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RTL buys gags
German broadcaster RTL has acquired 50x30mins hidden camera comedy format Just For Laughs Gags. The…
Ohm:TV offers formats
German distributor Ohm:TV is launching two formats at MIPCOM. It will unveil reality show Money…
Distraction moves into production
Format distributor Distraction is looking to expand its catalogue of scripted programming as it moves…
CTC to launch Russian Pop Idols
Russian free-to-air broadcaster CTC Media is to produce a local version of hit music format…
Zeal inks Singing Bee deals
Formats distributor Zeal Entertainment has inked a raft of deals for its karaoke contest Singing…
Silverback sells celeb formats
Scandinavian formats outfit Silverback has sold two of its key formats across Europe. Missing Link,…
Fremantle solves Murder
FremantleMedia is launching detective format Murder at MIPCOM. The 10x1hour series, where contestants must unravel…
Sundance launches DocDay
Sundance Channel, the network owned by Robert Redford, CBS and NBC Universal, is to launch…
Granada Ventures preps webstore
Granada Ventures, the licensing and merchandising arm of UK commercial broadcaster ITV, is to launch…
Where’s Wally? He’s on TV in 2009
Entertainment Rights is readying a Where’s Wally? TV series that it hopes will be on…
CBS launches Clark and Michael
CBS has launched Clark and Michael, a youth skewed online sketch show, created by Arrested…
Australia’s ABC looks to launch DTO
Australian public broadcaster ABC is prepping the launch of a download-to-own (DTO) service in a…
Nick to splash in waterworld
Nickelodeon is to launch its own brand of hotels and water parks incorporating characters such…
MGM launching China World
Hollywood studio MGM is to open MGM Studio World in China. The entertainment centre will…
Prehistoric Park heads to China
Dinosaur adventure series Prehistoric Park is to be released in China via DVD after distributor…
Online Boowa & Kwala head for TV
Distributor Granada International is to step up sales activity for its multiplatform kids property Boowa…
Metronome buys producer Sto-Co
Metronome acquires Swedish producer Stockholm and Copenhagen Scandinavian production group Metronome has bought Swedish producer…
Nick Lat Am looks past Skimo
Nickelodeon Latin America is set to ramp up local production following a recent reorganization by…
ER inks raft of LatAm deals
Entertainment Rights has cut a number of deals in Latin America. It has sold Basil…
Lionsgate dances with Televisa
Indie studio Lionsgate has acquired the format rights to Televisa’s Mexican hit Dancing for the…
SPTI to sell Power of 10
Sony Pictures Television International is to sell gameshow format Power of 10 worldwide after it…
Talpa goes Silverback
John de Mol’s Talpa has sold its interest in format development unit Talpa Scandinavia. "We…
Kiss kids shout out loud online
A&E Television Networks (AETN) is to expand the reach of its reality show Gene Simmons…
ITV launches Web Lives
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned made-for-the-internet content for the first time, having spent £20m…
Yahoo! launches production arm
Yahoo!7 has launched a production arm to create content for Australia’s online community. The company,…
Rocket Man to launch in UK primetime
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a new primetime documentary to be hosted by Elton John….
NZTV acquires BBC’s Palin
New Zealand’s TV One has acquired Michael Palin’s latest adventure series following a deal with…
BBCWW inks Primeval toy deal
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has awarded its master toy…
NBC teams with JTMG
Joy Tashjian Marketing has been appointed the exclusive consumer products agency for a range of…
Danger Rangers oral care products on the way
Danger Rangers are to be turned into a set of toothbrushes and hair products after…