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Jesse Whittock
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Boom, Twofour merge to create UK super indie
Lorraine Heggessey’s Boom Pictures is merging with UK indie Twofour to create a new Britain-based…
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Four-year WWI season is BBC’s ‘biggest ever undertaking’
UK pubcaster the BBC will launch 130 programmes comprising 2,500 hours between 2014 and 2018…
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Mark Burnett cooking series On the Menu for TNT
Turner-owned cablenet TNT has given the greenlight to a new cooking series from The Bible…
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BBC brings back Clangers after 45 years
Classic British animated series Clangers is coming back to the BBC, 45 years after the…
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Brazilian channel says I Can Do That
Brazilian network Record TV has commissioned a local version of Israeli format I Can Do…
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Comedy Central chops digital division
Viacom-owned Comedy Central has closed its digital department in favour of a centralised structure co-lead…
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Greek net dives in with Eyeworks format
Greek commercial broadcaster Antenna Television has ordered its own series of Eyeworks’ diving format Celebrity…
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Dailymotion opens Japan office
France-based video site Dailymotion has opened a new Japanese office to tap in on local…
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Rewriting The Bible
Television’s most consistent independent producer Mark Burnett tells Jesse Whittock about the success of History…
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Former Angry Birds man hatches new plan in Cannes
The ex-COO of Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment was in Cannes this week with a…
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TRACE Sports orders 100 hours as it rebrands
Sports entertainment pay TV channel TRACE Sports has rebranding and ordered more than 100 hours…
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Aito, YLE present Santa model
Aito Media and YLE are working on a new kids scripted format using what they…
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AMC Studios, Tricon conquer The Divide
Tricon Films & Television will distribute AMC Studios new scripted drama series The Divide outside…
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News brief: Fox orders Israeli road trip format
US broadcaster Fox has bought an adaptation of Israeli comedy road trip format Magic Malabi…
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French drama Braquo getting Russian remake
The Emmy-winning French drama Braquo is to be remade in Russia, its distributor Zodiak Rights has…
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Steve Carrell to remake TF1 show for Fox
US network Fox has ordered eight episodes of French unscripted comedy format Slide Show that…
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Foxtel scores BBCWW factual deal
Australian pay TV platform Foxtel has acquired a package of food and lifestyle shows from…
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Chello’s JimJam buys Irish toon Punky
Chello Zone has acquired Irish preschool series Punky from international distribution company Monster Entertainment. The…
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RTL CBS channel hits Singapore
Singapore is the latest territory to get the joint venture RTL CBS Entertainment HD channel. It…
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TV Land buys Ben Silverman comedy
US cable channel TV Land has ordered a half-hour workplace comedy from Ben Silverman’s Electus…
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BBC adds time-shifted flagship net
The BBC has unveiled a new time-shifted +1 channel for its flagship BBC One network….
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News brief: NGCI, New Zealand net experience Terror in the Skies
National Geographic Channels International and Sky TV in New Zealand are acquired a 4x60mins series…
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News brief: Mid East nets reveals Winner
A trio of broadcasters in the Middle East has ordered a local version of Talpa…
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News brief: Presales for Zack & Quack
Zodiak Kids new preschooler Zack & Quack has presold to five broadcasters around the world….
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News brief: Dare to work for Zodiak Clips
Zodiak Media’s archive division Zodiak Clips has hired Dominic Dare to become its sales manager….
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CCTV likes The Taste of Red Arrow format
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has ordered a version of Red Arrow International’s cooking competition format…
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Ex-Shine TV MD producing Travel Channel series
A production company launched by Karen Smith, the ex-managing director of Shine TV, is producing…
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Lionsgate adds sales execs
Lionsgate has added a pair of new sales agents as its meets broadcasters in Cannes…
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‘African Oprah’ to adapt Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is being remade by a new pan-continental channel run by a woman dubbed…
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BBC, Weinstein Company make War & Peace
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has signed on to coproduce a major new BBC reworking of…