$200M DNEG Deal, Disney Merger, BBC invests in Japanese, Globo-ViX Partnership, CAA Hollywood Financing Hunt, Tubi UK Launch & More

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• Atresmedia has acquired the rights to adapt All3Media's "The Traitors" in Spain, where contestants in a castle compete while three traitors secretly eliminate them for a cash prize. (????)
• France’s M6 has commissioned Warner Bros. France to produce a local version of the Belgian gameshow "99 to Beat," where contestants compete in 99 games for a jackpot, airing in 2025. (????)
• CBS is developing a new version of the German procedural dramedy "Einstein" with Monk creators Andy Breckman and Randy Zisk, marking its third adaptation attempt. (????)
• Pop TV in Slovenia and Pro TV in Romania will adapt ITV Studios’ "The Chase," while Mega TV in Greece and Alpha TV Cyprus will adapt "Beat the Chasers," launching this autumn. (???? ???? ???? ????)
• Patrick Brammall, known for "Colin from Accounts," will star in Apple TV+'s thriller "The Dispatcher." Adapted from Ryan David Jahn’s novel, Brammall plays Ian Hunt, a detective haunted by his daughter's disappearance. (????)

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• Movistar Plus+ has renewed "Marbella" for a second season, starring Hugo Silva. The series follows a mafia lawyer on the Costa del Sol, blending current affairs with investigative journalism. (????)
• Disney's adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel "Rivals" brings a steamy mix of high society drama set in 1980s England, featuring Emily Atack, David Tennant, and Aidan Turner. (????)
• MBC GROUP and NEOM Media Industries partner for "Top Chef" Season 8, filmed in NEOM. The collaboration aims to redefine production standards with a focus on ecological values. (????)
• Sir David Suchet, Sally Bretton, Kenny Doughty, and Ludmilla Makowski star in 'Au Pair', a new Channel 5 drama uncovering family secrets, co-produced by Pernel Media and MK1 Studios. (???? ????)
• Mediaset Espa?a and Good Mood are adapting 'Call My Agent' into 'La Agencia', with Daniel écija as executive producer. The Spanish version is slated for a 2025 release, joining global adaptations of the French series 'Dix pour cent'. (????)

• Globo and ViX have extended their AVOD partnership for the US and Latin America (excluding Brazil), renewing a catalog of classic dramas and telenovelas to expand their streaming audience. (????)
• TelevisaUnivision has secured distribution for 3Pas Studios' "Radical" in over 30 territories across Europe, Oceania, Asia, and the Middle East, following successful runs in Mexico, the US, and Latin America. (???? ????)
• TrustNordisk has successfully sold the film "Loveable" to Estin Film (Lithuania, Estonia), Cinemania Group (former Yugoslavia), and September Film (Benelux). (???? ???? ????)
• Altitude has secured global distribution deals for a documentary and a concert film by the band Blur. (???? ???? ????)
• Les Films du Losange has acquired international sales rights for "Sicilian Letters" ("Iddu"), a Mafia drama directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza. (????)

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• Little Dot Studios has acquired more than 40 hours of premium factual content from Quintus Studios, featuring acclaimed series like "Mega Transports," "Behind Bars," and "Jungle Midwives of Columbia," expanding its digital channels with diverse documentaries.(???? ????)
• BBC Studios expands its Japanese content lineup through partnerships with Disney, NHK, and Warner Bros Discovery, featuring series such as "Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs" and "The Great British Bake Off".(???? ???? ????)
• Mubi acquires distribution rights for Miguel Gomes' "Grand Tour," winner of Cannes' Best Director award. The film follows Edward Abbot's journey across Asia in 1918. (????)
• PCCW Media in Hong Kong and UYoung/Ukids in China picked up Atomic Cartoon's "Rocket Saves the Day," a preschool special about a dog promoting reading. (????)
• Netflix has acquired rights to "RIP," a crime thriller starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, directed and scripted by Joe Carnahan. (????)

• Boat Rocker Media has sold its majority stake in Untitled Entertainment to TPG for C$51.6 million in cash and an 8.8% equity share in TPG's new talent management venture. (???? ????)
• AVOD platform, Tubi, has launched in the U.K. with a catalog of over 20,000 movies and TV episodes from major distributors such as Disney, Lionsgate, SPE, and NBCUniversal, alongside exclusive Tubi Originals. (????)
• Keywords Studios has agreed to a $2.8 billion bid from EQT, a European private equity firm. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it will recommend shareholders accept the cash bid, which represents a 66.7% premium to the pre-announcement share price. (???? ????)
• Disney has merged its Latin American platforms, Disney+ and Star+, into one service, combining content for both children and mature audiences to drive growth and reduce churn
• Gal Raday has co-launched Janeiro Studios with Brazilian partners Beta Film and Mymama Entertainment. It aims to produce premium scripted series and feature films from Brazil and Latin America, alongside international projects. (????)
• CAA has launched a Media & Entertainment Partnerships division, aimed at securing production financing through brand partnerships and IP development in Hollywood. (????)

• DNEG Group secures $200 million from United Al Saqer Group to establish a new Abu Dhabi office, enhancing content production and advancing AI initiatives, including its Brahma division. (???? ????)
• Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has launched Cirque du Soleil STUDIO, a new division led by Susan Levison, focused on creating long-form content like TV shows, films, and animation that reflect the Cirque brand essence.(????)
• Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired majority control of Eleventh Hour Films, strengthening its UK drama portfolio and expanding its investment in the UK television production sector, facilitated by Helion Partners. (???? ????)
• Sphere Media, in partnership with Bell Media, is acquiring Abacus Media Rights (AMR) for $24.6 million. AMR will rebrand as Sphere Abacus Media Rights under Sphere Media, enhancing its global production and distribution capabilities. (????)
• Skydance Media has tentatively agreed to acquire National Amusements, which holds a controlling stake in Paramount Global, in a reported $1.75 billion deal. Pending approval from Paramount's board, this acquisition would grant Skydance control over Paramount, which includes CBS, MTV, and Paramount+. (????)
• A streaming-only "Wie is de Mol?" set in Oman has become NPO Start's most successful title, highlighting AVROTROS's shift to on-demand content. (????)

• Move AI launches Move Live, an AI-based real-time markerless motion-capture solution for broadcast, film, mixed reality, and live events. It streams full-body motion data to Unreal Engine. (????)
• Meta has launched Meta 3D Gen, an AI system adept at swiftly converting text into detailed 3D models. It enhances content creation with realistic textures and lighting effects using PBR (Physically-Based Rendering). (????)
• Amuse Animation has launched CAR CITY ADVENTURES, a 24/7 linear FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus, now available in eight languages across ten countries. (???? ????)
• Boris FX releases SynthEyes 2024.5, the latest version of the 3D tracking software. It streamlines data export to Blender, Silhouette, and particularly Flame and offers powerful, 3D object and camera tracking for VFX pipelines. (????)
• Basis Technologies has enhanced its AI-powered media automation platform with advanced capabilities in media planning and programmatic advertising. (????)
• DeepMotion launches SayMotion 1.5, an AI text-to-animation service. It generates animations from text prompts in FBX, GLB, and BVH formats, suitable for games, AR, VR, and animation projects. (????)

• Avid has launched Avid Huddle, a SaaS tool enabling real-time collaboration for post-production teams using Media Composer and Microsoft Teams, allowing secure content review and feedback within editing workflows.(????)
• Solid State Logic's new plug-in, Sourcerer, enhances audio clarity and presence by removing unwanted sounds while preserving original characteristics, ideal for studio, post-production, and live sound environments. (????)
• XL8 and Cineverse have partnered to integrate XL8's AI-powered captioning and localization technology into Cineverse's Matchpoint platform, aiming to streamline content management and distribution while enhancing reach with automated, AI-driven solutions.(????)
• Adobe Lightroom's new AI feature, Generative Remove, utilizes Adobe's Firefly AI model to efficiently erase elements from photos, simplifying clean-up, creating realistic backgrounds, and providing studio-level lens effects through user-friendly presets.(????)
• ZOO Digital has acquired Italian dubbing studio LogoSound, establishing "ZOO Italia" in Milan. This enhances ZOO’s capabilities to serve major studios and streamers with Italian-language content. (???? ????)

• Mercury Filmworks and Blue Spirit launch Seraphim, a cutting-edge animation pipeline blending 2D and 3D techniques, targeting industry leaders with premium production services and visual development beginning this summer. (????)
• Meptik launches Studio Pro, a turnkey virtual production (VP) studio solution featuring Disguise studio control stacks, ROE LEDs, camera tracking, and tailored support for small presentations to large-scale projects and augmented reality. (????)
• Studio Unagi, Montreal's new anime-inspired studio, merges Japanese animation expertise with Canadian creativity, focusing on gender diversity and creating content for global broadcasters.(????)
• Capcom has acquired a two-thirds stake in Taiwan-based Minimum Studios, with a paid-in capital of NT$ 888.8k ($27.3k), to strengthen its development capabilities. (????)
• Chaos has unveiled Vantage 2.5, an update to its real-time ray tracing renderer, optimized for navigating large V-Ray scenes in architectural visualization and visual effects projects. (????)

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