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Stewart Clarke
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Kees Abrahams and Robin de Levita fire up Imagine Nation
Former 2waytraffic and Sony Pictures Television boss Kees Abrahams has created Imagine Nation, a new…
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Peace Point picks up Grand Pictures shows for MIPCOM
Distributor Peace Point has acquired several scripted series from Irish indie producer Grand Pictures that…
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Little Airplane’s Littlest Lamb to take off at MIPCOM
Kids producer and distributor Little Airplane will launch a new show at MIPCOM, The Littlest…
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Sir Terry Pratchett launches prodco, preps TV versions of Good Omens, The Watch
Sir Terry Pratchett has launched his own production company, Narrativia. The new prodco will have…
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Sky buys NBC’s Dick Wolf firefighter drama Chicago Fire
UK pay TV channel Sky Living has acquired NBC’s firefighter drama Chicago Fire. The series…
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Spanish kids companies will be out in force at MIPJunior
Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade, ICEX, and Spanish animation industry group DIBOOS are backing a…
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MIPCOM in Technicolor
Technicolor is a household name, but not best known for creating and producing animated series….
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Zodiak launching Tele Images’ The Ranch at MIPJunior
Zodiak Kids is launching a new animated series at MIPJunior, The Ranch. From Tele Images,…
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Raft of deals for Prisoners of War, the drama that inspired Homeland
Keshet International has sold the scripted format rights to Prisoners of War, the drama that…
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Producer and distributor Sierra/Engine launching at MIPCOM with ABC, NBC series
Chris Philip, Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg have joined forces to create a new producer…
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Twofour and GroupM ink distribution pact
Producer/distributor TwoFour and the TV division of media agency GroupM have agreed a co-distribution deal…
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Blinkbox launching HBO series Veep
Online video service Blinkbox has inked a deal with HBO and will make comedy series…
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CBS Studios appoints sales director for Canada
Distributor CBS Studios International has appointed Rekha Shah director of sales for Canada. She will…
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Nat Geo announces UK version of Doomsday Preppers
The first slate of programmes out of Nat Geo’s new programming hub has been announced…
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Ex-MTV boss Bill Roedy joins Moshi Monsters’ board
Bill Roedy, the ex-boss of MTV, has joined the board of Mind Candy, the company…
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BBC Worldwide pledges to commission 100hrs of originals in 2014
BBC Worldwide said today that it will be ramping up the number of original programmes…
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MIPCOM: Japanese broadcasters prep formats networking event
Japan’s largest broadcasters will run a networking event at MIPCOM designed to promote Japanese-originated formats…
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Sweden’s SVT buys hit Turkish drama
SVT has become the first major broadcaster in Western Europe to buy a Turkish drama….
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ZDF expanding pay TV channel activities after Romantic success
ZDF Enterprises says it is talking to platform operators in Europe about extending the distribution…
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Discovery commissions Shackleton series for its Western Europe channels
Discovery has ordered a three-part series about a team following in the footsteps of Polar…
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French local channels call for suspension of DTT reordering
A raft of French TV channels are challenging their new ranking on the EPG for…
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Sky Deutschland launches budget package
German cable operator Sky Deutschland is launching a new budget package of channels. ‘Sky Starter’…
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MIPCOM looks to the Middle East
There will be a particular focus on the Middle East and Turkey at MIPCOM next…
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Global Screen picks up German disaster movie for MIPCOM
Global Screen, the sales and distribution joint venture by Bavaria Media and Telepool, has acquired…
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Beyond going Thru Hell at MIPCOM
Australian distributor Beyond is launching a raft of new series at MIPCOM including Great Pacific…
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Tricky Business and Cracked head Beta Film slate
Beta Film will launch Canadian cop series Cracked at MIPCOM. The German distributor has international…
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DRG and Daro share spoils of Swindle deal
DRG and Daro Film Distribution have jointly acquired distribution rights to The Great Mint Swindle…
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Cableready goes in search of treasure
US distributor Cableready is heading to Cannes with over 320 hours of programming, the most…
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Electric Sky has Nat Geo’s Turtle Boy for MIPCOM
British distributor Electric Sky is coming to Cannes with a number of new titles from…
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Banijay acquires rights to Opposite Worlds
Banijay International has acquired the global rights to Chilean reality format Opposite Worlds after striking…