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RTL buys gags

German broadcaster RTL has acquired 50x30mins hidden camera comedy format Just For Laughs Gags. The…

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Ohm:TV offers formats

German distributor Ohm:TV is launching two formats at MIPCOM. It will unveil reality show Money…

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Distraction moves into production

Format distributor Distraction is looking to expand its catalogue of scripted programming as it moves…

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CTC to launch Russian Pop Idols

Russian free-to-air broadcaster CTC Media is to produce a local version of hit music format…

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Zeal inks Singing Bee deals

Formats distributor Zeal Entertainment has inked a raft of deals for its karaoke contest Singing…

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Silverback sells celeb formats

Scandinavian formats outfit Silverback has sold two of its key formats across Europe. Missing Link,…

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Fremantle solves Murder

FremantleMedia is launching detective format Murder at MIPCOM. The 10x1hour series, where contestants must unravel…

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Sundance launches DocDay

Sundance Channel, the network owned by Robert Redford, CBS and NBC Universal, is to launch…

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Granada Ventures preps webstore

Granada Ventures, the licensing and merchandising arm of UK commercial broadcaster ITV, is to launch…

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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…

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CBS launches Clark and Michael

CBS has launched Clark and Michael, a youth skewed online sketch show, created by Arrested…

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Australia’s ABC looks to launch DTO

Australian public broadcaster ABC is prepping the launch of a download-to-own (DTO) service in a…

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Nick to splash in waterworld

Nickelodeon is to launch its own brand of hotels and water parks incorporating characters such…

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MGM launching China World

Hollywood studio MGM is to open MGM Studio World in China. The entertainment centre will…

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Prehistoric Park heads to China

Dinosaur adventure series Prehistoric Park is to be released in China via DVD after distributor…

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Online Boowa & Kwala head for TV

Distributor Granada International is to step up sales activity for its multiplatform kids property Boowa…

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Metronome buys producer Sto-Co

Metronome acquires Swedish producer Stockholm and Copenhagen Scandinavian production group Metronome has bought Swedish producer…

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Nick Lat Am looks past Skimo

Nickelodeon Latin America is set to ramp up local production following a recent reorganization by…

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ER inks raft of LatAm deals

Entertainment Rights has cut a number of deals in Latin America. It has sold Basil…

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Lionsgate dances with Televisa

Indie studio Lionsgate has acquired the format rights to Televisa’s Mexican hit Dancing for the…

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SPTI to sell Power of 10

Sony Pictures Television International is to sell gameshow format Power of 10 worldwide after it…

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Talpa goes Silverback

John de Mol’s Talpa has sold its interest in format development unit Talpa Scandinavia. "We…

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Kiss kids shout out loud online

A&E Television Networks (AETN) is to expand the reach of its reality show Gene Simmons…

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ITV launches Web Lives

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned made-for-the-internet content for the first time, having spent £20m…

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Yahoo! launches production arm

Yahoo!7 has launched a production arm to create content for Australia’s online community. The company,…

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Rocket Man to launch in UK primetime

UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a new primetime documentary to be hosted by Elton John….

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NZTV acquires BBC’s Palin

New Zealand’s TV One has acquired Michael Palin’s latest adventure series following a deal with…

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BBCWW inks Primeval toy deal

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has awarded its master toy…

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NBC teams with JTMG

Joy Tashjian Marketing has been appointed the exclusive consumer products agency for a range of…

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Danger Rangers oral care products on the way

 Danger Rangers are to be turned into a set of toothbrushes and hair products after…