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Disney strikes Turkish Golden Girls format deal
Turkish pay TV broadcaster ATV has launched a local version of classic sitcom The Golden…
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Nine commissions third series of Underbelly
Australian commercial broadcaster Nine Network has commissioned a third series of hit local crime drama…
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Spain plans French-style ad ban
The Spanish government has confirmed it wants to limit advertising on public service broadcaster RTVE…
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MoMedia inks rugby deal with Pulse
MoMedia International, the Endemol-backed digital distributor, has inked a deal with UK indie producer Pulse…
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M6 acquires raft of US series
French commercial broadcaster M6 has acquired a raft of US series after striking content deals…
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Break acquires HBOlab
Online video platform Break Media has acquired HBOlab, the premium cable network’s digital production studio….
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MGM scoops Stargate, movie sales
Hollywood studio MGM has inked a raft of programming deals following the MIP TV market…
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RDF sells raft of family series
RDF has sold a number of its kids and family series to a raft of…
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MTV promotes Grieder in program sales shake up
MTV Networks International has appointed Nickelodeon exec Steve Grieder as head of international program sales…
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Entertainment Rights calls in administrators
Entertainment Rights, the kids producer and distributor behind series including Postman Pat, has gone into…
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John de Mol’s Talpa set to expand internationally
Talpa Media, the Dutch producer and distributor set up by Endemol founder John de Mol,…
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Sky Italia to remake FX’s No Signal
Italian pay TV broadcaster Sky Italia is set to make a local version of FX…
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FremantleMedia inks raft of first look deals
FremantleMedia Enterprises has inked a raft of first look distribution deals with top producers including…
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Passion sells WoW series
Passion Distribution has inked a number of deals for its slate of World of Wonder-produced…
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Hanway strikes movie deals ahead of MIP
Hanway Films, the sales company set up by The Last Emperor producer Jeremy Thomas, has…
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Digital Rights Group inks Hulu deal
Digital Rights Group has inked a deal with US online video platform Hulu, becoming the…
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Chelsea scores Comcast deal, setting up prodco
Comcast Entertainment Group, the content arm of the US cabler, has signed Chelsea Handler to…
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Kidsco launches first commission
Kidsco, the international children’s channel, has launched its first original commission, arts and craft series…
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BBC picks up CPIT’s Harper’s Island
British public broadcaster the BBC has picked up 13x1hour US slasher drama Harper’s Island after…
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2waytraffic sells Ba Ba Boom to Brazil, Mid East
2waytraffic, the formats outfit recently acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment, has sold its questionless gameshow…
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Fremantle sues over Farmer format
RTL-backed production and distribution group FremantleMedia has taken the unusual step of initiating legal proceeding…
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Fox picks up FtvS’ Mental
US network Fox has picked up the rights to air medical procedural Mental, which is…
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ABC acquires Tandem’s Impact
US network ABC has acquired 2x90mins disaster mini series Impact from German distributor Tandem Communications….
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Passion to sell Daisybeck docs
Passion Distribution, the UK-based distributor set up by Sally Miles, has scored international sales rights…
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ITV cuts program budget, scraps Global target
British commercial broadcaster ITV is to cut its program budget by £65 million (US$91.7 million)…
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Disney appoints Lerner as Euro boss
Disney has appointed president of Disney Latin America, Diego Lerner as president, The Walt Disney…
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Rogers acquires raft of US series
Canadian broadcaster Rogers Media has acquired a number of US series including NBC’s highly anticipated…
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NBC to launch US version of I’m A Celebrity
US network NBC is set to launch a local version of British reality format I’m A…
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Off The Fence sells 500 hours of WEtv series
Dutch distributor Off The Fence has sold some 500 hours of WE tv’s factual and…
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Red Riding
The show: Red Riding The producer: Revolution Films, Screen Yorkshire, Lip Sync The distributor: Studio…