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Stewart Clarke
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Entertainment One gets on board Philip Seymour Hoffman’s HBO show Upstate
Entertainment One (eOne) has become a coproduction partner on Philip Seymour Hoffman’s upcoming HBO series…
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Kees Abrahams’ Imagine Nation buys 50% of Absolutely Independent
Imagine Nation has bought a 50% stake in Netherlands-based formats distributor Absolutely Independent. Imagine Nation…
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Disney XD picks up Max Steel
Disney XD has acquired animated action series Max Steel. Disney’s boy-skewing channel has taken US…
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The X-Files creator Chris Carter to debut new mystery series The After at MIPCOM
Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files, has a new sci-fi suspense series The After…
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Zodiak inks first-look deal with Western Front
Zodiak Rights has agreed a first-look deal with UK-based indie Western Front Films. The distributor…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Raid the Cage
“If you can get it out of the cage you can have it!” is the tagline for Israeli-originated gameshow format Raid the Cage.
In the show couples answer questions to win time in the cage in question.
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BBC sells kids shows ahead of MIPCOM
BBC Worldwide has concluded several deals for its new slate of kids shows ahead of…
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Harvey Weinstein preps TV version of Miramax movie Shall We Dance?
Harvey Weinstein has told TBI that he plans to make a TV version of Shall We…
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Rastamouse becomes Rastasouris for Canal+
Canal+ has ordered a French-language version of hit preschool series Rastamouse. DHX has inked a…
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CBC cleans up with Napkin Man
Canadian public broadcaster the CBC has ordered The Adventures Napkin Man, a new kids series…
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French content creators condemn EC ‘procrastination’ over content tax
The industry group for content creators has slammed the European Commission for being too slow…
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Armando Nuñez becomes president of CBS’ distribution operations
Armando Nuñez has been made president of CBS Global Distribution Group, the content sales unit…
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Syfy and Hulu buy Primeval: New World
Entertainment One has sold Primeval: New World to Hulu and Syfy in the US. The…
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MIPCOM Interview: Jane Campion
Jane Campion is the Oscar-winning director behind The Piano. She will be at MIPCOM, with…
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Banijay considers legal action over Eyeworks’ diving format
French production and distribution group Banijay said this morning that it is taking legal advice…
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Belgian cabler Telenet pledges extra €30 million for local content
Telenet will commit €30 million of new investment to local programming across the next four…
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FremantleMedia splits drama and digital media; ups Donna Wiffen
FremantleMedia has separated its drama and digital divisions and promoted Donna Wiffen to head of…
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Discovery Networks to roll out dual-screen catch-up services
Discovery Networks International (DNI) is preparing to launch various second screen applications for its channel…
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Gurin teams up with Japanese broadcaster Fuji for formats
US producer The Gurin Company has joined forces with Japanese free-to-air broadcaster Fuji TV to…
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Bedlam Productions plucks Olwyn Silvester from Atlantic
UK indie producer Bedlam has recruited Olwyn Silvester as its first director of production. She…
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CTC announces management changes
Russian broadcaster CTC has announced a series of management changes. Natalia Bilan, formerly head of…
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Kevin Spacey heading to MIPCOM to promote House of Cards
Kevin Spacey will be in Cannes to promote his new Netflix series House of Cards….
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Australia’s ABC launching Cate Blanchett toon at MIPCOM
ABC Commercial, the international arm of the Australian public broadcaster is to launch Cate Blanchett-voiced…
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Entertainment One buys Hockey Skates for MIPCOM
Entertainment One (eOne) Family has acquired the rights to holiday movie The Magic Hockey Skates…
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9 Story sells Arthur to CBC and ABC ahead of MIPCOM
Canadian producer and distributor 9 Story Entertainment has agreed a raft of deals for kids…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Brandt Point
When FremantleMedia Enterprises was looking for a teen-skewing web series Generate was top of mind,…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Nation’s Brightest
Nation’s Brightest has been a big hit for German public broadcaster and now BBC One…
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The Hub buys new Sabrina the Teenage Witch animated series
Discovery and Hasbro joint venture channel The Hub has bought the upcoming animated series Sabrina:…
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PGS sells animated Charlie Chaplin series around the world
France-based PGS Entertainment has sold animated series Chaplin & Co to a raft of international…
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Ninja Warrior travels to Europe from Japan’s TBS
Japanese free-to-air broadcaster TBS will launch its Ninja Warrior format at MIPCOM. The series, which…