The second season of Keshet’s tongue-in-cheek comedy-drama Mother’s Day launched on Thursday 19 May at 10pm, and rated three times over the competition rating, achieving 10% above the slot's average share. The new series follows the success of Mother’s Day’s first season, which remained in the top ten most-watched shows throughout its 13-week run. … [Read more...] about Mother’s Day season two launches
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Keshet at STVF
Keshet International (KI) has announced its attendance and participation in China Formats, the 22nd annual Shanghai TV Festival's unique two-day event designed to promote exchange between the China formats industry and the international media scene, June 7 - 8, 2016. Keren Shahar, Head of Keshet International Asia, will be conducting a panel with Liu Xichen of 3C Media entitled, From Importing to Exporting Formats -- How Did Israel Become a Major Player in Worldwide Format Industry? The panel … [Read more...] about Keshet at STVF
Awards season for Plan B
Keshet International’s comedy-drama Plan B is enjoying an action-packed 2016 awards season. It has received five nominations at the Israeli Academy Awards 2016 and has been nominated in the TV Comedy Series category at the 56th Monte Carlo TV Festival. The nominated categories for the Israeli Academy Awards include Best Comedy Series, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy. … [Read more...] about Awards season for Plan B
Brazil’s SBT to air BOOM!
Keshet International (KI) has licensed its explosive game show format BOOM! to SBT – Brazil’s second largest television network. The 13 x 30’ series will launch this summer on Sunday evenings during primetime, as part of the channel’s hit variety show Programa Silvio Santos. Created and presented by the network’s founder and one of Brazil’s biggest TV stars, Silvio Santos, it is the second longest running show on Brazilian TV. … [Read more...] about Brazil’s SBT to air BOOM!
Keshet hires Frank Scheuermann
Keshet International (KI) has appointed Frank Scheuermann as Head of Development and Production for its growing business in Latin America, as it seeks to expand its local production capabilities. Scheuermann will oversee KI’s development slate and production output within the region, reporting into Keshet International’s recently elevated Head of Latin America, Kelly Wright. … [Read more...] about Keshet hires Frank Scheuermann
Keshet sells Israeli series
MIPTV, Cannes– Keshet International (KI) has sold its Israeli series, The Baker and The Beauty and Milk & Honey to Channel 4’s recently launched foreign language drama on-demand service, Walter Presents. Both dramas will broadcast on the service later this year. Walter Presents launched in January to huge critical acclaim and showcases the world’s best foreign-language drama. The service is a partnership between Global Series Network and Channel 4 and is exclusively available, … [Read more...] about Keshet sells Israeli series