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Shine sells Rehab to raft of int’l networks
Shine International has sold US cable reality hit Rehab: Party At The Hard Rock Hotel…
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DRG inks first look deal with US producer 44 Blue Prods.
British distributor Digital Rights Group has inked a first-look deal with US production company 44…
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Time Warner moves for control of HBO int’l nets
Time Warner’s HBO is close to completing a US$160 million deal to buy Disney and…
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Lionsgate hires ex-ITV exec Peter Iacono as international chief
US producer and distributor Lionsgate has hired former Sony and ITV exec Peter Iacono director…
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Moonscoop sells 150 hours to Canada
French producer and distributor Moonscoop has sold 150 hours of kids series to Canadian broadcasters…
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Fox to launch The X Factor in 2011
Fox will launch hit British format The X Factor in the US next year after…
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Silverman’s Electus strikes deal with Yahoo
Ben Silverman’s production company Electus has struck its first content deal – with online platform…
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MIPCOM director confirmed
Laurine Garaude has been confirmed as the director of Reed MIDEM’s television department, a position…
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Knightscove acquires Ellis Entertainment
Canadian film and TV movie distributor Knightscove Media has acquired TV producer and distributor Ellis…
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KidsCo to ramp up original productions
KidsCo, the international kids channel, is set to ramp up its slate of original productions…
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Nickelodeonâs Litton weighs production moves, kids books
Departing Nickelodeon UK boss Howard Litton is eyeing a move into the production side of…
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Heroes continues to top illegal download list
NBC’s sci fi series Heroes was the most popular show with illegal downloaders in 2009,…
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Forta acquires Warner Bros series
Spanish regional broadcaster Forta has picked up a number of US series including sci fi…
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Saudi Arabia’s STV to remake Dragon’s Den
Saudi Arabian broadcaster STV1 is to produce a local version of hit reality business format…
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Tellem steps down as CBS Entertainment president
Nancy Tellem has stepped down as president of CBS Television Entertainment Group. The Viacom-owned network…
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Endemol sets up drama production in Germany
Endemol is ramping up its drama production in Germany after striking a joint venture deal…
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Talpa inks French JV with Shine
John de Mol-backed format company Talpa Media has inked a deal with Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine…
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Nickelodeon orders 8th season of SpongeBob Squarepants
Nickelodeon has commissioned an eighth season of hit animated kids series SpongeBob Squarepants. This brings…
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Rotana inks Disney output deal
Middle Eastern pay broadcaster Rotana Media Group has inked a multi-million dollar output deal with…
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BBC Worldwide, All3Media set up German production JV
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster, has set up a joint…
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Disney to roll out Jungle Junction internationally
Disney is set to roll out animated series Jungle Junction to over 70 countries, marking…
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Notional eyes international formats move
Notional, the US production company formed by College Humor founder Ricky Van Veen and backed…
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Channel 4 to remake Iron Chef
British broadcaster Channel 4 is to remake hit Japanese cooking format Iron Chef after striking…
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TF1 to launch French version of MasterChef
TF1 has commissioned Shine France to produce a local version of hit British cooking format…
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TV Loonland goes bust
Kids producer and distributor TV Loonland has entered administration after it was unable to raise…
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Discovery launches TLC in Brazil
Discovery Networks International is to launch general entertainment channel TLC HD in Brazil, marking the…
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FX eyes Sons of Anarchy web originals
US cable network FX is in talks to launch a number of webisodes of hit…
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Discovery hires former Fox boss Liguori
Former Fox entertainment chief Peter Liguori has been named chief operating officer at cable network…
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RTL launching X Factor in Germany
German broadcasters RTL and Vox are set to produce a local version of hit musical…
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Granny O’Grimm
The show: Granny O’Grimm The producer: Brown Bag Films, The Big B Animation Co., HRTv…