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Stewart Clarke
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Miramax making MIPCOM bow as it preps move into channels business
Miramax will be exhibiting at MIPCOM for the first time this October as it ramps…
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FX picks up ABC, DreamWorks, Canal+ series
The UK FX channel has picked up several big-ticket drama series including DreamWorks’ sci-fi miniseries…
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Fordson
The show: FordsonThe producer: North Shore FilmsThe distributor: Mercury MediaConcept: Documentary film about an Arab-American…
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List of potential Hulu buyers narrows
Microsoft has reportedly decided not to pursue a bid for Hulu. The software giant was…
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Hat Trick shops Dinner Date to international broadcasters
UK indie Hat Trick has sold a local version of its Dinner Date format to…
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Protect your IP as you produce it
With some 100 cases now decided worldwide – of which about 50% have been successful…
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Howie Mandel remaking Banijay format for US TV
US comedian and presenter Howie Mandell is remaking Celebrity Stand-Up for the US market. The…
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Fox sells five new series to Channel 4
Fresh from this year’s LA Screenings, Fox’s distribution arm has shopped five series to Channel…
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Banijay’s Cuarzo making Spanish version of The Village
Spanish producer Cuarzo Producciones is making a local version of UK-originated reality show The Village….
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Power to rebrand and move deeper into factual programming
UK based producer and distributor Power is preparing to rebrand and introduce a new name….
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BBC Worldwide notches another billion pound year as profits rocket
BBC Worldwide has reported record revenues and profit in its latest annual results. The commercial…
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Oprah net and TLC buys Undercover Boss
Oprah Winfrey’s cable network and TLC have jointly bought the cable TV rights to the…
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Moving North will change the face of BBC’s kids programming, boss says
UK public broadcaster the BBC moving its children’s TV output out of London will impact…
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Falling Skies lands on Sony nets as TNT orders season two
Sony has acquired the rights to Steven Spielberg produced sci-fi drama Falling Skies for its…
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Turkey’s Global Agency sells Perfect Bride format to China
Chinese broadcaster Hunan is to produce a local version of Turkish reality series Perfect Bride…
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BBC, Canal+, Nick, Turner back UK Cartoon Forum projects
The major broadcasters behind the raft of UK originated cartoons at this year’s Cartoon Forum…
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Still Standing
The show: Still Standing The producer: July – August Productions The distributor: Armoza Formats Concept:…
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Metronome CEO out as Shine restructures Nordic division
Par Sundberg will leave his position as CEO of Metronome after Shine inaugurated a management…
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Analysts bullish as AMC Networks launches
Financial analysts are broadly positive on the prospects for AMC Networks, the new cable channels…
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Cartoon Network and MDA looking for local toons
Cartoon Network has teamed with the Media Development Agency (MDA) to launch Snaptoons, an initiative…
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UK indie Tinopolis buys US indie A. Smith & Co
UK indie Tinopolis has bought its LA-based counterpart A. Smith & Co, the producer of…
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MTV buys new animated series from The Simpsons exec producer
MTV has taken international rights to Crash Canyon, the upcoming animated series from The Simpsons…
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Northern Alliance buys up more Nordic producers
Northern Alliance Group (NAG) has acquired another two Nordic production companies, Titan Television and Limelight…
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NATPE takes over Discop East as Discop founder preps two new markets
The twentieth edition of Discop in Budapest, which has just got underway, will be the…
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People to meet: Vlad Riashyn
Vlad Riashyn is the chief executive of Star Media Group, one of Russia’s largest independent…
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Cineflix shops 475hrs to CEE ahead of Discop
Cineflix International Distribution has sold 475 hours content to broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe…
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€200m line-up of European toons for Cartoon Forum 2011
Cartoon Forum, the animation screenings event that has served as a launch-pad for many of…
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All3Media cuts CEE deals ahead of Discop
All3Media International has sold a raft of programming to broadcasters in the Central and Eastern…
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Endemol appoints new DSP team following John Smithson’s departure
Endemol has installed a new management team at its factual producer Darlow Smithson after yesterday’s…
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People to meet: Ondrej Zach, HBO CE
Ondrej Zach is senior VP, programming and acquisitions, HBO Central Europe. Based in Prague, Ondrej…