic content brands, innovative twists on established hits and one very entertaining and utterly compelling physical … [Read more...] about Warner Bros. International Television Production reveals extensive slate of 20 new formats for MIPCOM
BBC Studios to launch Outrageous at MIPCOM
BBC Studios has announced that the stars of Outrageous, the brand-new drama from Firebird Pictures, co-commissioned by UKTV and BritBox International, will head to Mipcom to launch the series. On screen stars Bessie Carter (Bridgerton), Joanna Vanderham (Crime), Joshua Sasse (Love is in the Air, Galavant) and James Purefoy (The Veil, Malpractice), will be joined in Cannes by the shows writer and creator Sarah Williams (Small Island, Flesh and Blood, The Long Song) and Executive Producer from … [Read more...] about BBC Studios to launch Outrageous at MIPCOM
Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra to Step Down from CEO Role; Ravi Ahuja Named President and CEO
Sony Group Corporation and Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) today announced that SPE Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra will step down from his role as SPE CEO, and that Ravi Ahuja, SPE’s current Chairman of Global Television Studios and President and COO, will assume leadership of SPE as President and CEO, effective January 2, 2025. Vinciquerra will remain in an advisory role for SPE as non-executive Chairman until the end of December 2025. Ahuja will report to Sony Group Corporation Chairman … [Read more...] about Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra to Step Down from CEO Role; Ravi Ahuja Named President and CEO
WBITVP strikes new partnership with Magnolia Network
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) has announced that it will handle the international distribution of the latest original formats commissioned by Magnolia Network, the media joint-venture between Warner Bros. Discovery and Magnolia co-founders Chip and Joanna Gaines. The collaboration will see WBITVP distribute three new unscripted titles, all executive-produced by Chip and Joanna Gaines: Roller Jam, Human vs. Hamster and Second Chance Stage. The new series are part … [Read more...] about WBITVP strikes new partnership with Magnolia Network
Batwheels races onto Netflix
Warner Bros. Animation and DC’s “Batwheels,” the first animated Batman action-adventure comedy series developed for pre-schoolers, is now available to stream in all key EMEA markets. “Batwheels” arrives on Netflix as the series’ ever-growing viewership drives demand for official licensed consumer products. Mattel’s Fisher-Price® leads the cavalcade of partners and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP) is now encouraging and recruiting new and existing “Batwheels” licensees … [Read more...] about Batwheels races onto Netflix
