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Stewart Clarke
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Road Wars
The show: Road Wars The producer: Raw Cut TV for Sky One (UK) The distributor:…
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RDF wraps up buyout
UK indie producer and distributor RDF has completed its management buyout and delisted its shares…
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Endemol sets up shop in Brazil
Endemol has launched a wholly-owned Brazilian offshoot, Endemol Brasil, which will produce a range of…
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The Doctors
Screenwatch: The Doctors The producer: Stage 29 ProductionsThe distributor: CBS Paramount International Television Concept: Daytime…
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Double Discovery deal for Breakthrough
Breakthrough Entertainment has inked a pair of deals with Discovery, selling it factual series Greatest…
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Viacom’s Epix preps original TV programming
Epix, the soon-to-launch US cable channel from MGM, Lionsgate and Viacom, will debut an on-air…
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E1 the new name in indie TV
Entertainment conglomerate Entertainment One has regrouped all of its companies under the E1 Entertainment banner….
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Sky buys Fox’s Lies
UK pay TV channel Sky1 has acquired Fox’s midseason US drama Lie to Me. The…
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Channel 4 talks to BBC, Five and BT ahead of PSB Review
UK commercial public service broadcaster Channel 4 is understood to have held behind-the-scenes talks with…
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Battlefield Mysteries
The show: Battlefield Mysteries The producer: Breakthrough Films & Television for History Television The distributor:…
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Al Jazeera Kids-backers launch $30m preschool channel
The backers of Qatar-based kids network Al Jazeera Children’s Channel have launched a preschool offering,…
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ITVS offers funding to international indie factual producers
ITVS, the US-based organisation that funds and promotes independently produced public service factual films and…
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Beyond taking Numberjacks 2 to market
Beyond Distribution has picked up the international rights to the latest season of preschool series…
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Nat Geo picks up rights for FTD’s Aplocalypse
National Geographic Channels International has picked up the international rights to France Télévisions’ flagship documentary…
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CBBC hires drama boss and launches kids iPlayer
UK public broadcaster the BBC today launched a version of iPlayer for children and hired…
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Orange to invest in original productions
French telco Orange is set to invest a proportion of its revenue in original local…
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BBC One orders second helping of Merlin
Shine-produced fantasy drama series Merlin has been renewed for a second season by BBC One…
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FremantleMedia sells 1,500hrs into Asia
Fremantle Media Enterprises has announced a raft of programme sales across Asia on the first…
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Greer Shephard on cable vs. network TV and her new series Trust Me
Greer Shephard is a prominent producer of edgy cable programming. She is responsible for FX’s…
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ER gets new CEO and £13m credit line
Kids entertainment company Entertainment Rights has appointed ex-Disney exec Deborah Dugan CEO and is parting…
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Showtime during the hard times…
Patrick Svensk on making the best out of a bad macro-economic situation Like every other…
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Warners about to ink China VOD deal
BesTV, a Chinese IPTV service operated by regional media giant the Shanghai Media Group and…
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Lythgoe and Simon launch new production company
American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe has launched his own production company with music entrepreneur Simon…
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100 Places To Remember…
The show: 100 Places To Remember Before They Disappear The producer: CO+ Life The distributor:…
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BBC and HBO order more Little Britain USA
US cable network HBO and British public broadcaster BBC have recommissioned comedy series Little Britain…
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Dominick Dunne: After the Party
The show: Dominick Dunne: After the Party The producers: Road Trip Film, Film Art Doco…
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MySpace boss optimistic about 2009
Chris DeWolfe, the CEO of MySpace, says that the social network can increase revenues in…
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BT Vision inks Fox movie deal
Twentieth Century Fox has inked a video on demand deal with UK IPTV service BT…
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Raft of factual commissions for Cineflix
Indie producer Cineflix has announced 40hrs worth of commissions for its factual unit. The four…
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MTV’s HD channel to hit the UK, Lat-Am
MTV Networks International has announced a second wave of launches for its new high-def channel…