Starzplay Acquires HBO Max’s ‘Tokyo Vice’; DAZN Makes Key European Hire; Vice’s Flight MH370 Doc Sells – Mip TV Briefs
deadline.comStarzplay Acquires HBO’s Max’s Ken Watanabe Crime Thriller Series ‘Tokyo Vice’HBO Max’s upcoming crime thriller Tokyo Vice is headed to streaming service Starzplay in Europe.
The Starz streamer has acquired rights in Austria, Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, Ireland and the U.K. and will debut with two episodes on Sunday May 15.
The Endeavor Content series, penned by J.T. Rogers, is loosely based on American journalist Jake Adelstein’s firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police in the late 1990s.
It stars Ansel Elgort as Adelstein and Hiroto Katagiri, a detective who guides Jake through the neon-soaked underbelly of the city.DAZN Hires Ex-Sky M&A Exec Alice Mascia For Key European RoleSports entertainment streamer DAZN has hired former Sky Deutschland exec Alice Mascia as CEO for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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