L.A.-based prodco A. Smith & Co. Productions has promoted Tim Dix to VP of development. Dix (pictured) has served as director of development and programming at A. Smith & Co. since ...

Protagonist Pictures’ new specialist label Protagonist Picks has acquired worldwide sales rights, excluding North America, to the hybrid documentary Modern Whore, which is set to make its world ...

Korean format specialist producer/distributor Something Special has brought on a new global head of sales. Courtney Boyett (pictured) joins the team as senior manager of global sales, having most ...

An upcoming wave of layoffs at the new-look Paramount is expected to impact between 2,000-3,000 jobs starting in November, according to media reports. According to industry trade Variety, which cites ...

Radial Entertainment, which recently formed when Shout! Studios parent Oaktree Capital Management acquired FilmRise, has revealed its top leadership appointments, including Brian Blum being promoted ...

Marlon Wayans’ Ugly Baby, Smart Doc Media to adapt horror-comedy format Marlon Wayans and his producing partner Rick Alvarez are teaming up with Smart Dog Media’s Craig and Clara Plestis to ...

Netflix teams with YouTuber Mark Rober for family-friendly science series Netflix is partnering with YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober on a new science-based competition series. The ...

TIFF sets single screening for Barry Avrich’s Oct. 7 doc The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has scheduled the world premiere of Barry Avrich’s The Road Between Us: The Ultimate ...

ESPN shelves Colin Kaepernick docuseries from Spike Lee ESPN will no longer air its Spike Lee-directed docuseries on Colin Kaepernick, with the network citing “creative differences” as the reason. The ...

In response to the U.S. federal government removing US$1.8 million from its annual budget, Harlem-based nonprofit Black Public Media (BPM) has launched the Black Stories Production Fund, which is ...

Traitors UK presenter Claudia Winkleman, Prime Video’s Last One Laughing and Rockerdale Studios (Dine Hard, The Assembly) were among the winners at the Edinburgh TV Awards. The ceremony, held on ...