PwC Report Sees Rise in Media Deal Activity Second-quarter deal volume in the entertainment, media and communications sector in the U.S. rose by 3 percent to 188 announced transactions, PwC reports.

Kevin Hart On Board Black History Special NEW YORK: HISTORY has given the go-ahead to Kevin Hart Presents: The Black Man’s Guide to History, a two-hour event starring and executive produced by the ...

MIPCOM Spotlight: MarVista Entertainment A science fanatic boards the wrong bus and winds up at Harold Soccer Academy instead of Harold Academy Australian Semester at Sea in Back of the Net, one of ...

Media cartographer Evan Shapiro, known for his Media Universe Map and essays in the Media War & Peace newsletters, joined the TV Kids Festival last month for a keynote session with TV Kids’ Anna ...

RTL Group’s Sky Deutschland takeover bid, announced in June and now making its way through Europe’s regulatory authorities, marks the biggest deal for the European media giant since its inception, CEO ...

Series Mania, which ran from March 21 to 28, announced its top awards winners, with HBO Max’s Polish drama Proud taking the grand prize in the international competition and ABC TV, BBC and ZDF’s ...

Netflix UK has commissioned the six-part psychological thriller Out of the Dust from creator and writer Julie Gearey (Intergalactic, Cuffs, Prisoners’ Wives).

As Rainbow Group arrives in Cannes with a Winx Club reboot and a growing live-action YA slate, founder and CEO Iginio Straffi talks to World Screen Newsflash about his strategy for maintaining the ...

Average streaming spend in the U.S. remains flat at $69 per month, and 68 percent of SVOD subscribers now pay for ad-supported tiers, according to Deloitte’s annual Digital Media Trends report. In ...

Samsung TV Plus has added three of Fremantle’s game-show channels to its lineup in the U.S. The channels Family Feud (hosted by Steve Harvey), Family Feud Classic and The Price Is Right: The Barker ...

ZDF, Acorn TV and TVNZ have co-commissioned the new murder mystery series A Remarkable Place to Die from Screentime New Zealand and Real Film Berlin, in association with Banijay Rights. The ...

Global Agency’s Vendetta has been acquired in more than 70 countries, including Georgia, Romania, Poland, the CIS region, sub-Saharan Africa and more. “With its emotionally driven narrative, strong ...