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Abacus Media Rights acquires rights to Wonderland factual series Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment company, has acquired the worldwide distribution rights for Sky Arts’ commissioned factual series Wonderland (pictured). The 4 x ...

Sunny Side of the Doc has unveiled its official pitch selections for the 33rd edition of the festival, which will take place in La Rochelle, France from June 20 to ...

Global media company Shutterstock has acquired stock content shop Pond5 in a deal worth US$210 million in cash. Pond5, suppliers of royalty-free and editorial video to clients that include Netflix, Disney, ...

UKTV’s factual entertainment channel W has commissioned a new series, The Beauty Rewind Clinic (10 x 60 min.), which follows people seeking to reverse their artificial beauty procedures. The series is ...

Vancouver-based Great Pacific Media (GPM) has entered into an exclusive, multi-year strategic partnership with veteran unscripted content creator Sean Connolly’s newly launched Original Content Lab (OCL). Toronto-based OCL is focused on ...

As the UK government proceeds with its plans to privatize Channel 4, the state-owned but commercially funded broadcaster has struck a strategic partnership with YouTube that will make approximately 1,000 hours ...

Indielab has announced a cohort of 15 independent TV production companies that will participate in its TV Accelerator program this year. The selected participants come from across the UK, and were ...

Banijay, the global producer/distributor behind unscripted series such as Survivor (pictured), MasterChef and The Kardashians, is going public through a deal with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal worth more ...

Realscreen is partnering with filmmaker and executive producer Chuck Braverman and his Westdoc Online video series to present his interviews with acclaimed documentarians and non-fiction content industry figures. In Westdoc’s newest episode, ...

The 2022 Hot Docs festival wrapped up yesterday (May 9) with the announcement of this year’s audience award winners, following the juried awards presentation on May 6. Jason Loftus‘ feature-length documentary Eternal Spring ...