MP & Silva has been granted the global media distribution rights for all games of the 2017 World Baseball Classic and Qualifiers, the premier international baseball tournament featuring many of the world’s greatest players. The worldwide agreement– excluding Japan, Puerto Rico and the United States– grants MP & Silva distribution rights for the tournament across all forms of television, internet, mobile and radio. For the first time, Canada will also be included in the territories … [Read more...] about MP & Silva granted rights for World Baseball
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Bomanbridge deals with Celestial
Singapore- Bomanbridge Media announced that it has sold the recently-acquired, Venevision title, XRC to Celestial Tiger Entertainment, for its pan-Asian action entertainment channel KIX. Bomanbridge holds the exclusive Asian rights to this top rated, extreme-action series owned and produced by Cisneros’ Venevision. XRC was created from a vast library of thousands of spectacular scenes, including high-speed pursuits, police shootouts, cliffhanging rescues, devastating fires, and much … [Read more...] about Bomanbridge deals with Celestial
BBC Worldwide deals with Mango TV
BBC Worldwide has signed a new digital deal with Mango TV. The deal will see Mango TV subscribers having access to specially curated documentary and preschool content from BBC. Some of the prorgammes include Tigers About the House, Trust Me, I’m a Doctor (Series 1 and 2) and The Numtums. Prior to this, Mango TV had bought the exclusive rights to a series of premium sports-related documentaries including David Beckham For The Love of The Game. … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide deals with Mango TV
StarHub launches DreamWorks in Singapore
Glendale, CA and Singapore– StarHub and DreamWorks Animation announced the arrival of the DreamWorks Channel (StarHub TV Channel 606) in Singapore. Following the channel’s inaugural launches in Thailand and Malaysia in 2015, Singapore becomes the third country in Asia to debut the channel, which will launch on 3 March 2016 and feature more original content than any other kids channel in Asia. DreamWorks On Demand will also be launched as an on-demand channel on StarHub TV Channel 607. HBO … [Read more...] about StarHub launches DreamWorks in Singapore
Netflix exclusive anime series
Beverly Hills, Calif. – Netflix announced a groundbreaking deal with Production I.G. The deal will see the upcoming original anime series Perfect Bones to premiere only on Netflix, marking the first ever original anime title to debut all episodes simultaneously in 190 countries. This marks a milestone in Anime distribution innovation for Netflix - enabling members around the world access to great stories faster. Directed by Kazuto Nakazawa, the 12-episode series is set in the future where … [Read more...] about Netflix exclusive anime series
Banijay merges with Zodiak
Paris– Banijay Group and Zodiak Media announced that it has completed the transaction to unite their complimentary catalogues and production units. The new Group now has operations in 17 territories producing entertainment, drama, factual, reality entertainment, docu-drama, children’s and animation programming. The newly-created Banijay Group is 73.8% controlled by a company composed of Stéphane Courbit’s LOV Group (50.1%) and DeA Communications – a company … [Read more...] about Banijay merges with Zodiak