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Viasat Nature acquires Power’s The Cheetah Diaries
Pan regional broadcaster Viasat has picked up wildlife series The Cheetah Diaries across Scandinavia and…
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Bravo orders more Seacrest-produced Shahs of Sunset
US cable network Bravo has renewed Ryan Seacrest’s controversial reality series Shahs of Sunset for…
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Granada Media Australia hires David Galloway as fact ent boss
Granada Media Australia, the production company owned by British commercial broadcaster ITV, has hired former…
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BabyFirst hires Prospect Park’s Paul Frank to move into primetime
Childrens broadcaster BabyFirst is to launch original primetime programming for adults and has poached Prospect…
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TBI Pub Quiz 2012: The Photos
TBI hosted its first international pub quiz at MIPCOM in Cannes last week and it…
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Exclusive: Ryan Seacrest to produce hip hop gameshow
Ryan Seacrest is to produce a new hip hop gameshow – Rhyme, Rap or Reason…
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The TBI interview: Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell is the most successful TV executive of recent years; the man behind The…
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Beauty and the Beast
British digital broadcaster Watch has acquired Beauty and the Beast, marking another step in UKTV’s…
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NBC cancels Dane Cook’s Next Caller before it airs
US network NBC has cancelled Dane Cook-fronted comedy Next Caller before the series has even…
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Mediavision launching Natpe Budapest rival in Croatia
Eastern European channel distributor Mediavision is to launch a television market in CEE to rival…
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Simon Cowell takes The Lead to ITV
British commercial broadcaster ITV is developing Take The Lead, a canine themed variety, from Simon…
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Lifetime launches ten original TV movies for Christmas
US cable network Lifetime is to launch fifty films including ten original television movies as…
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FIC cooks up The Taste deal with Red Arrow
Nigella Lawson-fronted food format The Taste is headed to India after Fox International Channels struck…
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Cash In The Attic to be remade in Denmark
Cash In The Attic is set to be remade in Denmark after producer Argonon International…
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Exclusive: Fox International Channels poaches Comedy Central’s Shoshana Wilson
Fox International Channels has poached Comedy Central executive Shoshana Wilson to join its international acquisitions…
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Channel 4 (UK) acquires Lionsgate’s Nashville
British broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired Hayden Panettiere-fronted drama Nashville after striking a deal with…
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Former FremantleMedia Asia boss sets up new distribution firm
Former FremantleMedia Asia boss Patrick Schult has started a new distribution company based in Singapore…
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Aircraft’s Anthony Leo
Todd and The Book of Pure Evil producer Anthony Leo of Aircraft strikes a pose.
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Dreamworks heads to Cannes
US studio Dreamworks has a big presence at Mipcom for the first following its purchase…
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Mipcom Tuesday
Where did you spend Tuesday night? Dee Robertson (Warner Bros) and Brad Wood (Discovery).
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Warner Bros Party
Warner Bros held a gala bash on their beachfront stand with guests including Channel 5…
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ITV acquires Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
British commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired the rights to the reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja…
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Dori Media gameshow The Money Pump to be remade internationally
ITV Studios, the international production and distribution arm of the British commercial broadcaster, is to…
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TBI Exclusive: Marc Rosen’s Georgeville launches scripted Zorro series Z
Mark Rosen (Harry Potter, Threshold) has told TBI that his fledgling US production firm Georgeville…
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Channel 5 looks for the World’s Busiest…
British broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned factual series World’s Busiest… after striking a deal with…
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Discovery gets Gadget Show
Discovery has acquired magazine series The Gadget Show for its channels in the EMEA region….
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Hulu strikes Nickelodeon deal
Hulu has struck a deal with kids broadcaster Nickelodeon that will see kids series including…
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Nat Geo boards France Télévisions’ war doc
National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has come on board four part documentary series Apocalypse: World…
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ITV orders a new Catchphrase
British broadcaster ITV has commissioned a reboot for gameshow Catchphrase. The broadcaster has ordered 8x45mins…
