NEWS BRIEF: German distributor ZDF Enterprises has picked up the sales rights, excluding Australia, to Second World War documentary series Inside Japan’s War.

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Beverley McGarvey, chief content officer and executive VP, ViacomCBS Australia and New Zealand Jarrod Villani, chief operating and commercial officer Rod Prosser, chief sales officer Daniel Monaghan, head of programming Stephen Tate, head of entertainment and factual entertainment Rick Maier, head of drama and executive production Sarah Thornton, head of popular factual Yeesum Lo, head […]

Today we hear from The Sopranos scribe Terence Winter, plus exec producer Sherry Marsh and Legendary Global TV chief Chris Albrecht, about their upcoming mob drama Tokyo Underworld, and from the team behind new Australian youth drama Eden.

NEWS BRIEF: Irish distributor Monster Entertainment has taken international sales rights to Spanish prodco Futurum Kids' CGI-animated series Paddles.

NEWS BRIEF: Australian public broadcaster SBS has acquired AVoD rights to Lebanese drama series Awake, about a woman who navigates a new world after waking up from a 12-year coma.

NEWS BRIEF: Spanish distributor Artico Distribution has acquired more than 100 hours of programming from History Channel Iberia for distribution in France, Italy, Portugal, the Nordics, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

Streaming giants are zeroing in on Latin America while the region’s local players continue to step up their international ambitions in search of worldwide hits. Nico Franks reports.   If there’s one type of content that is synonymous with Latin America, it’s the telenovela. But to assume this genre of TV has stood still over […]

Premium channel HBO Europe has commissioned a six-part true crime documentary about a notorious murder in a small Swedish village.

Today we hear from Dan Cohen of ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group about how the firm navigated its merger and is positioning itself for 2021, while James Burstall of Argonon looks at the human aspects of running a company amidst a pandemic.