Operation Repo


NBC to remake Turkish drama

US broadcaster NBC has greenlit a pilot of a Turkish drama, Game of Silence. LA-based prodco Intrigue secured the pilot commitment, which comes with a series penalty, with the Comcast-owned network. Intrigue will now produce the pilot alongside Carol Mendelsohn Productions, writer Hugins and Sony Pictures Television. CSI alum Mendelsohn switched from CBS Television Studioes […]

Operation Repo firm options Chilean crime caper

Intrigue, the US content company that brought Operation Repo to the US, has picked up format rights to Pushovers, a crime-comedy series out of Chile. Intrigue will produce the US version of the hit show, which the indie producer acquired from Latin Media Corporation. The show follows a group of workers who are forced to […]

Operation Repo firm reformatting Korean drama for the US

US formats company Intrigue has optioned a pair of dramas from South Korea and will adapt them for the US TV market. Intrigue has taken US rights to CJ E&M’s series 3rd Hospital and Vampire Prosecutor. Medical drama 3rd Hospital follows two brother and medical practitioners, one from a traditional school of medicine and the […]

Latin American broadcasters acquire Rive Gauche programming

Turner Latin America has acquired new seasons of Operation Repo and Happily Never After from Rive Gauche Television, as the Los Angeles-based distributor makes deals across the region. Discovery has bought the latest seasons of My Strange Addiction and My Crazy Obsession for its local channels and Red Uno in Bolivia has acquired Scare Tactics […]

News brief: Rive Gauche cuts pre-screenings Lat-Am deals

US producer and distributor Rive Gauche Television has sold 200 hours of programming into Latin America. Ahead of the LA Screenings, which attracts a large number of Latin buyers and sellers, Rive Gauche has concluded a number of deals. It has shopped Operation Repo to Turner Latin America and a number of titles to Discovery […]

MIPTV News: Rive Gauche shifts 350 hours

LA-based sales house Rive Gauche Television has sold more than 350 hours to international broadcasters ahead of MIPTV Among the deals, Operation Repo has gone to TV5 in Finland, TV Norge in Norway, Seven Network in Australia and Rogers Media in Canada. Separately, My Strange Addiction has sold to DSMART in Turkey and Canal Vie […]