• Seven.One Studios and BBC announced a deal for Stranded on Honeymoon Island set to premiere in 2025. This innovative dating format, created by Snowman Productions, blends romance and survival on a remote island. (🇩🇪 🇬🇧)
• UCP has inked a deal to adapt Katie Cotugno’s novel Heavy Hitter into a TV series. The story follows superstar Lacey Logan navigating personal turmoil and unexpected romance. (🇺🇸)
• Banijay Rights brokers first international adaptation of Shine Iberia’s Cover Night to Georgia’s IMEDI TV. Format, originally from Spain’s RTVE, challenges singers to reimagine global hits. (🇬🇧)
• Paramount Australia and BBC Studios Production Australia are adapting the British sitcom Ghosts for an Australian audience. The eight-part comedy will air on Network 10 and Paramount+, featuring chaotic, humorous ghosts in a haunted country house. (🇦🇺)
• Wayfarer Studios is adapting Kirsty Greenwood’s bestseller The Love of My Afterlife into a film, with Vicky Jones scripting. The romantic comedy follows a woman’s quest for true love from the afterlife. (🇺🇸)

• Superprod Animation and Red Monk Studio have begun production on a CG reboot of the classic 1959 series Underdog. The 52-episode series is commissioned by M6, Gulli, and RAI. (🇫🇷)
• Sony Pictures Japan, Crunchyroll, and Wowow have partnered to co-produce the fantasy adventure anime Bye Bye, Earth, marking the start of their collaboration to develop new anime series globally. (🇯🇵 🇺🇸)
• Netflix has greenlit Love Untangled, a nostalgic youth romance set in 1998, following Park Se-ri’s quest to confess her feelings while dealing with a transfer student. The cast includes Gong Myoung, Shin Eun-soo, Cha Woo-min, Youn Sang-hyun, and Kang Mi-na. (🇺🇸)
• Production has begun on Season 2 of The Famous Five, executive produced by Nicolas Winding Refn and Matthew Read. The BBC and Moonage Pictures are producing two 90-minute episodes, following young protagonists in wartime adventures. (🇬🇧)
• SBS has commissioned Robodebt, a docudrama produced by CJZ, exploring Australia’s notorious Robodebt scheme. Combining factual storytelling with high-end drama, the series will spotlight the fight for justice by vulnerable Australians impacted by the scheme. (🇦🇺 🇰🇷)

• Paramount Pictures has secured distribution rights from Republic Pictures for September 5, a historical thriller about the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis, set to release on November 27. (🇺🇸)
• Gebeka International, Le Pacte, and Canal+ have secured distribution rights for Xilam Films’ family feature Lucy Lost. The film, based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel, will premiere in March 2026. (🇫🇷)
• Cineflix Rights has secured exclusive worldwide distribution for True North’s A New Life in the Sun series. The deal includes ten seasons and spin-offs, showcasing expats starting new lives in Europe. (🇬🇧)
• A24 has secured global rights for Friendship, starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd, after its TIFF debut. The deal was facilitated by WME Independent, United Talent Agency, and Fifth Season. (🇺🇸)
• Well Go USA will distribute the South Korean spy thriller Harbin in North America following its Toronto International Film Festival premiere. A theatrical release in the U.S. and Canada is planned. (🇺🇸 🇨🇦)

• Apple TV+ has acquired global rights to the Spanish-language mystery series Tú También lo Harías from Legendary Television and Espotlight Media, premiering October 30, with weekly episodes until December 11. (🇺🇸)
• Oble’s limited series The Plague, a modern adaptation of Albert Camus’ La Peste, has been acquired by Proximus in Belgium, and AMC Networks International Southern Europe for Spain and Portugal. (🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇧🇪)
• Hulu acquires Nutcrackers. The Ben Stiller-led family comedy, which opened the Toronto Film Festival, is set for a Christmas release. (🇺🇸)
• Crunchyroll has acquired streaming rights for the Fate/strange Fake TV anime, set to premiere at the Fate 20th Anniversary Showcase in Los Angeles in November 2024, with a full release later in 2024. (🇺🇸)
• TV5 Monde and C8 have acquired the international rights to Sophie Beaulieu’s debut feature La Poupée. This highly anticipated film, starring Vincent Macaigne, Zoé Marchal, and Cécile de France, will debut on both networks, showcasing fresh French cinema to a global audience. (🇫🇷)

• Hearst Networks EMEA and evision have signed a multiyear deal to bring The HISTORY Channel, HISTORY2, and Crime + Investigation to UAE audiences via eLife TV. The partnership also includes plans for a FAST offering through STARZ ON. (🇬🇧)
• Disney Networks have returned to DIRECTV after a new multiyear agreement, restoring access for customers. The deal includes Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ in select packages and upcoming services at no extra cost. (🇺🇸)
• Lionsgate and Runway have partnered to create a custom AI model for film and TV content, boosting pre- and post-production with cinematic video generation and iterative tools. (🇺🇸)
• Curiosity has expanded its FAST distribution with Curiosity Now launching on Samsung TV Plus across the U.K., Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Spanish-language channels Curiosity Español, Curiosity Animales, and Curiosity Motores also debuted in the U.S. (🇺🇸)
• WTFN has merged its content distribution arm, Fred Media, and its digital team, Radar, into a unified entity, set to debut at MIPCOM 2024. The integration aims to maximize content rights across platforms, driven by the growing creator economy. (🇦🇺)

• Elysium Studios has launched in Australia, led by Lucy Markovich and Peter Divers. The studio focuses on virtual production, 3D animation, VFX, and XR, offering full production services. It aims to develop its own kids’ IP and pursue global co-productions. (🇦🇺)
• Indonesia’s PT MNC Digital Entertainment (MSIN) has acquired a strategic stake in Raam Punjabi’s PT Tripar Multivision (RAAM), creating a “Synergistic Entertainment Powerhouse.” The deal will enable cross-distribution of content across MNC’s platforms and Multivision’s cinemas, leveraging MSIN’s Movieland studio to reduce production costs.(🇮🇩)
• XTR has acquired AI animation studio Late Night Labs to launch Asteria Film Co., a new holding company. Asteria will focus on animation, fiction, and non-fiction film and TV, using Late Night Labs’ cutting-edge technology. (🇺🇸)
• Starchive announced a collaboration with Seagate at IBC 2024, integrating its AI-driven digital asset management system with Seagate Lyve Cloud Object Storage. This partnership allows media, music, sports, and entertainment industries to better manage and monetize digital assets at scale. (🇺🇸)
• Night Train Media has launched Night Train Digital, led by Caitlin Meek-O’Connor, to offer end-to-end digital content services. The new label will manage digital content for Eccho Rights and focus on YouTube, social media, and emerging platforms. (🇩🇪)

• Epic Games is set to launch its unified Fab marketplace in mid-October, merging Unreal Engine Marketplace, Quixel, Sketchfab, and ArtStation. Developers will receive 88% of sales revenue, with a 100% share promotion running through 2024. (🇺🇸)
• Adobe’s latest Premiere Pro update improves color management with wide-gamut ACEScct support, alongside a redesigned Spectrum UI for improved visibility.(🇺🇸)
• AJA has unveiled new products and updates at IBC 2024, focusing on IP, live production, and data management workflows. Highlights include the KONA IP25 video/audio I/O card, OG-ColorBox color management device, OG-C10DA distribution amplifier, and Diskover Media Edition updates. (🇺🇸)
• Sitni Sati has released FumeFX 6.5 for 3ds Max, introducing a GPU-accelerated, PhysX-based liquid simulation system for small-scale animation projects. (🇭🇷)
• Kiri Innovations has released updates for its 3D scanning app, Kiri Engine. Version 3.10 boosts texture resolution to 8K and supports longer videos for AI-based scans, while version 3.11 introduces a new iOS-only Area Mode, combining Lidar and photogrammetry for more accurate environmental scans. (🇨🇦)

• MediaKind introduced new MK.IO capabilities at IBC 2024, including Fleet Management, Flow Control, and AI Automation, designed to streamline live event workflows from edge to cloud, reducing complexity and costs in live production.(🇺🇸)
• ENCO showcases AITrack for radio automation, SPECai for instant ad creation, and Qimera for virtual TV production at IBC 2024. They will also debut enCaption Sierra, an advanced AI-powered closed-captioning tool with enhanced speed, accuracy, and deployment flexibility. (🇺🇸)
• Apogee has introduced the Symphony Studio Series, featuring three configurations (8×8, 2×12, 8×16) tailored for both traditional and immersive setups, including Dolby Atmos. The series offers high-fidelity recording and mixing with Apogee’s renowned sound quality, setting a new standard for affordable, high-end audio. (🇺🇸)
• Universal Audio’s new Volt USB Recording Studio line features seven interfaces with up to four preamps, 24-bit/192 kHz audio, built-in 76 compressors, MIDI connections, and bundled software, offering high-quality recording. (🇺🇸)
• Pixitmedia’s Ngenea is now integrated into FilmLight’s Nara, enhancing efficiency by enabling instant asset transfers directly through Nara. This plugin streamlines workflows, reducing delays and bottlenecks in media production. (🇬🇧)

• Colorfront showcases cloud-based Transkoder at IBC 2024. Key innovations include AI-powered tools for color remapping, subtitle detection, and rolling credit updates, optimizing workflow efficiency.(🇭🇺)
• Boris FX has released Silhouette 2024.5, featuring a Mask ML Node for AI-powered matte generation, a Motion Blur Node with Optical Flow ML, and enhancements to UI and modules, including updated versions of Mocha Pro and Particle Illusion. (🇺🇸)
• Nekki has released Cascadeur 2024.2, an AI-assisted animation tool, now supporting blendshapes for facial animation and updating AutoPhysics for multiple character interactions.(🇨🇾)
• Sony Electronics has launched Version 2.0 of its Virtual Production Tool Set, expanding camera support and adding features like Unreal VCam integration and advanced color calibration for virtual production workflows. (🇺🇸)
• AWS introduced Cloud Native Agile Production (CNAP) at IBC 2024, an open-source project streamlining live media creation, centralizing content, and enabling fast-turnaround workflows with cloud-based tools from Adobe, Vizrt, and others. (🇺🇸)

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