Quintus Studios is bolstering its team with the appointment of Adam Jacobs as Creative Director. Continuing to drive the company’s evolution into a leading digital content agency Adam Jacobs will be responsible for setting up and overseeing Quintus Studios’ overall editorial strategy. This includes Quintus Originals, projects which are developed for the company’s owned and operated channels such as ‘Free Documentary’, ‘FD Real’ and ‘ENDEVR’ and coproduced with the international market, as … [Read more...] about Quintus Studios appoints new creative director
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Passion Distribution announces series of global sales for history and documentary programming
Passion Distribution has secured a raft of global sales for History and Documentary programming including NUREMBURG: THE NAZIS ON TRIAL (1 x 90’), THE GREAT PLAGUE (3 x 60’) and landmark series 1000 YEARS OF HISTORY (6 x 120’ and 12 x 60’). Documentary NUREMBURG: THE NAZIS ON TRIAL (1 x 90’), uses archive and recently recovered, newly digitised filmed material to follow the twists and turns of the most incredible war crimes trial the world has ever seen. SBS (Australia), HISTOIRE (France), DR … [Read more...] about Passion Distribution announces series of global sales for history and documentary programming
‘Van Der Valk’ season two begins production in Amsterdam
Leading independent distributor All3Media International – together with partners ARD Degeto, Germany; Masterpiece, USA; ITV, UK; and NPO, Holland confirmed that the second season of Amsterdam-based detective series Van Der Valk has begun production. Michele Buck is Executive Producer for Company Pictures and Chris Murray returns as lead writer and showrunner. Marc Warren reprises his role as Commissaris Piet Van der Valk, and Maimie McCoy, Luke Allen-Gale, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Darrell … [Read more...] about ‘Van Der Valk’ season two begins production in Amsterdam
discovery+ India launches largest content expansion to date, including non-fiction library content from A+E Networks
discovery+ India announced its most significant content expansion since launch, adding 750+ hours to its offering, including premium non-fiction library content from A+E Networks in an extension of Discovery’s US content partnership. The platform, in working with additional content providers, also welcomes new episodes of global hit shows and for the first time, a specially curated kids content section, further cementing its reputation as the definitive real life and learning streaming service … [Read more...] about discovery+ India launches largest content expansion to date, including non-fiction library content from A+E Networks
The Walt Disney Company names new General Manager, Direct-To-Consumer, Taiwan, Hong Kong, And Southeast Asia
The Walt Disney Company has announced the appointment of Winradit (Win) Kolasastraseni as General Manager, Direct–to-Consumer, for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia (excluding Indonesia). Mr Kolasastraseni is also General Manager for The Walt Disney (Thailand) Company Limited. These appointments take effect from 1 June 2021. He reports to David Shin, General Manager, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia and Jay Trinidad, General Manager, Direct-to-Consumer, APAC. In his role as General … [Read more...] about The Walt Disney Company names new General Manager, Direct-To-Consumer, Taiwan, Hong Kong, And Southeast Asia
Love Nature unveils new original series ‘Otter Dynasty’, produced by Beach House Pictures
Love Nature, a wildlife and nature brand with linear and streaming platforms reaching 300 million households worldwide, announced its latest original series, Otter Dynasty (6x60’; 4K). Produced by Beach House Pictures, in association with Love Nature and Animal Planet, the six-part series will examine the urban wildlife story of three otter families in Singapore. The project follows this resilient species, which were once declared locally extinct from Singapore in the 1970s and now have made the … [Read more...] about Love Nature unveils new original series ‘Otter Dynasty’, produced by Beach House Pictures