WGBH Boston, America’s largest producer of PBS content, has pre-bought from ARTE The Blob, A Genius Without A Brain for its production NOVA, the most-watched primetime science series on American television, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly. NOVA’s version of the film, Secret Mind of Slime is slated to premiere in premiere fall 2020 on PBS. Produced in 4K by Hauteville Productions (Karina Si Ahmed) for ARTE’s science slot, The Blob, A Genius Without A Brain, blends science … [Read more...] about ARTE Distribution sells ‘The Blob’ to the U.S., Nova ‘Secret Mind Of Slime’ to premiere in Fall 2020 on PBS
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GRB acquires PBS series/format Family Pictures
Sarah Coursey, Senior Vice President, International, GRB Studios announced that GRB acquired the finished and format rights to Family Pictures from Chimpanzee Productions. Family Pictures USA, originally produced for PBS, created and hosted by filmmaker and photographer Thomas Allen Harris, explores American cities, towns and rural communities through the lens of the family photo album, unearthing rich personal stories that expand our understanding of our shared history, diversity and common … [Read more...] about GRB acquires PBS series/format Family Pictures
Odd Squad sales
Singapore- Bomanbridge Media has announced the sale of the Emmy-winning children’s show Odd Squad to Taiwanese public broadcaster, Public Television Service Foundation (PTS); Thai Public Broadcasting; Television Broadcasting Limited (TVB) in Hong Kong and Mediacorp Pte Ltd in Singapore. Produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment and The Fred Rogers Company for PBS (USA) and TVO and SRC (Canada) the series recently won 4 Daytime Emmy Awards for Children's or Pre-School Children's Series in the … [Read more...] about Odd Squad sales
“Great Chefs of the World” to lead the launch of FoodPlanet.tv
Tel Aviv, Israel – PBS and Discovery Channel's award winning cooking and travel show Great Chefs of the World will lead the launch of FoodPlanet.tv, a new and exciting website, dedicated to culinary experiences. FoodPlanet.tv takes its visitors on an expedition around the world, exposing them to the vast variety of flavours and possibilities the gastronomic world has to offer. FoodPlanet.tv has taken on the mission to broaden its visitors' culinary horizons. To do so, the … [Read more...] about “Great Chefs of the World” to lead the launch of FoodPlanet.tv
2014 marks ABU Children’s Drama Co-production Series’ 10th anniversary
Tokyo – The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is an association of broadcasters in the Asia-Pacific region. Every year, it conducts an international co-production project called ABU Children’s Drama Co-production Series. In this project, participants from the members of the ABU each produce a 15-minute drama episode starring children between the ages of seven to nine. Dramas are exchanged between participants and are broadcast on each of their channels. So far, 90 works … [Read more...] about 2014 marks ABU Children’s Drama Co-production Series’ 10th anniversary
9 Story Entertainment secures international sales for “Arthur”
Toronto, Canada – 9 Story Entertainment announced on May 25 that it has secured multiple international sales of the award-winning children’s animated series Arthur (20 x 22’). Longstanding broadcast partners for the series, CBBC (UK), ABC TV (Australia) and Noga (Israel), have each signed on for new seasons 18 and 19. Arthur 9 Story became producer and distributor of the popular series in a co-venture with WGBH Boston and PBS commencing with season 16. The … [Read more...] about 9 Story Entertainment secures international sales for “Arthur”
