Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) has revealed a wide-ranging slate of 20 new formats for autumn 2024 and beyond, launching to the international market at MIPCOM later this month. As buyers have come to expect from WBITVP, the new slate covers reality, entertainment and factual entertainment genres, as well as scripted formats, and incorporates iconic content brands, innovative twists on established hits and one very entertaining and utterly compelling physical … [Read more...] about Warner Bros. International Television Production reveals extensive slate of 20 new formats for MIPCOM
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Fred Media creates new senior roles to spearhead evolving business
Fred Media, Australia’s leading independent content distributor, has announced major changes to its team. Longstanding sales manager Jimmy Elkington has been promoted to the new position of Head of Sales. At the same time, former General Manager Roger Vanderspikken takes the reins of the company’s ‘Total Distribution’ strategy, widening his remit as the newly appointed Head of Operations and Acquisitions across both Fred Media and its rapidly growing WTFN Group sister company Radar … [Read more...] about Fred Media creates new senior roles to spearhead evolving business
Hulu acquires Twofour’s groundbreaking queer dating series I Kissed A Girl & I Kissed a Boy from ITV Studios
ITV Studios and Hulu have closed a package deal that will see it become the US home of the first two seasons of Twofour’s groundbreaking queer dating series I Kissed A…I Kissed a Boy is slated to premiere on Hulu on 15 June as part of the streamer’s “Hulu Has Pride” LGBTQ+ month-long celebration. Season two – I Kissed a Girl – will exclusively premiere on the US streamer later this year. The award-winning I Kissed A Boy, which aired in 2023 was the UK’s first ever gay dating show. I Kissed A … [Read more...] about Hulu acquires Twofour’s groundbreaking queer dating series I Kissed A Girl & I Kissed a Boy from ITV Studios
OUTtv Joins as Co-Producer of the Hit Make-Up Showdown Series
OUTtv, the world’s leading LGBTQ+ streaming service, has come on board as the new exclusive global SVOD rights holder, excluding the UK for the hit BBC series Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make Up Star. Originally a BBC Three and Netflix co-production, Glow Up has offered contestants career-making breaks in the make-up industry since its first season in 2019. The Competition Reality Series is the ultimate make-up showdown and for its fifth series welcomed brand-new host, Supermodel Leomie … [Read more...] about OUTtv Joins as Co-Producer of the Hit Make-Up Showdown Series
Trigger Point continues International boom following smash hit return of season 2
Leading independent distributor All3Media International has announced that HTM’s high octane thriller Trigger Point has now sold across six continents including Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Australasia and Africa. Trigger Point, which follows bomb disposal ‘Expo officers’ who risk their lives daily on ‘the long walk’ towards danger, has received critical praise critics calling it ‘nail biting’ (Sydney Morning Herald), packed with ‘unbearable tension’ (The Independent). Following … [Read more...] about Trigger Point continues International boom following smash hit return of season 2
Selling Scripted: BBC Studios secures global sales of premium drama
At its 48th annual Showcase event BBC Studios unveils a range of international sales for compelling drama series, Beyond Paradise, Blue Lights, Boiling Point and The Famous Five. Beyond Paradise Series One, a spin-off from perennial favourite Death in Paradise (Red Planet Pictures), follows DI Humphrey Goodman and his fiancée, Martha as they leave London to start a new life on the Devon coast, where DI Humphrey sets out to help crack a host of baffling cases. Each week the team face a new crime … [Read more...] about Selling Scripted: BBC Studios secures global sales of premium drama
