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Amazon recommissions Binge Reloaded from Redseven

3 February 2021

Amazon Prime Video in Europe has announced that Redseven Entertainment comedy series Binge Reloaded has been recommissioned for a second season. Season One of Binge Reloaded was Redseven's first production for the streamer in Germany. The eight, half hour episodes…

Red Arrow Studios International acquires thriller Blackout – Tomorrow Is Too Late from W&B Television

2 February 2021

Red Arrow Studios International has secured the global distribution rights to the ambitious new international thriller Blackout – Tomorrow Is Too Late (6 x 45’). The series is produced by multi award-winning production company W&B Television (The Lives of Others,…

The Conners star Sara Gilbert joins HBO Max Verbatim pilot from Left/Right

1 February 2021

More casting has been announced for the forthcoming HBO Max pilot Verbatim, an anthology series from Left/Right, Brett Weiner (Honest Trailers) and Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films, and The New York Times. The Conners star and exec producer Sara Gilbert has signed on to the…

Lifetime in US launches Married at First Sight double bill on Thursday evenings

1 February 2021

A double bill of Married at First Sight spinoff, Couples Cam, followed by season six of Married at First Sight Australia launches on Lifetime in the US on Thursday, February 4 at 8pm ET/PT and 9pm ET/PT respectively. In this…

Primetime event documentary Framing Britney Spears joins The Weekly: Special Edition collection

29 January 2021

Red Arrow Studios International has picked up the distribution rights to a major new feature documentary about pop icon Britney Spears, from team behind the Emmy award-winning documentary series The Weekly Directed by Samantha Stark, Framing Britney Spears (1 x…

Married at First Sight: Couples Cam returns for season two in US

29 January 2021

A second season of Married at First Sight: Couples Cam premieres on Lifetime in the US on Thursday, February 4 and will air weekly thereafter. Three new couples from Married at First Sight Season 11 will join the nine couples…

David Hale promoted to EVP Programming at 44 Blue; Pat Lambert upped to VP Development

28 January 2021

44 Blue Productions has announced two senior promotions at the company. David Hale has been promoted to EVP Programming, and Pat Lambert to VP Development. David Hale is responsible for all current series, pilots and presentations at 44 Blue, along…

David Hale and Pat Lambert - 44 Blue Productions

Gravitas picks up Sometime Other Than Now

27 January 2021

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to distribute new romantic drama Sometime Other Than Now. The movie is set to premiere in theaters and on demand on March 5, 2021. Written and directed by Dylan McCormick (Four Lane Highway),…

Gravitas Ventures appoints Nick Isaak Head of Sales

27 January 2021

Independent film distributor Gravitas Ventures has recruited Nick Isaak as Head of Sales, reporting to Gravitas Ventures President Michael Murphy. Isaak brings over 10 years of digital sales and content acquisition experience to Gravitas, with previous roles including worldwide digital…

44 Blue join new diversity and inclusion unscripted program with the Television Academy Foundation

26 January 2021

The Television Academy Foundation in the US has launched its new Diversity and Inclusion Unscripted Internship Program for Los Angeles-area college students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. The program was established with personal donations totaling $1 million from five leaders in…

Endemol Shine CEO Cris Abrego, Jonathan Murray, Founder and Executive Consultant, Bunim-Murray Productions, and Stephanie Noonan Drachkovitch, Co-CEO of 44 Blue Productions, pose with interns William Walker, Jr., Daniel Rivas, Caroline Buendia, Deborah Ochei, and Humberto Rivas at the Television Academy Foundation’s 2019 Faculty Seminar Conference, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 at the Academy’s Saban Media Center in Los Angeles. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision for The Television Academy/AP Images)