France Télévisions

Xilam Animation Dives into Greenlight for Submarine Jim

May 27, 2024 by TVA Editor

Academy Award®-nominated French animation studio Xilam Animation has greenlit its brand-new adventure comedy “Submarine Jim”, following the signing of its first pre-sales for the series with European broadcasters France Télévisions (France) and Super RTL (Germany). Xilam Animation is now commencing production on the 52 x 11’ 2D animation, which targets kids aged 6-9 years old and is set to be delivered by Q2 2026. “Submarine Jim”, created by Frédéric Martin – the acclaimed director behind … [Read more...] about Xilam Animation Dives into Greenlight for Submarine Jim

Xilam Animation Assembles European Broadcasters for Piggy Builders

April 29, 2024 by TVA Editor

Academy Award®-nominated French animation studio Xilam Animation has secured a wave of European public broadcast partners for its upcoming CG preschool proprietary series “Piggy Builders”, with France Télévisions (France), BBC (UK) and ZDF (Germany) on board as commissioning broadcasters. The 52 x 11’ series was first pitched by Xilam Animation at Cartoon Forum in 2021 and is now set to be delivered in Q3 2025 with Romain Villemaine as the director (Ricky Zoom, Maya the Bee, Valiant). The first … [Read more...] about Xilam Animation Assembles European Broadcasters for Piggy Builders

France.TV Innovates with First End-to-End Cloud Broadcast of Major Live Event; Leverages TVU Solutions

April 4, 2024 by TVA Editor

As the host broadcaster of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, France Télévisions innovates to launch the France.tv Paris 2024 Olympic channel starting May 8. In partnership with TVU Networks, France Télévisions will broadcast the Relay of the Olympic flame powered by a novel 100% cloud-based and 5G/Starlink network. With the desire to unite French citizens from the moment the Olympic flame reaches France, France.tv Paris 2024 will offer 10 hours of live coverage each day, tracking the … [Read more...] about France.TV Innovates with First End-to-End Cloud Broadcast of Major Live Event; Leverages TVU Solutions

Abacus Media Rights confirms pre-sales for drama series The Boy That Never Was

November 22, 2023 by TVA Editor

Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment company, has pre-sold The Boy That Never Was, a four-hour drama series based on the best-selling novel by Karen Perry. Filmed on location in Morocco and Ireland and produced by Ireland’s leading film and TV production company Subotica (North Sea Connection), the series has been commissioned by RTÉ with support from Screen Ireland with delivery scheduled for April 2024. AMR has already secured sales to UKTV for their Alibi channel and … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights confirms pre-sales for drama series The Boy That Never Was

Turkey becomes the latest international market to license multi-award winning, The 1% Club

October 17, 2023 by TVA Editor

At MIPCOM 2023, as Cannes delegates took part in a live play-along version of The 1% Club, BBC Studios announced the latest international licence agreement for the award-winning format. Turkish media company ACUNMEDYA, has acquired the primetime entertainment format to be aired on their owned and operated channel TV8. The 10 x120’ series will go into production in late 2023, and is scheduled to air in the first half of 2024. This fresh and funny brain-teasing format from Magnum Media tests … [Read more...] about Turkey becomes the latest international market to license multi-award winning, The 1% Club