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Starz Worldwide Expands Distribution
Agreement With yes In Israel For Pay TV & SVOD
On The Girlfriend Experience & Ash vs Evil Dead
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Christine (Riley Keough); Martin Bayley (Aidan Devine) star in The Girlfriend Experience
Starz Worldwide Distribution, the global television licensing arm of Starz, and yes, Israel's satellite pay TV platform, have expanded their multi-year distribution agreement. The new deal covers The Girlfriend Experience and the worldwide hit horror series, Ash vs Evil Dead, based on the classic horror film, The Evil Dead. The Girlfriend Experience premieres on yes VOD on April 11th day and date with the U.S. broadcast. Ash vs Evil Dead premieres May 16th on yes Action and yes VOD, with the second season airing near day-and date with the 2016 U.S. premiere on STARZ.
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Pia Grünler
Pia Grünler has taken up her position at Svensk Filmindustri, the leading Nordic major, as Nordic Head of Theatrical effective April 1st. In her new position at Svensk Filmindustri, she will have the overall responsibility for the company's Nordic theatrical distribution operation and on a national level head the local Swedish...
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Alejandro Brugués
Starz' diverse programming strategy continues with the development of Santeria. Cuban writer and director Alejandro Brugués (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, Juan of the Dead) and Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project, From Dusk Till Dawn: The...
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David Ellender
David Ellender attends MIPTV as President, Global Distribution and Co-Productions for Sonar Entertainment, a newly created position. Ellender joins Sonar after serving as CEO and board member for Slingshot Global Media, the independent television studio he...
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Anant Singh
Anant Singh, widely acknowledged as South Africa's pre-eminent film producer, of films including Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom; Academy Award® Nominee, Yesterday; The First Grader; Red Dust...
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Berk Uziyel
Increasing the line-up to its audience in Poland, FilmBox Premium package on nc+ in Poland now includes FilmBox Arthouse, an international award-winning channel which presents masterpieces of world cinema as well as a diverse selection of festival films and...
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Marie Fredriksson
The international film and television industry, and the world of media, has undergone unparalleled and dramatic change in the last five years due to the rapid evolution of technology and the onset of the digital era. During this time, headquartered in Copenhagen...
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Sindbad
Creative Media Partners (CMP), the full-service media company founded by former KidsCo chief and Walt Disney Company senior executive Paul Robinson, first title, Sindbad & The 7 Galaxies (26 x 11 mins), has been presold to free-to-air Middle Eastern...
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The Embassy
MIPTV's Focus on Germany is set to provide TV professionals attending the market with an opportunity to discover new German programming, meet top-level executives from the German TV...
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Christina Kounelias
Christina Kounelias has been appointed executive vice president of Worldwide Marketing and Communications for Participant Media, and will lead the company's global strategy for all marketing and... click for full story
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Capsule Starring Edmund Kingsley
Wins Awards In London & Hollywood
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Edmund Kingsley, star of Capsule, and the team behind the gripping sci-fi film directed and written by Andrew Martin and produced by Paul Forrest, has won a bevy of awards. Edmund Kingsley won Best Actor at the Hollywood Verge Film Awards and the film also won Best Science Fiction Film. At the TMC London Film Festival (TMC LFF) Paul Forrest won Best Producer and Felix Forrest won Best Cinematographer, together with nominations garnered for Best Film, Andrew Martin as Best director and Hugo de Chaire for Best Original Score at TMC LFF. Phoenix Worldwide Sales holds the worldwide rights for Capsule.
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