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Colm Bairéad's Irish-language drama An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) was the big film winner at last night’s vritual Irish Film and Television Academy awards with eight wins. Scroll down for the full list of winners. Director Colm Bairéad’s debut won best film, best director and lead actress for Catherine Clinch in…

Philo, which launched nationally in 2017 as a lower-cost streaming bundle of non-sports entertainment channels, has set its first original series, Boss Moves. The series features Love and Hip-Hop star Rasheeda Frost, aka Rasheeda, and is a co-production with lifestyle programmer Kin. With content across social…

EXCLUSIVE: As it approaches the launch of its free, ad-supported streaming service, Chicken Soup for the Soul has set content deals with Kin and Reel One Entertainment and lined up a slate of originals. The service is joining the portfolio of its namesake parent, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, which also…

AMC Networks has unveiled a slew of renewals across its streaming services. Kin, Bloodlands, My Life Is Murder, Creepshow and Slasher have all been picked up for additional seasons. Slasher, which airs on Shudder, has also set Will & Grace's Eric McCormack as lead on its latest installment, Slasher: Ripper. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Tia Mowry’s Quick Fix is coming to cable television. Urban One’s TV One and sister network Cleo TV have struck a multi-year licensing deal with Kin to bring the digital series to Cleo TV beginning in October. Under the pact, believed to be in the seven figures, Cleo TV plans to roll out 80 episodes of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Kin, the company behind Tia Mowry's Challenge Accepted and Facebook Watch's What Happens at Home, has enlisted ViacomCBS alum Zaina Sesay as its Director of Talent and Development. Sesay, who has previously worked for MTV and VH1, will work with Kin to expand and strengthen its current roster, which boasts…

EXCLUSIVE: Kin, the company behind Tia Mowry's Challenge Accepted and Facebook Watch's What Happens at Home, has hired Shani Black as head of programming and development. Black, who was a supervising producer on Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, will oversee the company's slate of unscripted programming for…

EXCLUSIVE: AspireTV has struck a multi-series deal with Kin for three new series. The first series, Just Angela, follows actress and entrepreneur Angela Simmons, daughter of rap pioneer Rev. Run and niece of Russell Simmons, and her life as a #girlboss. The new show will also feature a recurring segment highlighting…

AMC+ announced on Thursday that it has has acquired the rights to three crime drama series: Cold Courage, Kin and Too Close.  The first to premiere on the streaming service is Lionsgate’s Cold Courage, which will hit AMC+ on Thursday, March 11. Based on the award-winning and best-selling novels from Finnish journalist…

EXCLUSIVE: Bron Studios’ TV Group said Thursday that it has hired Samantha Thomas as EVP and Emma Fleischer as creative producer, as the division continues to ramp up its slate. Thomas will oversee creative for Bron’s active slate of productions from development through post, while Fleischer will work directly on…

Irish public broadcaster RTÉ and Scandinavian streamer Viaplay have lined up a slew of talent including Game of Thrones and Project Blue Book star Aidan Gillen and Daredevil's Charlie Cox to star in crime drama Kin. The series charts the lives of a fictional Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and speaks to the…

EXCLUSIVE: Tia Mowry, who stars in Netflix comedy Family Reunion, is developing her own family-style clip show after teaming with Kin and Jukin Media. The actress is working up Tia Mowry's Challenge Accepted with the two companies as a pilot. It will feature weekly home challenges with audience members encouraged to…