Hud Woodle, Executive Vice President, International Sales, and Operations of GRB Studios announced a variety of global sales deals and also ambitious acquisition plans for the upcoming MIPTV market in Cannes. Deals closed include: Europe – U.K. Auction Kings: Atlanta-based reality program goes to Romania via AETN UK The Bay: Emmy®-winning drama series travels to Slovenia, S1-6 to be broadcast by Planet TV d.o.o On The Case with Paula Zahn: true-crime investigation program in … [Read more...] about GRB Studios announces global deals with Foxtel Australia, Discovery New Zealand and more
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Beyond Rights names new Head of Sales and appoints a new VP
Beyond Rights announced that Sarah Bickley has been promoted to head of sales and will step into the new role on 1st April, to lead the team at MIPTV. In addition, Joanna Rowley, who has acted as a part-time consultant for the past three months, will be joining the business on a permanent basis from 1st May as VP sales for the UK, Nordics, and Italy. Sarah Bickley initially joined the Beyond Rights team in November last year as SVP sales, responsible for both the Nordics region and for the … [Read more...] about Beyond Rights names new Head of Sales and appoints a new VP
Fred Media unveils new Spring content slate
Fred Media today reveals its new slate for the MIPTV period, featuring close to 100 new hours from five key production partners. From WTFN in Australia, and leading the new slate, are two recently announced series for Seven Network. Strike Force (6 x 60) tells the inside story of the most gripping, heart-stopping, tense and nerve-wracking police investigations, stings, and taskforce operations in recent memory, told by the men and women who broke each case and who were there when it all came … [Read more...] about Fred Media unveils new Spring content slate
Media Ranch signs multiple Asian format deals
Sophie Ferron, President and Founder of award-winning format production and distribution company Media Ranch, announces multiple format deals with Asia-based companies including South Korea’s Something Special and FormatEast (an SBS subsidiary), and Japan’s TV Asahi via US-based Small World IFT. Korea’s Something Special, which is founded and run by Jin Woo Hwang and InSoon Kim,has signed on to distribute Media Ranch’s Don’t Laugh in Asia. With this new deal, Media Ranch and Something Special … [Read more...] about Media Ranch signs multiple Asian format deals
DFW International kicks off MIPTV slate with ‘Van Gaal: The Man Behind The Legend’
DFW International (the sales division for Dutch FilmWorks, one of the leading film distributors in the Benelux region) will present a unique selection of documentary films/series, drama series, as well as kids and family programming to buyers during the upcoming MIPTV market. Kicking-off the slate is the exclusive documentary film VAN GAAL: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND (1 x 120’) which is currently in production. Produced by Doxy, this doc paints a unique portrait of the Dutch national team coach … [Read more...] about DFW International kicks off MIPTV slate with ‘Van Gaal: The Man Behind The Legend’
Drive announces largest-ever slate of new premium factual programming for MIPTV 2022
Drive, the production-funding and distribution agency, announces its slate of completed factual content for global distribution debuting at MIPTV in Cannes this year. The lineup - Drive’s biggest ever with over 110 hours - includes new premium factual series focused on code breaking, gripping true crime stories, a science series unearthing evidence from cataclysmic events in our past and a documentary revealing the real stories of African Americans in the Wild West from leading producers … [Read more...] about Drive announces largest-ever slate of new premium factual programming for MIPTV 2022
