Clement Schwebig, Warner Bros Discovery President, India, Southeast Asia and Korea, has taken over the honorary role of Chair of the 2023 Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAA), which are traditionally hosted in Singapore in December.
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Stephen Fry-Narrated Doc Set For Prime Video
Mind Games – The Experiment, a Stephen Fry-narrated doc, is dropping today on Prime Video. The program is billed as a “a groun breaking study that follows sedentary and physically inactive gamers” to see if exercise makes their gameplaying abilities better by improving cognitive functions. It will follow four professional games, who specialize in chess, mahjong, memory and esports, respectively, and take the results from 70+ gamers elsewhere around the world to draw conclusions. The doc is from Beyond Productions, which is now part of Banijay. The study and doc were initially commissioned by international sportsware brand ASICS, though the film is editorially independent and unbranded.
MBC And Warner Bros Discovery Extend Middle East Pact
Middle Eastern media group MBC has extended its content pact with Warner Bros Discovery. A new multi-year deal hands MBC Group first-run free-TV rights on features such as Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984 and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Cartoon Network will now be available on MBC streamer Shahid through a branded hub. “We have had a strong relationship with Warner Bros. Discovery for two decades and this deal cements it for years to come,” said Sam Barnett, CEO of MBC Group.
Banijay Buys Belgium Scripted Producer
Banijay Benelux has acquired a majority stake in Jonnydepony, a Belgium-based scripted producer. Founded in 2015, Jonnydepony is behind Belgian soap opera Familie and series such as Series Mania selection Transport and the upcoming Arcadia. Banijay Benelux’s stable of producers include doc firm Scenery, Endemol Shine Nederland, SimpelZodiak and Posh Productions.
Dare Pictures Ties With Tondowski Films
Derren Lawford’s London-based
Clement Schwebig, Warner Bros Discovery President, India, Southeast Asia and Korea, has taken over the honorary role of Chair of the 2023 Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAA), which are traditionally hosted in Singapore in December.
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Pictures Vice President of Production Peter Dodd is joining Netflix as a Director on the film team. He’ll be part of VP Niija Kuykendall’s group focused on mid-sized features.
Once upon a time ago, you’ll recall a little platform called Quibi. Founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, Quibi was a short-lived American short-form streaming platform that generated content for viewing on mobile devices.
Christoph Waltz is an actor who is able to ride that fine line, in his performances, between scary and funny. You laugh at what he says but sometimes recoil in the darkness of the situation.
This is the incredible moment hero RNLI crews rescued a trapped dog that had fallen three metres down a Scots sea wall.
Emergency services rushed to a Scots riverbank on Saturday after a woman got into difficulty trying to retrieve her pet dog.
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Kathleen Finch broke a lot of science producers’ hearts in Austin, Texas last week when she said that Science Channel was “not very high on our priority list”.
Warner Bros. Discovery Appoints EMEA Streaming Marketing Boss
Warner Bros. Discovery’s plan to distribute Westworld and other key shows via FAST channels has materialized.
As it prepares for negotiations for a new film and TV contract – and a possible writers strike in May – the WGA West is once again blasting Warner Bros Discovery for going back on its promise that the merger that created the giant media conglomerate last year would create more opportunities for content creators.
The creators of series including Tuca & Bertie and Gordita Chronicles, which both were axed at Warner Bros Discovery, have taken the conglomerate to task for the recent moves.
Kevin Fortson, the Executive Vice President of Production & Administration for Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, will retire this summer after three decades with the studio.
“We’re going to put 2022 behind us and focus on the future,” said Kathleen Finch, Chairman and Chief Content Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. Networks Group.
Back in Spring 2021, “Invincible” debuted on Amazon Prime Video to great fanfare and critical acclaim. In short, everyone loved the adult animated superhero series so much that Amazon renewed the show for two more seasons leading up to its finale.
Ken Lowe, former CEO of Scripps Networks Interactive, is joining the Warner Bros Discovery board of directors.
In what reps the first acquisition of this year’s Sundance Film Festival by a streamer, Prime Video is taking global rights to Kenneth Dagatan’s Filipino horror movie In My Mother’s Skin which is premiering in the Midnight section on Friday, Jan. 20. A Q4 drop date in several countries is currently scheduled.
More than 200 BT Sport staff who transferred to the company’s joint venture with Warner Bros Discovery in the UK and Ireland are at risk of redundancy.
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is handing many of its UK and Ireland staff a one-off payment of £1,000 ($1,200) to help combat the cost of living crisis.
Antony Root, the long-serving HBO Max EMEA original programming chief, is to exit his role at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and retire from the industry.