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Stewart Clarke
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Starz moves into original unscripted programming
US cable net Starz has ordered its first original unscripted series, The Chair. The show…
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MIPTV claims 11,000 in total, 4,000 buyers
Reed Midem, the organisers of MIPTV, said this morning that there were 11,000 TV and…
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More deals for Keshet’s Boom! Format
Keshet International has shopped its new gameshow format Boom! to TV2 in Hungary and VTM…
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The CW takes Shaftesbury’s digital series to TV
The CW is taking digital series Backpackers from the web to TV. The US broadcast…
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BBC Worldwide conducts Maestro format deal
BBC Worldwide has struck a deal for a new, local version of its conducting format…
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Tuvalu making BBC’s Stargazing Live for Ned1
Tuvalu Media, the Dutch production company that recently separated itself from Sony, is making a…
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Nat Geo’s Cosmos the most popular show MIPDoc
National Geographic’s space series Cosmos – A Spacetime Odyssey was the most-screened programme at this…
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Vice, FremantleMedia launch Munchies, report sales interest
Hipster youth brand Vice has teamed with FremantleMedia to launch a new online food channel,…
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Israel’s Gil has most-watched MIP format For Real
Gil Productions’ Are You For Real? was the most-screened show at the MIPFormats event in…
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Sky veteran exec to head BT’s TV unit
Delia Bushell has been appointed managing director of BT TV, the UK telco’s growing pay…
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Discovery free to ‘reinvent’ natural history post-BBC deal
Discovery International Networks’ content boss, Luis Silberwasser, has told TBI the expiry of a natural…
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MIPTV2014: All3Media sells Oz dramas ahead of Cannes launches
All3Media International has sealed deals for World War One period drama Anzac Girls ahead of…
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MIPTV2014: Lituchy’s NMV on scripted format drive in Cannes
Todd Lituchy’s content company New Media Vision will be on a scripted format drive at…
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Discovery weighs sharing premium sports rights for Eurosport
Discovery boss David Zaslav has told TBI that it is weighing partnering with other media…
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MIPTV 2014: Keshet preps Elevator Pitch for buyers
Keshet International, the distribution arm of the Israeli broadcaster Keshet, will launch a new high-concept…
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MIPTV 2014: Red Bull Media House kicking off Neymar sales
Red Bull Media House will launch a doc about Brazilian soccer star Neymar at MIPTV….
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MIPTV 2014: Lucy Smith takes the reins at MIP-branded events
MIPTV and MIPCOM organiser Reed MIDEM has elevated Lucy Smith to director of the MIPDoc,…
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MIPTV 2014: Dori’s Power Couple step out in Cannes
Dori Media Group is hoping it is has the next big Israeli-originated hit on it…
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MIPTV2014: Electric Sky brings London Live soccer to Cannes
Electric Sky is launching a freestyle football doc F2 Kicks Off at MIPTV. The UK-based…
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DJ Tiësto back In the Booth for YouTube series
DJ Tiësto will star in a third season of YouTube series In the Booth. The…
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MIPTV 2014: Keshet wants Cannes to Boom!
Keshet International is seeking to replicate the huge success it had with Rising Star at…
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Fox orders Zig Zag’s Prince Harry lookalike dating series
Fox has greenlit I Wanna Marry ‘Harry’, a new reality show in which US women…
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BBC Worldwide’s Ben Donald launching drama indie
BBC Worldwide drama boss Ben Donald is launching Cosmopolitan Pictures, a new UK-based indie. The…
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TBI Interview: Robert Rodriguez on TV
Movie writer, producer and director Robert Rodriguez is the latest big-screen name to make a…
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MIPTV: Twofour moving into kids distribution
UK-based distributor Twofour Rights will start selling kids shows at MIPTV. The kids slate will…
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MIPTV 2014: Jerry Springer heads to Cannes with Discovery
Jerry Springer will be in Cannes for MIPDoc. The infamous US talkshow host will speak…
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Sony commits to international Crackle services
Sony Pictures Television has told TBI that none of its international Crackle streaming services will…
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Discovery launching ID Xtra channel in CEE and MEA
Discovery is launching ID Xtra in Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. The…
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Ben Sherwood to replace Anne Sweeney at Disney/ABC
Ben Sherwood has been named as Anne Sweeney’s replacement as boss of Disney/ABC Television Group….
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Jesus Perezagua exiting Fox International Channels
Jesus Perezagua, Fox International Channels president, Europe and Africa, is leaving the company after a…