• CJ ENM has partnered with O3 Medya and DASS Yapım to adapt the successful Korean drama Queen of Tears for Turkish audiences, with Eccho Rights handling global distribution. (🇰🇷)
• Aardman Animations and Mattel are developing a new stop-motion, 3D animated Pingu series. Inspired by the original 1990-2000 show, it aims to create fresh, snow-filled stories that resonate globally. (🇬🇧)
• Greece’s Alpha TV will produce a local version of Nippon TV’s hit drama Mother, titled Na me les mama (Call me Mom). To air in 2025, its going to be the 11th adaptation globally. (🇬🇷)
• Talpa Studios’ quiz format The Floor has achieved significant international success, expanding to 20 countries within 18 months. Recent adaptations include Finland’s MTV3, Denmark’s TV2, Uruguay’s Teledoce, Chile’s TVN, and a forthcoming Australian broadcaster. (🇨🇱 🇺🇾 🇳🇱 🇩🇰 🇫🇮)
• ITV has commissioned a UK version of Mattel’s Pictionary, produced by Whisper North and hosted by Mel Giedroyc. The show will consist of 25 half-hour episodes, starting with a Christmas special. (🇬🇧)

• Prime Video has greenlit Good Omens season 3, shifting to one feature-length story instead of multiple episodes. Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the series follows the angel Aziraphale and demon Crowley as they join forces to prevent the apocalypse. (🇺🇸)
• Fremantle and Globo are co-producing the Brazilian drama Crime Inc, centered on mafia succession in Rio de Janeiro. Globo will distribute in Brazil, while Fremantle handles global rights. (🇧🇷 🇬🇧)
• Virgin River has made Netflix history with its renewal for season 7, becoming the longest-running scripted series on the platform. Season 6 premieres in December, followed by 10 more episodes. (🇺🇸)
• Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland announced three food shows for Food Network, including Adam Richman Eats Britain, where the host explores British dishes and local chefs, premiering early 2024. (🇬🇧 🇮🇪)
• Hulu has ordered a pilot for Nick Paley’s comedy Phony, starring Connie Britton as a mother whose son discovers she has been replaced by an impostor after a car accident. (🇺🇸)

• The Mediapro Studio secured key distribution deals at MIPCOM for Quiet and The Head while expanding its reach with “Express” and “Chromosome 21” across Europe. (🇪🇸)
• Bleecker Street has secured the distribution rights for The Friend, starring Bill Murray and Naomi Watts, set for a 2025 theatrical release. The film, well-received at TIFF, explores grief and unexpected responsibilities. (🇺🇸)
• AA Films has secured the North India distribution rights for the highly anticipated Telugu film Game Changer starring Ram Charan, set to release on January 10, 2025. Known for distributing blockbusters like “Baahubali” and “KGF,” AA Films aims to maximize theater presence for “Game Changer” across the region. (🇮🇳)
• Parkland Film Capital has picked up the UK-Ireland distribution rights to François Ozon’s When Fall Is Coming, a film about a grandmother’s disrupted retirement when her daughter leaves her grandson for a week. (🇬🇧 🇮🇪)
• At MIPCOM, Beta Film celebrated the distribution of The Couple Next Door to RTL in Germany, VTM in Belgium, and Rai in Italy, expanding the gripping six-hour drama’s reach to 55 global territories. (🇩🇪)

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• Banijay Kids & Family announced recent acquisitions at MIPCOM for Miniheroes of the Forest, Chimera Keepers, Moominvalley, and The Game Catchers, appealing to diverse international buyers. (🇫🇷)
• Mubi acquires Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley’s body horror thriller The Substance, directed by Coralie Fargeat. Following its successful Cannes premiere, the film received an 11-minute standing ovation and earned Fargeat the best screenplay award. (🇬🇧)
• Arte.tv has acquired rights for a selection of acclaimed titles, including Les Misérables, Little Dorrit, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, Top of the Lake, War & Peace, and In My Skin, from BBC Studios offering these titles for their French and German-speaking audiences. (🇫🇷 🇩🇪)
• MHz Choice announces the acquisition of Italian drama La Storia for U.S. and Canadian audiences. Adapted from Elsa Morante’s classic, the series features Jasmine Trinca and explores post-WWII Rome. (🇺🇸)
• Peacock acquires Despicable Me 4, featuring Steve Carell and Will Ferrell, debuting for streaming on October 31. The animated film follows Gru’s battle against a vengeful high school classmate. (🇺🇸)

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• YouTube ad revenue surged to $8.9 billion in Q3, 2024, as parent company Alphabet beat expectations with a 15% revenue rise to $88.3 billion and a 34% net income jump to $26.3 billion. Google’s subscriptions and devices business, including YouTube TV and NFL Sunday Ticket, also grew to $10.6 billion, up from $8.3 billion last year. (🇺🇸)
• California Governor Gavin Newsom proposes increasing film and TV tax incentives from $330 million to $750 million to boost industry competitiveness, support local jobs, and attract productions back to the state. (🇺🇸)
• Remarkable Studios NZ, launched by Screentime New Zealand, is Queenstown’s first film and TV studio. The 2,300sqm soundproofed facility is complete with offices, construction areas, and a loading bay, hoping to make Queenstown a primary production hub. (🇳🇿)
• Limonero Films and THEMA have launched AVOD documentary channels on YouTube in English, French, and Spanish, expanding Limonero’s reach and providing a fresh revenue stream through global stories on history, science, culture, and the environment. (🇬🇧)
• Samsung TV Plus India teams up with Viacom18 to launch four new FAST channels—Superhit Beats, Kaanphod Music, Fully Faltoo, and Colors Infinity Lite—expanding its platform with fresh music, youth content, and premium English show. (🇺🇸)

• HQ7 Studios has officially opened in Vienna, featuring two large, fully soundproof stages, high-load-bearing trusses, and modern office spaces. It offers a 30% cash rebate, a green production bonus, and access to skilled local crews, positioning Vienna as a key film hub in Central Europe. (🇦🇹)
• ITV Studios upgrades remote production for “Saturday Night Takeaway” using QuickLink’s StudioEdge with StudioCall, improving audio and video quality and simplifying complex live show requirements for smooth broadcasts. (🇬🇧)
• Color Intelligence launches Colourlab Ai 3 Creator and Pro editions, featuring a redesigned AI color engine with “10 times” greater precision, Windows compatibility, AI Reference Library, and improved Auto Balance and Exposure tools. (🇺🇸)
• Autodesk releases Flame 2025.2, featuring a new Match Grain node for automatic grain matching, an upgraded lens distortion workflow, and improved user preference handling across Flame, Flame Assist, Flare, and Lustre. (🇺🇸)
• Chaos releases Vantage 2.6, introducing real-time water surfaces, V-Ray Clipper support, improved materials, refined camera workflow, and expanded VR capabilities, optimizing real-time ray tracing for VFX and architectural visualization. (🇩🇪)

• iZotope has launched Neutron 5, its latest audio mixing suite, adding three new modules—Clipper, Density, and Phase—plus a smarter Mix Assistant, and mid/side channel modes. Perfect for refined sound shaping. (🇺🇸)
• Flawless partners with Deluxe and Pixelogic to improve global film and TV localization using TrueSync, an AI-driven dubbing technology. This collaboration adapts content for local audiences in over 40 languages (🇬🇧)
• Landr acquires Orb Plugins, launching Landr Composer, a music composition tool that offers assistive chord and MIDI generation, song organization, and drag-and-drop integration for efficient music creation. (🇨🇦)
• AMD Radeon GPUs improve AI tools in CG software, speeding up VFX, rendering, and retouching tasks. These advancements allow artists to focus on creativity while ensuring data security by keeping workflows local. (🇺🇸)
• Nvidia introduces the Hindi-focused AI model Nemotron-4-Mini-Hindi-4B, boosting localization efforts in India. Collaborating with major firms, it aims to improve AI solutions tailored to local market needs. (🇺🇸)

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• Polygonflow releases Dash 1.8, upgrading its Unreal Engine 5 world-building tool with a vines tool, instant color grading, AI-powered asset tagging, and improved object scattering, streamlining complex environment creation. (🇸🇪)
• Lazy3D releases Physical Water FX, a Blender add-on for realistic water surfaces, supporting Cycles and Eevee with features like ripples, waves, foam, debris, and animated rain splashes. Pro and Deluxe editions add shoreline decal options. (🇺🇸)
• Stype has launched AI Glue, a cutting-edge talent tracking system that improves virtual studio productions by pinpointing talent positions in greenscreen environments without the need for beacons. It integrates seamlessly with Stype’s existing systems, such as RedSpy and Follower, using high-precision sensors for depth and skeleton tracking. (🇳🇴)
• Epic Games launches Fab, a unified marketplace for Unreal, Unity, and UEFN assets, featuring Quixel Megascans, real-time previews, cross-engine support, and more. (🇺🇸)
• The WAVES Animation Filmmakers Competition, launched by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Dancing Atoms, empowers Indian creators to showcase projects, fostering global talent in animation and VFX. (🇮🇳)

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