Los Angeles-based The Gurin Company has announced a ground-breaking creative collaboration with Titan Content, the first US-headquartered K-pop company launched by K-Pop visionary Nikki Semin Han. The first project to be announced under the new alliance is K-Pop Dreams (WT) which sets out to turn the world’s growing fascination with all thing’s ‘K’ into a 10-episode non-conventional talent search format aimed at making “American K-pop dreams come true”. This first of a kind series offers a … [Read more...] about Titan Content and The Gurin Company forge creative K-Pop Partnership
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TGC GE expands presence in Asia Pacific with Rosemond Perdue
Los Angeles-based TGC Global Entertainment (TGC GE), the global distribution company launched by format veteran Phil Gurin to represent premium formatted content, has recruited Asia-focused marketing, sales and distribution specialist Rosemond Perdue to manage its sales into the fast-growing Asia-Pacific television market. In her new role, Perdue will draw on her deep experience of the Asia-Pacific market to promote TGC GE’s growing catalogue of formats, documentaries and non-scripted series … [Read more...] about TGC GE expands presence in Asia Pacific with Rosemond Perdue
South Korea’s Something Special announces co-development partnership with The Gurin Company
Something Special, the Seoul-based international Format agency founded by Format specialists Jin Woo Hwang (President & Executive Director) and InSoon Kim (EVP & Head of Content), announced a co-development partnership with Phil Gurin’s, The Gurin Company. The deal is for both companies to co-develop the unscripted global competition format Family Singers. The project will be brought to the international market to MIPTV, taking place in Cannes, France April 4 - 6. Family Singers is a … [Read more...] about South Korea’s Something Special announces co-development partnership with The Gurin Company
MIPTV: Fuji TV partners with Crunchyroll
Cannes, France – Japanese television network Fuji TV announced on April 7 a major international syndication deal with online video giant Crunchyroll throughout Asia, including Mainland China, Europe and the Americas. The deal signals Fuji TV’s strength as a primary Drama producer where premium broadcast networks can generate additional revenue in new markets and demographics. Under the terms of the deal with Crunchyroll, Fuji TV has licensed premium hit titles from the … [Read more...] about MIPTV: Fuji TV partners with Crunchyroll
MIPTV: MIPFormats International Pitch competition 2013 finalists announced
Paris – MIPFormats has announced the names of the MIPFormats International Pitch competition finalists who will be invited to Cannes to pitch their projects during the 4th edition of MIPFormats, running on April 6-7, 2013, ahead of MIPTV (April 8-11 in Cannes, France). Warner Bros. International Television Production, the exclusive sponsor of the competition, oversaw the pre-selection and will spend up to €25,000 to develop the winning project of the MIPFormats Pitch. The five … [Read more...] about MIPTV: MIPFormats International Pitch competition 2013 finalists announced