When an estimated 1,000 international TV buyers descend on Los Angeles for the annual TV event known as the LA Screenings, they will see a contracted market still recovering from the twin Hollywood strikes of last year and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the pandemic.
It kicks off with the LA Screenings Independents, held May 15-17 for smaller studios and distributors at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel, which are then followed by screenings at the major studios’ respective lots across May 18-22 where they present their latest shows. They may also host a variety of events for their clients during those days, which may include cocktail receptions and luncheons or dinners with talent and executives.
While stalled projects ramped up as soon as the strikes ended, some delays were inevitable. “A couple of months ago I was wondering if we were going to be entertaining [buyers],” says Lisa Kramer, president, International Content Licensing,...
It kicks off with the LA Screenings Independents, held May 15-17 for smaller studios and distributors at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel, which are then followed by screenings at the major studios’ respective lots across May 18-22 where they present their latest shows. They may also host a variety of events for their clients during those days, which may include cocktail receptions and luncheons or dinners with talent and executives.
While stalled projects ramped up as soon as the strikes ended, some delays were inevitable. “A couple of months ago I was wondering if we were going to be entertaining [buyers],” says Lisa Kramer, president, International Content Licensing,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Multinational studio Dori Media Group (Dmg) is presenting two episodes of its gripping new series “Amia” at the LA Screenings along with a notable lineup of scripted and unscripted series, encompassing various regions, languages and cultures.
Filmed mostly in Uruguay as well as Argentina, “Amia” is inspired by the terror attacks of 1992 on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires and in 1994 against its Argentinian Jewish community, specifically the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Amia), the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association.
“Amia” tracks the journey of a Mossad operative grappling with the loss of his sister in the 1992 Embassy attack. He joins forces with a local Argentine journalist to seek justice. The eight episodes of Season 1 delves into the period between the initial assault and the subsequent attack on Amia in 1994. It primarily features Spanish dialogue, with some English, Hebrew and Persian.
With the 30th anniversary of the Amia tragedy looming and current events in Argentina making headlines,...
Filmed mostly in Uruguay as well as Argentina, “Amia” is inspired by the terror attacks of 1992 on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires and in 1994 against its Argentinian Jewish community, specifically the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Amia), the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association.
“Amia” tracks the journey of a Mossad operative grappling with the loss of his sister in the 1992 Embassy attack. He joins forces with a local Argentine journalist to seek justice. The eight episodes of Season 1 delves into the period between the initial assault and the subsequent attack on Amia in 1994. It primarily features Spanish dialogue, with some English, Hebrew and Persian.
With the 30th anniversary of the Amia tragedy looming and current events in Argentina making headlines,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Israeli format Power Couple has been picked up by Banijay in the Nordics and been awarded a slew of recommissions.
The show distributed by Losing Alice studio Dori Media sees celebrity and non-celebrity couples move into one villa together and compete in a fast-paced competition that determines who is the Power Couple. In order to win, they need to function together in the relationship, work as a team and know each other.
Created by Fremantle-owned Israeli outfit Abot Hameiri, Power Couple has been picked up by Banijay Nordic for Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, and will be adapted in the region. Meanwhile, it has been renewed in Germany for a double-season order, Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia for additional seasons. It has now been sold to more than 15 territories including Brazil, Mexico, India and South Africa since launch a decade ago.
Dori unveiled the news at MIPTV in Cannes,...
The show distributed by Losing Alice studio Dori Media sees celebrity and non-celebrity couples move into one villa together and compete in a fast-paced competition that determines who is the Power Couple. In order to win, they need to function together in the relationship, work as a team and know each other.
Created by Fremantle-owned Israeli outfit Abot Hameiri, Power Couple has been picked up by Banijay Nordic for Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, and will be adapted in the region. Meanwhile, it has been renewed in Germany for a double-season order, Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia for additional seasons. It has now been sold to more than 15 territories including Brazil, Mexico, India and South Africa since launch a decade ago.
Dori unveiled the news at MIPTV in Cannes,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Tel Aviv-based multinational studio Dori Media Group (Dmg), has launched international sales, outside of the U.S. and Latin America, of the ViX Original romcom “Lalola,” a remake of the 2007 International Emmy-winning hit from Argentina.
Shot in Mexico with a whole new cast led by Bárbara de Regil (“Rosario Tijeras”), Diego Amozurrutia (“Cuna de Lobos”) Alejandro de la Madrid (“La rebellion”) and Alexis Ayala (“Amar a Muerte”), the new version debuted Feb. 2 on the fast-growing Spanish-language streaming platform run by TelevisaUnivision.
“Lalola” follows a prosperous businessman used to getting his way with women to boost his ego. He gets his comeuppance when he wakes up one morning in the body of a woman. Desperate to revert to his original body, he struggles to protect his job and his relationships with his family and his best friend.
In this altered state, Lalola will face the consequences of machismo and must relearn everything,...
Shot in Mexico with a whole new cast led by Bárbara de Regil (“Rosario Tijeras”), Diego Amozurrutia (“Cuna de Lobos”) Alejandro de la Madrid (“La rebellion”) and Alexis Ayala (“Amar a Muerte”), the new version debuted Feb. 2 on the fast-growing Spanish-language streaming platform run by TelevisaUnivision.
“Lalola” follows a prosperous businessman used to getting his way with women to boost his ego. He gets his comeuppance when he wakes up one morning in the body of a woman. Desperate to revert to his original body, he struggles to protect his job and his relationships with his family and his best friend.
In this altered state, Lalola will face the consequences of machismo and must relearn everything,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
With terrible conflicts raging in the Middle East and Ukraine, the world has rarely felt so troubled and simultaneously intertwined with geopolitics.
Few industries are immune to the impact of these shocks and the ever-changing world of TV distribution is no exception, having been posed difficult questions for the past 24 months.
As execs, sellers and all and sundry travel to the English capital for next week’s London TV Screenings, these conflicts will cast a shadow over what has tended to be a spirited affair. Industry sources tell Deadline that they have rarely paid so much attention to goings-on around the world in relation to their own work.
Speaking on an Rts panel late last month, renowned analyst Claire Enders described current global shocks such as the Russo-Ukrainian War and Donald Trump’s potential return to the White House as casting a “seething mass of uncertainty” over the entertainment industry,...
Few industries are immune to the impact of these shocks and the ever-changing world of TV distribution is no exception, having been posed difficult questions for the past 24 months.
As execs, sellers and all and sundry travel to the English capital for next week’s London TV Screenings, these conflicts will cast a shadow over what has tended to be a spirited affair. Industry sources tell Deadline that they have rarely paid so much attention to goings-on around the world in relation to their own work.
Speaking on an Rts panel late last month, renowned analyst Claire Enders described current global shocks such as the Russo-Ukrainian War and Donald Trump’s potential return to the White House as casting a “seething mass of uncertainty” over the entertainment industry,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A fresh Israeli cooking format is being taken to market by Losing Alice producer-distributor Dori Media.
Dori is shopping Yum Factor, which is produced by Fremantle-owned Abot Hameiri, at Content Americas.
Yum Factor has so far only aired a pilot and sees three home cook contestants cooking to the best of their abilities to win cash, with the twist being that they need to figure out whose taste buds will crown the ultimate flavor champion out of a jury of six regular people.
Dori Media has a number of shows in production and on its sales books including the likes of Losing Alice, which was picked up internationally by Apple TV+, and Amia, based on the 1992 terror attacks on the Israeli embassy.
“We are excited to offer the international television marketplace an innovative new cooking show from Abot Hameiri that truly flips the script on the conventional unscripted series set in the kitchen,...
Dori is shopping Yum Factor, which is produced by Fremantle-owned Abot Hameiri, at Content Americas.
Yum Factor has so far only aired a pilot and sees three home cook contestants cooking to the best of their abilities to win cash, with the twist being that they need to figure out whose taste buds will crown the ultimate flavor champion out of a jury of six regular people.
Dori Media has a number of shows in production and on its sales books including the likes of Losing Alice, which was picked up internationally by Apple TV+, and Amia, based on the 1992 terror attacks on the Israeli embassy.
“We are excited to offer the international television marketplace an innovative new cooking show from Abot Hameiri that truly flips the script on the conventional unscripted series set in the kitchen,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
There was an unmistakable sense of opportunity in the air last week as international media movers and shakers convened in Cannes for the annual Mipcom market and conference.
Big European players in particular sense that openings are starting to emerge in what had been rigid business models and licensing protocols for the largest streaming platforms. The rush to cut costs and consolidate operations in the U.S. means that demand will be strong for imported content, ranging from unscripted shows in all shapes, formats and sizes as well as scripted series that can be offered a relatively low price point for U.S. buyers.
This was the big takeaway for me after three days of meetings, interviews, receptions and dinners on the beautiful Cote d’Azur. On the way home, I combined my passion for train travel with my love of yakking about the media business by capturing my thoughts...
Big European players in particular sense that openings are starting to emerge in what had been rigid business models and licensing protocols for the largest streaming platforms. The rush to cut costs and consolidate operations in the U.S. means that demand will be strong for imported content, ranging from unscripted shows in all shapes, formats and sizes as well as scripted series that can be offered a relatively low price point for U.S. buyers.
This was the big takeaway for me after three days of meetings, interviews, receptions and dinners on the beautiful Cote d’Azur. On the way home, I combined my passion for train travel with my love of yakking about the media business by capturing my thoughts...
- 10/26/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
One of the few Israeli delegates who attended last week’s Mipcom Cannes has said he made the trip because “we will not let them win.”
“Hamas wants to stop our personal, professional and business life,” Dori Media boss Nadav Palti told Deadline on day one of the market. “And if we didn’t come then I would feel like they have won because they are trying to stop our daily life. This is why I go to all this effort.”
Some 70 Israelis were initially expected in the south of France but this number ended up being in the single figures following the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, which led to around 1,400 civillian deaths and 200 people being kidnapped, the majority of whom are still being held captive.
Nadav Palti (right). Image: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
In the aftermath of the attacks, many Israeli execs we spoke with said...
“Hamas wants to stop our personal, professional and business life,” Dori Media boss Nadav Palti told Deadline on day one of the market. “And if we didn’t come then I would feel like they have won because they are trying to stop our daily life. This is why I go to all this effort.”
Some 70 Israelis were initially expected in the south of France but this number ended up being in the single figures following the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, which led to around 1,400 civillian deaths and 200 people being kidnapped, the majority of whom are still being held captive.
Nadav Palti (right). Image: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
In the aftermath of the attacks, many Israeli execs we spoke with said...
- 10/25/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Nadav Palti is about to mark his 20th year as CEO of Dori Media, the prolific Israeli production and distribution firm headquartered in Tel Aviv. Earlier this month, Palti and Dori executives from Argentina, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain, Singapore and other locations were busy preparing to bring the company’s largest-ever slate of TV shows and movies to pitch to global buyers.
Everything changed on Oct. 7. That day marked outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas after the start of a Hamas-led terror campaign in Gaza that has left more than 1,400 Israelis dead.
Palti has a 34-year-old son in the Israel Defense Forces reserves. Palti himself served in the Idf from 1977 to 1982, rising to the rank of commander. The elder Palti, who was named Dori Media CEO in 2004, wrestled with the decision on whether his company should drop out of the annual Mipcom conference and market held this week in Cannes...
Everything changed on Oct. 7. That day marked outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas after the start of a Hamas-led terror campaign in Gaza that has left more than 1,400 Israelis dead.
Palti has a 34-year-old son in the Israel Defense Forces reserves. Palti himself served in the Idf from 1977 to 1982, rising to the rank of commander. The elder Palti, who was named Dori Media CEO in 2004, wrestled with the decision on whether his company should drop out of the annual Mipcom conference and market held this week in Cannes...
- 10/21/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Dozens of delegates from the Israeli TV sector will not travel to Mipcom Cannes next week following the Hamas-led attack on the country’s civilians over the weekend.
Around 70 Israelis were due to attend next week’s confab but we now understand very few will be in the south of France following the unexpected attack, which has sent shockwaves around the world, claiming the lives of an estimated 1,200 people in Israel so far.
Most airlines have stopped flights in and out of Tel Aviv, meaning travel to the world’s biggest television content market in the south of France is virtually impossible. Had travel been possible, many we have spoken to would have still have opted to remain and help with relief efforts or support their families.
“Along with the rest of the world we have watched in horror as the situation has unfolded, and any delegates from Israel no...
Around 70 Israelis were due to attend next week’s confab but we now understand very few will be in the south of France following the unexpected attack, which has sent shockwaves around the world, claiming the lives of an estimated 1,200 people in Israel so far.
Most airlines have stopped flights in and out of Tel Aviv, meaning travel to the world’s biggest television content market in the south of France is virtually impossible. Had travel been possible, many we have spoken to would have still have opted to remain and help with relief efforts or support their families.
“Along with the rest of the world we have watched in horror as the situation has unfolded, and any delegates from Israel no...
- 10/11/2023
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Multinational studio Dori Media Group (Dmg), founded in Israel in 1996 by Yair Dori and with outposts in Israel, Switzerland, Argentina, Spain and Singapore, is presenting more than a dozen new series at Mipcom, led by two notable action-drama series, “Amia” and “Indal.”
Led by Nadav Palti, CEO & President of Dori Media Group, the studio’s contingent of sales execs and reps will be presenting a slate of both scripted and unscripted series spanning multiple territories, languages and cultures at the annual confab in Cannes.
“Amia” was filmed in Uruguay and is inspired by the terror attacks of 1992 on the Israeli embassy and in 1994 against the Argentinian Jewish community while “Indal” is a high-octane series that follows the kidnapping of a police officer by a group of Ethiopian Israeli youth.
Dori Media has also remade the global hit and International Emmy-nominated romcom “Lalola,” which is currently shooting in Mexico for Spanish-language...
Led by Nadav Palti, CEO & President of Dori Media Group, the studio’s contingent of sales execs and reps will be presenting a slate of both scripted and unscripted series spanning multiple territories, languages and cultures at the annual confab in Cannes.
“Amia” was filmed in Uruguay and is inspired by the terror attacks of 1992 on the Israeli embassy and in 1994 against the Argentinian Jewish community while “Indal” is a high-octane series that follows the kidnapping of a police officer by a group of Ethiopian Israeli youth.
Dori Media has also remade the global hit and International Emmy-nominated romcom “Lalola,” which is currently shooting in Mexico for Spanish-language...
- 10/9/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Turkey’s Ogm Pictures has acquired remake rights to produce a local-language adaptation of Shtisel, the hit Israeli television drama carried on Netflix in the U.S.
The Turkish show, Ömer, will track the same basic plot as the Israeli original, which follows Akiva Shtisel (Michael Aloni), a bachelor living in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood with his aging father, who meets an older widow, Elisheva (Ayelet Zurer), living with her 10-year-old son. But the Turkish version will move the setting to the country’s ultra-Orthodox Muslim community.
“Shtisel is a very unique format that can be adapted to almost every culture and religion,” said Ogm Pictures founder Onur Guvenatam. “So we are very excited to present Ömer in harmony with our culture and traditions.”
Ogm acquired the remake rights from Dori Media Group, which handles international licensing for the show. Ogm plans to produce at least 20 episodes for...
The Turkish show, Ömer, will track the same basic plot as the Israeli original, which follows Akiva Shtisel (Michael Aloni), a bachelor living in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood with his aging father, who meets an older widow, Elisheva (Ayelet Zurer), living with her 10-year-old son. But the Turkish version will move the setting to the country’s ultra-Orthodox Muslim community.
“Shtisel is a very unique format that can be adapted to almost every culture and religion,” said Ogm Pictures founder Onur Guvenatam. “So we are very excited to present Ömer in harmony with our culture and traditions.”
Ogm acquired the remake rights from Dori Media Group, which handles international licensing for the show. Ogm plans to produce at least 20 episodes for...
- 1/9/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cohen Media Group has acquired all U.S. and Canada rights to writer-director Eran Kolirin’s “Let It Be Morning,” Israel’s official submission to the international film race at the 2022 Academy Awards, the company announced on Thursday.
The title world premiered earlier this year in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, and went on to win nine of the 11 noms it received last month at the Ophir Awards — Israel’s Academy Award-equivalent — including best film, director, actor and actress.
Based on a novel of the same name by Palestinian author Sayed Kashua, the film tells the story of Sami, a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen who finds that the Arab village where he grew up is one day suddenly surrounded by an ominous wall, forcing him to confront new questions of identity and national belonging.
It also stars Juna Suleiman (“The Time That Remains”), Salim Dau (“The Crown”) and Ehab Salami...
The title world premiered earlier this year in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, and went on to win nine of the 11 noms it received last month at the Ophir Awards — Israel’s Academy Award-equivalent — including best film, director, actor and actress.
Based on a novel of the same name by Palestinian author Sayed Kashua, the film tells the story of Sami, a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen who finds that the Arab village where he grew up is one day suddenly surrounded by an ominous wall, forcing him to confront new questions of identity and national belonging.
It also stars Juna Suleiman (“The Time That Remains”), Salim Dau (“The Crown”) and Ehab Salami...
- 11/4/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Television has sold its 50% stake in Israel’s Dori Tlv to Dori Media. The deal will allow Dori Media Group to fully consolidate its ownership of Dori Tlv’s Israeli channels and operations.
Sony Pictures Television had a stake in Dori Tlv since 2014. Dori Tlv owns and operates two daily telenovela channels, Viva and Viva Plus which are carried by all Israeli multi-channel platforms. A third channel, Viva Vintage was launched in April and is carried by Hot and Yes, Israel’s top pay-tv services.
Viva ranks among the four most popular entertainment cable TV channels in Israel, according to Hot Telecom’s audience measurement system. Dori Tlv is also a prominent provider of Electronic Program Guide (Epg) services to platforms in Israel.
The banner operates an AVOD service, and owns Dori Media Ot, a technical services banner offering subtitling, dubbing, video and audio editing and format conversions.
Sony Pictures Television had a stake in Dori Tlv since 2014. Dori Tlv owns and operates two daily telenovela channels, Viva and Viva Plus which are carried by all Israeli multi-channel platforms. A third channel, Viva Vintage was launched in April and is carried by Hot and Yes, Israel’s top pay-tv services.
Viva ranks among the four most popular entertainment cable TV channels in Israel, according to Hot Telecom’s audience measurement system. Dori Tlv is also a prominent provider of Electronic Program Guide (Epg) services to platforms in Israel.
The banner operates an AVOD service, and owns Dori Media Ot, a technical services banner offering subtitling, dubbing, video and audio editing and format conversions.
- 7/23/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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