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Stewart Clarke
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All3Media picks up Cash At Your Door
All3Media International has picked up rights to Israeli format Cash At Your Door and will…
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Discovery weighs international launches for Oprah and Hasbro channels
Having announced yesterday its intention to roll out female-skewing cable network TLC internationally, Discovery has…
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International generates more than UK for ITV Studios
2009 revenues were down at ITV studios, the production arm of UK free-to-air broadcaster ITV….
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BBC cutting spend on imports, reining in Worldwide
UK public broadcaster the BBC wants to reduce its spending on imported programming and enforce…
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BBC looks to slash spending on imported programming
The BBC is considering a drastic reduction in its spending on imported shows, according to…
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RDF hires Disney exec to head kids sales
RDF Rights has recruited Karen Vermeulen as the head of sales and coproduction for its…
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ITV Studios gets a handle on The Door
ITV Studios has won a UK commission for a new entertainment format The Door and…
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Shine’s Buried Life travels the world
Shine International has concluded a raft of deals for Reveille-produced hit series The Buried Life….
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ITN seals multiplatform deal with LIVING
ITN Productions has won an order from LIVING. It will supply an entertainment news show…
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Channels help offset programming reverse at Dori Media
Dori Media generated more income from its TV channels and less from its TV programming…
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Worldwide inks Universal Music output deal
BBC Worldwide has agreed a programming deal with music major Universal. One of the first…
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Bubble format pops in new territories
Entertainment format The Bubble has been sold to Sweden’s SVT and Ned3 in the Netherlands….
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BBC and PBS team to remake TV classics
BBC Worldwide and PBS are joining forces to remake classic British drama series Upstairs Downstairs…
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News Corp spending $70m buying into Middle Eastern TV
News Corp has agreed a US$70 million deal to take a stake in Rotana Group,…
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Banijay picks up Dori’s uMan
France-based production and distribution group Banijay has picked up a slew of European rights to…
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Sony buys 100hr package from BBC Worldwide
Sony Pictures Television has bought a 114hr package of programming from BBC Worldwide. The shows…
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Australian Seven Network merging with bulldozer company
Australian broadcaster and media company the Seven Network is merging with heavy equipment company WesTrac…
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Struggling Playboy teams with IMG
Adult entertainment specialist Playboy has teamed with IMG, which will handle the licensing of its…
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Investment in web series will hit £90m by 2013
The fledgling industry in original content made for the web will grow rapidly over the…
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De Mol’s Talpa teams with Warner Bros for US formats
John De Mol’s Talpa Media is teaming with Warner Bros to create formats for the…
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Sky buys Michael Eisnerâs Glenn Martin DDS
UK pay TV channel Sky1 has acquired animated series Glenn Martin DDS from Tornante, the…
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Working Title and NBC create TV indie
Movie company Working Title is teaming with NBC Universal to create a new TV production…
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RDF bringing Iron Chef to MIP
RDF Rights is launching cooking format Iron Chef at MIP TV. The show, which started…
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Warners launches VOD service in Poland
Warner Bros. has launched its first branded TV service in central and eastern Europe, rolling…
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Luther heads BBC’s drama offering at Showcase
BBC Worldwide will launch Luther, the new cop series from the team behind Spooks and…
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Orange picks up movies for French pay TV service
Orange has inked a deal with film distributor SND that gives it several first-run features…
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Endemol picks up Seven’s My Kitchen Rules
Endemol has picked up international rights to Australian reality series My Kitchen Rules. The show…
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Channel 4 loses £100 million Friends
UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has relinquished the rights to Friends, the US comedy series…
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Sundance picks up DCD package
Rainbow Media has picked up a package of programming from DCD Rights for its Sundance…
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Inside The Firestorm
The show: Inside The Firestorm The producer: Renegade Films The distributor: TVF Concept: Documentary about…