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Discovery launches online in China
Discovery has launched an online service in China, in association with Baidu, the largest Chinese…
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Ben Silverman leaving NBC to set up prodco with Diller
NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman is leaving the broadcaster to start a new production company with…
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ITV picks up Vampire Diaries and other shows in Warners deal
ITV has acquired US drama series The Vampire Diaries as part of a wide-ranging deal…
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Andy Heyward links with AOL for Warren Buffett and Martha Stewart toons
A Squared, the new company from kids TV veteran Andy Heyward, is linking with AOL…
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‘Presenting’ natural history…
Natural history films are notoriously expensive to make. Sending a film crew half way around…
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ABC picks up UKTV’s Ty’s Great British Adventure
ABC has acquired lifestyle series Ty’s Great British Adventure from British cable network UKTV. The…
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Raft of Scandi deals for Cineflix
Cineflix’s distribution arm has closed a swathe of deals across the Scandi countries including Gillian…
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ABC Australia restructures ahead of kids channel launch
Australian public broadcaster the ABC has reorganised its kids department ahead of the launch of…
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Jetix Italy bosses buy GXT and K2 channels
Management at Jetix Italy have agreed to buy out the Jetix spin-off channels GXT and…
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Nat Geo, C4 orders WW2 doc from Icon
Nat Geo, Channel 4 and Thirteen have ordered The Airmen & the Headhunters from UK…
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Alfred Haber picks up Discovery’s Moments of Impact
US distributor Alfred Haber has taken international rights to Moments of Impact, a reality series…
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Pocoyo producer to float next week
Zinkia, the Spanish producer and distributor behind global hit kids series Pocoyo, will join Spain’s…
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Worldwide revenues top £1 billion, but Kangaroo costs hit profit
Revenues at BBC Worldwide topped £1 billion (US$163 billion) for the first time in the…
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Biggest pay TV platforms in Middle East merge
Showtime Arabia and Orbit, the largest pay TV platforms in the Middle East, have merged….
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Star India launches Hindi version of Moment of Truth
Indian broadcaster Star is launching Sach Ka Saamna, a Hindi version of the Moment of…
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Gurin Company inks First & Last format deals
Production and distribution company The Gurin Company has sealed format deals across the world for…
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Reding calls for new system for trading online content
EU Commissioner for Telecoms and Media, Viviane Reding has called for a new system that…
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AETN’s UK crime channel commissions eight shows
AETN’s UK Crime and Investigation channel has commissioned eight new series and specials. The channel,…
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DCD dips into £10 million fund to buy TV rights
The distribution division of UK indie group DCD Media has taken sales rights to a…
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Lisa Opie consulting for Twofour on online TV service
UK indie producer Twofour has appointed former Five managing director Lisa Opie as an external…
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HBO unveils summer docs slate
US pay cable net HBO has unveiled a slate of factual programming for the summer…
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France’s Banijay moves into the US
Banijay Entertainment is setting up a US entity with Chris Cowan and Jean-Michel Michenaud, the…
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Andy Heyward back with new start-up, A Squared
Ex -DIC Entertainment boss Andy Heyward has got back into the kids TV business, founding…
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ABC Oz seals Review format deal for UK, Denmark and Belgium
ABC Commercial, the commercial arm of Australian public broadcaster the ABC, has sealed a deal…
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Life after Lost
Lost creators and executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are busy readying the sixth…
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Raft of Secret Millionaire deals for RDF
RDF Rights has shopped its Secret Millionaire format to Australia, Belgium, Canada, Italy and Spain….
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MTV cuts kids format deal in China
MTV Networks International has inked a deal with CCTV for a local version of its…
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Sci Fi UK picks up pair of big-ticket US series
NBC’s Sci Fi channel in the UK has picked up Disney-distributed Sam Raimi-produced fantasy series…
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ITV strikes pan-Asian deal for Iâm a Celebrity
ITV Global has confirmed the sale of its I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of…
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Metan and Shangdong team for $75m drama series
Metan, the China-focused production outfit started earlier this year by ex-News Corp boss Marty Pompadur…