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The Amazing Race to be remade in Vietnam and the Philippines
Adventure competition series The Amazing Race is to be remade in Vietnam and the Philippines…
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FremantleMedia strikes Bellator deals
FremantleMedia Enterprises has sold the Bellator Fighting Championships to a raft of international broadcasters. The…
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ABC launches singing competition format Duets
US network ABC is launching a music competition Duets as it looks to compete with…
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Baby Cow, Roughcut move into kids TV with Disney deals
British comedy producers Baby Cow Productions and Ash Atalla’s Roughcut Television are moving into kids…
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Discovery buys stake in French pay TV broadcaster
Discovery Networks International has acquired a 20% stake in French pay broadcaster Televista. The move…
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Fox makes Terra Nova extinct
US network Fox has cancelled big-budget dinosaur drama Terra Nova. The surprise move means that…
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Warner Bros strikes production deal in China
Warner Bros has struck a landmark production deal in China. Warner Bros. International Television Production,…
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#20: Go On (NBC)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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Europe Images picks up Canal+ comedy
French distributor Europe Images has acquired global rights to a new Canal+ comedy series. The…
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Warner Bros strikes Asahi deal
Warner Bros has struck a deal with TV Asahi. The studio and the Japanese broadcaster…
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Red Arrow acquires UK indie
Red Arrow Entertainment has acquired non-scripted British production company CPL Productions. The deal marks first…
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Russia’s Tivgle strikes digital BBC deal
Russian digital platform Tvigle Media has acquired 200 hours of programming from BBC Worldwide after…
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#19: Nashville (ABC)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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Exclusive: Ab Fab storms across Europe
Eddy and Patsy are heading back across Europe after BBC Worldwide closed a raft of…
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Zodiak expands third party sales with new series
International distributor Zodiak Rights has expanded the amount of third party programmes it sells and…
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#18: Notorious (NBC)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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#17: Beauty and The Beast
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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TBI to host cast of Jersey Shore at MIP TV as MTV eyes int’l versions
The cast of Jersey Shore are heading to MIPTV and are presenting a keynote conference…
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#15: Ben Fox Is My Manny (Fox)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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RTL to launch new free-to-air channel
German commercial broadcaster RTL is to launch a new free-to-air channel at the beginning of…
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Israeli cop drama being remade in Poland, Turkey after HBO deal
Broadcasters in Poland and Turkey are to remake Armoza’s Israeli police drama The Naked Truth,…
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Starz strikes Canadian deal for Magic City
Canadian pay broadcaster Super Channel has acquired Starz’s forthcoming period drama Magic City. The launch…
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Endemol’s Southern Star hires new CEO
Endemol-owned production company Southern Star has appointed a new chief executive from Australian broadcaster Seven….
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#14: Partners (CBS)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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Channel Five outlines ambitious production plans
British commercial broadcaster Channel Five will produce five shows per year following the launch of…
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#13: Arrow (The CW)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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Random House launches new kids series
The production arm of publishing company Random House is developing a new kids series based…
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Liberty Global’s Shane O’Neill passes away
Shane O’Neill, one of the best-known executives in the pay TV industry, has passed away….
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#12: Revolution (NBC)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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#11: Only Fools and Horses (ABC)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…