GRB Studios has appointed former Discovery Studios executive, Pamela Welch, to the role of Senior Vice President, Development, reporting directly to Gary R. Benz. In her new role Welch will be responsible for creating and developing original and talent driven content for the company. Benz cites Welch as being a highly skilled development executive with a successful track record of getting shows on the air, and he looks forward to creating more compelling programming with … [Read more...] about GRB Studios appoints new SVP of Development
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GeTS partners with CIFFA
Global eTrade Services (GeTS) announced the partnership with the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) to onboard their members on hive (highly interconnected & vibrant e-trade), joining a vibrant and connected global association-centric community of more than 10,000 freight forwarders spanning across Asia to Latin America and now North America. hive is a cross-border trade facilitation platform connecting multiple stakeholders from customs agencies, freight … [Read more...] about GeTS partners with CIFFA
Squish heads to Spain, Korea and Israel
Premium kids content distributor Federation Kids & Family and European leading entertainment company Planeta Junior have announced sales and co-production deals on Cottonwood Media’s hilarious animated series Squish, which started to roll-out internationally earlier this year. Federation Kids & Family and Planeta Junior have finalized recent deals with NEOX (Atresmedia) in Spain and Tooniverse in Korea, as well as a deal with Kidz a new SVOD joint venture between HOT and Yes … [Read more...] about Squish heads to Spain, Korea and Israel
CN greenlights third season of Lamput
Lamput, the hilarious animated chase comedy, has been picked up for a third season by Cartoon Network and will run internationally on the channel in Asia Pacific and Latin America, and on Boomerang in EMEA. The series – produced by Vaibhav Studios based in Mumbai, India – started life as batches of micro-shorts of about 15 seconds as well as shorts of up to two minutes. The new season will comprise a mixture of 21x5’ and 21x2’ episodes, and will roll out from early … [Read more...] about CN greenlights third season of Lamput
I Love My Country travels to Portugal
Broadcaster RTP in Portugal has commissioned another best-seller from Talpa’s catalogue, the patriotic and nostalgic game show I Love My Country. Portugal is the 34th country to license this format. The show is expected to air later this year as a weekly prime time show and will be locally produced by Shine Iberia. Whilst the format has been around for many years, it is still reaching new territories on a regular basis. Besides the news in Portugal, I Love My Country recently … [Read more...] about I Love My Country travels to Portugal
Airtel upgrades exclusive benefits under #AirtelThanks
Bharti Airtel and ZEE5, India’s fastest growing OTT platform announced that they have further strengthened their strategic partnership to enable a world-class digital content experience for Airtel mobile customers. As part of Airtel’s refreshed #AirtelThanks customer rewards program, all Airtel Platinum customers will now get unlimited complimentary access to ZEE5’s vast content catalogue as part of their plan benefits. All Airtel mobile customers on Infinity Postpaid plans of Rs 499 and … [Read more...] about Airtel upgrades exclusive benefits under #AirtelThanks