U.S. Streamer Topic Snags Three Premium Series From Cineflix Rights – Global Bulletin

Amazon Post- Prime Day Sale.

Amazon Big Fall Sale is here and chock-full of deep discounts and markdowns on our favorite brands!Although Amazon Prime Day just got announced as Oct.

Annika Pham Produced by Iceland’s powerhouse Sagafilm for local public broadcaster RÚV, “The Minister” has been sold by Cineflix Rights to SBS for Australia, AMC Networks International for Southern Europe, and TVO for Canada.The multiple sales follow the recently announced acquisition by North American streaming platform Topic, with more deals pending.The eight-part TV show headlines Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” “Trapped”) as populist Icelandic prime

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBilly Leroy, the star of Travel Channel’s Baggage Battles, is to front a global series for Discovery in which he opens a vintage, antiques, and collectibles store in Brooklyn, New York.Billy Buys Brooklyn (working title) is produced by MY Entertainment and will stream on dplay, as well as play on linear channels including DMAX UK, Italy, Spain and Germany, and Discovery Channel US and Europe.The show follows Leroy as he opens Billy’s Antiques & Props and uses

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has struck a deal for world rights to Valley Of Tears, Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever made, in a major deal for London-based sales and production org WestEnd Films.The show marks WestEnd’s first foray into TV, through its banner WeSeries.

Jamie Lang Spanish formats are having a moment in Europe and further abroad, headlined by successes such as “Dangerous Moms,” “Gran Hotel” and, perhaps most successful of all, Albert Espinosa’s “The Red Band Society” — the format was sold globally, including to the U.S.Espinosa, after a decade remaking his highly autobiographical Catalan original “Polseres vermelles” (“Red Band Society”), is back with “Alive and Kicking,” a new coming-of-age series that Beta Film is shopping at Mipcom.Produced

Hailey Bieber and Stephen Baldwin are at opposing ends of the political spectrum.

Microsoft has remained tight-lipped on the price of its next-gen first-party games, but one Xbox exec has suggested that the issue isn’t as simple as a US$10 price hike.During an appearance on the Real Deal podcast, Aaron Greenburg, the general manager of games marketing at Xbox, described the issue as “super complex” while pointing at the Xbox Series X and S’ ecosystem of features, such as Smart Delivery and Game Pass, as solutions.“What you’ve seen from us is we want to put gamers first,” he

Amanda Kloots has received an outpouring of support after slamming Donald Trump for telling Americans not to “be afraid” of coronavirus. Hailey Baldwin re-posted Amanda’s message on her Instagram Story, as did Maren Morris, who added, “Your words are so powerful and necessary. I’m so sorry for your loss.” On Twitter, Laura Benanti wrote, “I’m not surprised by the ‘President’s callous and disgusting selfishness, but I’m still horrified.

Peter White Television EditorSoumya Sriraman has stepped down as President and Chief Executive of North American streamer BritBox.She will leave the platform at the end of the month with new leadership announced in the “coming weeks”.No reason was given for Sriraman’s decision to step down.

Saturday Night Live returned for its 46th season with a cold open satirising the recent US presidential debate.In front of a limited live audience, Carrey debuted his comedy performance of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden – following SNL colleagues Woody Harrelson and Jason Sudeikis, who have both previously played the former vice-president – while Alec Baldwin revisited his popular rendition of Donald Trump.The skit included a reference to Trump and the First Lady’s recent coronavirus

Chris Willman Music WriterA 77-track benefit album for a voting rights organization will be released as a download on Bandcamp Friday, for just one day before it disappears — and the list of artists and previously unreleased tracks is intriguing enough to inspire a full-on onset of carpe diem.The second volume of “Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy” includes an even more impressive lineup than the first, and like its predecessor, will be available for 24 hours, starting at

Jake Kanter International TV EditorUKTVEverywhere, the illegal streamer that beamed BBC and ITV channels into the homes of Americans, has been shut down as part of a settlement with BBC Studios and ITV Studios.Under the agreement, UKTVEverywhere has accepted that it streamed BBC and ITV content, such as Doctor Who and Love Island, without seeking or having any form of license or authorization from the British broadcasters.UKTVEverywhere’s website now directs users to BritBox, the BBC and ITV’s

Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios sells Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe”; ZDF commissions natural history series “Africa From Above”; “Married at First Sight” gets live wedding; ITV orders game-show format “Game of Talents”; travel format “Heads and Tails” goes to Spain; Jellyfish promotes Natalie Llewellyn; German Film Office opens in New York; and Monte-Carlo TV Festival sets 2021 dates.BBC Studios has secured several global pre-sales for Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen‘

Some say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – however in the case of Hollywood and Donald Trump, it is certainly not the case.

Dynamites exploded on Monday and painted the social media purple after Billboard announced the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US charts.

Naman Ramachandran Germany’s ZDF solves “The Puzzle Lady”; All3Media hires Mike Gould for digital partnerships; Lookout Point taps Pippa Brown for comedy; and Indian streamer Disney Plus Hotstar buys animated version of Bollywood “Dabangg” franchise.Germany’s ZDF Enterprises has partnered with new Canadian outfit December Films and the U.K.’s Factual Fiction (“Agatha and the Midnight Murders”) to develop mystery drama series, “The Puzzle Lady,” based on American author Parnell Hall’s

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, Online“All In: The Fight for Democracy,” a documentary that examines voter suppression in the United States, will be available for free on Amazon Prime Video on Sept.

Jamie Lang Leading Spanish sales, production and distribution company Filmax has secured sales rights for first-time director Carol Rodriguez Colas’ “Girlfriends,” currently in post-production.