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Ex-Canal+ and Fremantle execs launching baby boomer channel
Former Canal+ exec Philippe Gildas and ex-Fremantle France boss Gaspard de Chavagnac are launching a…
Ratings watch: Got Talent gets viewers
The second season of talent format Got Talent has got off to a good start…
Loonland looks at sale, merger options
TV Loonland, which reports nine-month financial results tomorrow, could be sold or merge with another…
Discovery and Nat Geo demand more from international
Factual content specialists Discovery and Nat Geo have reorganised their operations with a view to…
Parthenon plans more deals after Entara agreement
Parthenon Entertainment, the UK factual and kids producer/distributor, is looking to ink more acquisitions following…
Paws & Claws! Wildlife programming
With airtime and commissions tougher to come by, natural history producers are having to be…
Euro consolidation continues
The trend for distributors acquiring independent production companies is set to continue following deals involving…
Net5 repositions itself with new look
Dutch broadcaster Net5 has undergone a creative rebranding and shed its image as a female-skewing…
Fremantle brings back Crackerjack
Fremantle Australia is to relaunch the Crackerjack brand, twelve months after the producer was merged…
NBCU preps intn’l production HQ
NBC Universal will increase its international production activity after launching a production hub in London….
Sony takes SET and Animax to Africa
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), the international TV arm of the Hollywood studio, is set…
DeAgostini readies deals
Following its unsuccessful bid to acquire Endemol in May, Italian media group De Agostini is…
H20 swims towards third series
Live-action kids show H20: Just Add Water is likely to be commissioned for a third…
Skatoony heads to India
Cartoon Network has commissioned a Hindi version of gameshow Skatoony. The show has also been…
MDA grants funds for animation
Singapore’s Media Development Authority has launched a scheme to boost production of short animated films…
Little Mosque heading for the US
The producers of Little Mosque on the Prairie are closing on a deal with a…
Fremantle rolls out Human Tetris
Fremantle is preparing to launch a new international format based on a Japanese gameshow. It…
Foxtel launches Wag’s Boutique
Foxtel, the Australian pay TV operator, has commissioned a local version of footie wives shopping…
Bringiton sells format to China
Swedish producer and distributor Bringiton has sold a format into China. China Entertainment Television is…
Animal Planet preps Irwin tribute
Animal Planet is preparing to commemorate Steve Irwin’s with a selection on shows about the…
E! teams with ninemsn in Oz
E! Entertainment is launching a series of online short-form shows in Australia. The entertainment channel…
Sci Fi unleashes Legion of Fire
Sci Fi UK, the NBC Univeral-owned thematic channel, has commissioned its first exclusively online show…
Yahoo! inks reality TV deal
Internet search engine Yahoo! is boosting its line up of original programming after it inked…
Discovery launches UK mobile channels
Discovery Networks has launched two new mobile TV channels in the UK. It has launched…
The Office launches online
The Office is set to be available online for the first time in the US…
Providence buys into Hulu
Private equity investor Providence Equity Partners has acquired a stake in News Corp and NBC…
Trading card deal for The Likeables
Animated soccer series The Likeables, the official cartoon of the FA Premier League, is set…
BBC catches Underground Ernie
UK independent producer Joella Productions has appointed BBC Worldwide as the international programme sales and…
Mattel recalls Cars toys
Toy giant Mattel has recalled 436,000 Cars toys worldwide after finding "impermissable levels of lead"….
Comment: Tony Brown, editor, ASIAcom on James Packer and PBL Media
Researching this piece brought one of those "has it really been that long?" moments that…