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Beat Your Host travels to Sweden
German gameshow Beat Your Host is launching in Sweden. A local version of the Raab…
Canwest launching MovieTime channel
Canadian media company Canwest is replacing its Lonestar westerns channel with a blockbuster features network, MovieTime….
Nick Lat Am, Sony making teen telenovela
Nickelodeon Latin America and Sony Pictures Television are joining forces to make an original telenovela…
Ovation TV
After a relaunch last June, US pay TV channel has boosted its distribution and it…
ABC Studios making Maid in Manhattan for TV
ABC Studios is making a pilot based upon the Jennifer Lopez 2002 Sony Pictures’ movie…
Beyond picks up MTV Networks shows
Beyond Distribution will handle international sales of several MTV Networks’ shows in time for MIPCOM….
CBeebies orders Ruby to the Rescue
CBeebies has ordered a new animation series Ruby to the Rescue. The show, produced by…
TeamTO sets up shop in Valence to start work new toons
French animation producer TeamTO has set up a new division that will start work on…
ABC Australia launches iView
Australian public broadcaster the ABC has launched its internet-based catch-up service, iView. The service will…
Nick launching in the Middle East
Nickelodeon is launching in the Middle East tomorrow and the kids channel operator now wants…
Ratings: Big Brother Oz bows out with 1.75m
The last ever episode of Big Brother Australia peaked with an audience of 1.75 million…
Weinsteins ink Italian pay TV deal
The Weinstein Company has cut a pay TV deal with Italian pay TV platform Sky…
ITV piloting My Little Soldiers
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a new family entertainment pilot My Little Soldiers, which…
Small screen to big screen
The success of the recent Sex and the City movie has, evidently, got others thinking…
Mother Vision pushes ahead with TV projects
Mother Vision, the television and film arm of London-based advertising agency Mother London, his moving…
Chorionâs Paddington Bear takes to the skies with BA
Chorion is launching a new unit that will use its roster of classic characters to…
Endemol brings in Lineker for Dutch soccer show
Endemol has inked a deal to produce content for the digital channel of the top…
Blueprint tooling up for HBOâs Hung
US producer Blueprint Entertainment is about to cast the lead for the upcoming HBO comedy…
Looking to the future with Sci Fi
Sci Fi president Dave Howe and programming boss Mark Stern were in London recently and…
Parthenon sets up film division
Indie producer and distributor Parthenon is moving into feature film finance and distribution. The UK…
UK kids TV under the microscope
TBI’s Megan Edwards attended children’s programming festival Showcomotion in Sheffield, England and got the low…
NBC cuts billion dollar deal for The Weather Channel
NBC and private equity backers have agreed to buy The Weather Channel in a deal…
Showcomotion news: JCC puts $22m on the table for coproduction
Al Jazeera’s Children’s Channel (JCC) has set aside US$22 million in the next 12 months…
Strike.TV goes live
The brains behind Strike.TV, the internet TV channel created by and for Hollywood writers, have…
Two more iD staffers jump ship for Passion
Two more ex-iD Distribution employees have joined Sally Miles’ new distribution company Passion. Emma Simpkins…
Channel 4 orders Bring Back⦠Star Trek⦠Fame
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered two more shows from the Bring Back… franchise. The…
GTV, Ziegler ready $28m Henri IV miniseries
French producer GTV and Germany’s Ziegler Film are about to start work on a €18…
What’s in fashion on Style?
Style is the sister channel to E! Entertainment and part of the Comcast group of…
Iacono says programming fund could be boosted again
ITV Worldwide will triple its fund for English-language program development and acquisition this year with…
BBC readies US HD channel
The BBC plans to launch a high definition version of its BBC America channel shortly,…