Hulu Acquires 100 Hours Of Vice TV Content, First Deal For Newly Launched Distribution Arm

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVice Media Group tapped Nadja Bellan-White, an ad agency and marketing exec with more than two decades of experience, to lead its brand-storytelling efforts globally.Bellan-White, previously based in the U.K., will work from Vice’s Brooklyn headquarters and will report to CEO Nancy Dubuc.

got in trouble with the law for throwing a massive party in Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hall and Gray, who share a rented home in the Hollywood Hills, were charged with one misdemeanor count for violating the Safer L.A.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. factual indie Woodcut Media has launched an international distribution and sales business.Woodcut International will focus on global sales of a program catalog of some 100 hours from the Woodcut slate, including new Sky Crime U.K.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Indie distributor Abramorama has launched Abramorama Selects, a new label that will aim to shepherd global digital distribution and marketing for nonfiction feature films and TV series.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Sunday, September 27, is:Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise across much of Greater Manchester.Figures released yesterday show that Manchester recorded 176 new infections on Wednesday - the highest daily total during the pandemic. This is most likely linked to an outbreak of 127 cases at Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Campus and Cambridge Halls of Residence.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefVeteran Australian talent agent Mark Morrissey is capitalizing on the global demand for content and is launching production company First Option Pictures.TV drama series, “Radicals” is the first project to emerge from a slate intended to span film, television internet, social media and podcasts.“Radicals” is an anthology series with the pilot script by Los Angeles-based screenwriter and producer Jonathan Shapiro (“Goliath,” “Black List”).

Also Read: Connie Britton Says 'Good Joe Bell' Can Teach 'How to Be Better Allies' (Video)Solstice is a new distribution house that launched this summer on the back of the Russell Crowe thriller “Unhinged,” making a point to be the first movie released in theaters ahead of even films like “Tenet,” “The New Mutants” or “Bill & Ted Face the Music.” “Unhinged” thus far has brought in $26.4 million worldwide after opening domestically on Aug.

Also Read: Cable News Ratings: Fox News' Afternoon Show 'The Five' Beats CNN, MSNBC PrimetimeAt that time, MSNBC saw 2.048 million total average viewers and 352,000 demo viewers.When the town hall concluded at 9:15, CNN switched over to “Cuomo Prime Time.” Fox News alternated between President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin rally during “Hannity,” with Sean Hannity cuting in periodically to offer commentary.

Democratic nominee Joe Biden, wearing a face mask, took the stage Thursday at the Presidential Town Hall, moderated by Anderson Cooper and presented from the PNC Field baseball stadium in Moosic, Pennsylvania, in accordance with social distancing guidelines. Taking questions from Cooper and the audience, Biden removed his mask and shared that, if elected, he would introduce national standards for going to work safely amid the pandemic, including rapid testing, tracing and federal funding.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilmRise has licensed more than 500 hours of content from NENT Studios UK, the production and distribution entity of the Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT).Under the deal, FilmRise has acquired all digital rights, including AVOD and SVOD for the content in both the North and South American territories.The package includes the British comedy “Peep Show,” which won a BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy; “Black Books,” which also won the BAFTA for Best Situation

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson All Joe Biden had to do to claim ground against Donald Trump in tonight’s CNN town hall was show up and show he cared. And that’s exactly what the former Vice-President did from the very start of the unique drive-in event near his hometown of Scranton, PA with Anderson Cooper.“My heart goes out to you,” the current Democratic POTUS candidate responded to local voter Shani Adams, who revealed that she had lost her sister to the coronavirus.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCourt TV, which relaunched in the U.S. in 2019 after an 11-year hiatus, has arrived in the UK via an initial deal with pay-TV giant Sky.The first batch of programming will include airing the trials of those accused in the George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery cases, as well as the R Kelly trial, which is currently ongoing.The timing of the launch coincides with the 25th anniversary of the O.J.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerGrasshopper Film has secured the U.S. distribution rights to IWOW: I Walk on Water, a documentary feature from New York-based photographer and filmmaker Khalik Allah, to released in physical and virtual theaters later this year. In IWOW, Allah focuses on longtime muse Frenchie, a 60-something schizophrenic, homeless Haitian man, who he becomes increasingly intertwined with.

Crawford makes another case to start Arguably the best player for Bolton Wanderers against Forest Green Rovers was one that didn't even play the whole 90 minutes. Ali Crawford was dropped to the bench by Ian Evatt after playing against Crewe Alexandra in midweek.

Also Read: Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn to Star in Holocaust Biopic 'One Life'The first movie released under the new stand-alone distribution banner is “Jiu Jitsu,” a martial arts and sci-fi film that stars Nicolas Cage and Frank Grillo. The film is directed by Dimitri Logothetis and will be released on November 20.

Financing, production and sales company Highland Film Group is celebrating its 10th anniversary by launching a new U.S. distribution division, The Avenue Entertainment.