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Stewart Clarke
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Sony inks formats deals and first look with Israeli producer
The BBC has ordered a second season of Sony Pictures Television’s Breakaway and SPT has…
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Netflix picks up controversial Ricky Gervais comedy
Streaming service Netflix has acquired Ricky Gervais’ controversial comedy Derek. The show was piloted by…
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Studio 100 and Little Airplane making animated Bumba series
Studio 100 and Little Airplane are jointly producing a new animated Bumba series. The Studio…
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Fox Turkey preps local version of Disney’s Private Practice
Fox’s free-to-air channel in Turkey is about to launch a local version of Disney’s hit…
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The Walking Dead and NCIS coming to MIPCOM
The people behind hit US zombie series The Walking Dead and hit cop procedural NCIS…
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Sky and Warner Bros. renew volume deal
BSkyB and Warner Bros have renewed their movies deal. The agreement gives Sky, the News…
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Canal Plus agrees to new conditions to secure FTA channels
Canal Plus has finally secured a green light from the CSA for its takeover of…
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Warner Bros. TV hires China boss and relocates HQ to Beijing
Warner Bros.’ TV division has recruited Beibei Fan as vice president of distribution, for China….
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Power sells 100+ hours to TV Azteca
UK-based producer and distributor Power has sold a package of miniseries and TV movies to…
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Discovery orders Never Ever Do This At Home format
Discovery channel Canada has ordered a local version of Norwegian broadcaster NRK’s factual entertainment show…
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Entertainment One to sell DreamWorks movies to TV
Canada-based producer and distributor Entertainment One will sell DreamWorks’ feature films to broadcasters in the…
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MTG launches three movie channels for CIS
Modern Times Group (MTG)’s Viasat Broadcasting unit is to launch three new HD pay TV…
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Rive Gauche sells series to Australia
LA-based distributor Rive Gauche Television has sold a raft of series to broadcasters in Australia…
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MTV cuts raft of programming deals in CEE and CIS markets
Viacom International Media Networks has concluded numerous deals for MTV and Nickelodeon programming across the…
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Lionsgate widens distribution pact with Celestial
Lionsgate and Celestial Tiger Entertainment have widened the scope of their programme sales pact. Celestial…
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Kinetic and STV developing National Treasures
Kinetic Content and STV Productions are making National Treasures, a new fact-ent format for UK…
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Polish regulator approves merger of ‘n’ and Cyfra Plus
Polish competition regulator UOKiK has approved the merger between Canal Plus’ Polish subsidiary Cyfra Plus…
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Turner’s EMEA staff at risk of redundancy as Gerhard Zeiler’s restructuring gets underway
Turner Broadcasting’s international boss Gerhard Zeiler has appointed a five-strong management team that will conduct…
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RTL Germany preps new version of Old Christine
German free-to-air channel RTL has commissioned a local version of US sitcom The New Adventures…
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Banijay prevails in €1 million court case with Endemol
Endemol will have to repay Banijay €1 million after a Paris court overturned an earlier…
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Studio Lambert poaches Top Gear producer from the BBC
Studio Lambert has hired Gary Hunter, the BBC executive responsible for the hugely successful redesign…
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UK multichannel operators programming spend hits £2.2 billion
The main providers of commercial digital channels in the UK spent a cumulative £2.2 billion…
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Cartoonito buys Henson’s Doozer series
Cartoonito has bought the animated Doozers series from The Jim Henson Company. The Turner preschool…
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Marvista picks up trio of TV movies for MIPCOM
Producer and distributor Marvista Entertainment has picked up international rights to three TV movies that…
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Tricon expands scripted activity with Lewin Webb hire
Canada-based producer and distributor Tricon has hired veteran TV and film producer Lewin Webb as…
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ZDF picks up new Scandi crime drama
ZDF Enterprises has picked up international rights to Dicte, a new Scandinavian drama about a…
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The Americans to make MIPCOM debut
Fox’s new spy drama The Americans will have its debut at MIPCOM with a gala…
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Discovery orders gold diving three-parter
Discovery Asia-Pacific has commissioned a three-part factual series about crews of divers looking for abalone…
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Saban launches Paul Frank kids series Julius Jr.
Saban is launching a new series Julius Jr. The animated preschool series will be distributed…
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Zodiak picks up Horrid Henry
Zodiak Kids has picked up rights to kids series Horrid Henry. The distributor will sell…