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
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Endemol Italy licenses BOOM!
MIPTV, Cannes - Keshet International’s (KI) tension-filled, dramatic game show BOOM! has been licensed by Endemol Shine Italy and will be produced for the Discovery Group’s channel NOVE. A series of hour-long episodes of the KI format will soon go into production to be aired daily in an access prime slot from autumn 2016. More than 500 episodes of BOOM! have been commissioned worldwide to date. Antena 3 in Spain has recently extended its series order once more to include another 65 … [Read more...] about Endemol Italy licenses BOOM!
Keshet signs deal with Facet4
Keshet International (KI), the global distribution and production arm of Keshet Media Group, has entered into a co-development deal with Canadian independent production, distribution and financing company Facet4 Media. The deal will see the two entities partnering on the development of selected drama and comedy projects for the Canadian and international marketplace, leveraging the growing KI network across the UK and US. The news follows the recent opening of KI’s new LA-based scripted … [Read more...] about Keshet signs deal with Facet4
NBC partners Keshet Studios
NBC Entertainment is partnering with Keshet Studios, the recently launched L.A.-based subsidiary of Keshet International (KI) that oversees KI’s scripted programming activities in the U.S., on a first-look programming deal for the network that also includes a co-production pact for scripted fare with NBC’s sibling studio, Universal Television. The announcement was made by Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Jennifer Salke, President, NBC Entertainment. … [Read more...] about NBC partners Keshet Studios
Keshet launches European drama initiative
Keshet International (KI) is establishing a European Drama Initiative which will see it looking to fund three to four new drama productions per year. KI is seeking to build on its existing partnerships with European drama producers and creative talent across the continent, in order to co-develop and co-produce projects which leverage its international talent network and cater for the international market. KI is financing the projects in order to meet the growing demand for high quality drama … [Read more...] about Keshet launches European drama initiative
KI reveals exclusive rights to ‘Sabena Hijacking – My Version’
43 years to the day following the Sabena hijacking a new docu-drama Sabena Hijacking – My Version is set to begin a journey of screenings around the world before being broadcast in Israel later this year on Keshet broadcasting. Recounting the events which took place on 8 May 1972 when a Belgian aircraft, flown by a British pilot hijacked by Black September (the armed wing of the Palestinian Liberalisation Organization), this powerful docu-drama includes exclusive access to three revered … [Read more...] about KI reveals exclusive rights to ‘Sabena Hijacking – My Version’