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Documentary filming – how much is too much?
Rob Davis, co-owner, Double Act Productions I’m a documentary filmmaker who runs Double Act Productions…
News brief: Thai prodco wants to Keep Your Light Shining
The deals are continuing for Turkish singing competition format Keep Your Light Shining. Thailand’s Content…
Scripps ‘offers BBCWW £500m for UKTV’
Scripps Networks International has reportedly offered the BBC as much as £500 million (US$849.2 million)…
CBBC, ZDFE visit Scream Street
UK children’s channel CBBC has come on board a fast-paced comedy series that Germany’s ZDF…
Lifetime orders Dance Moms spin-off from Collins Avenue
Lifetime has ordered Raising Asia, a reality series about child prodigy Asia Monet Ray, who…
News brief: Ukraine spotlights Keep Your Light Shining
A Ukrainian broadcaster is getting a local remake of Global Agency-sold format Keep Your Light…
News brief: NATPE honouring Netflix’s Ted Sarandos
NATPE will award Ted Sarandos a Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award at its Miami event in…
HIT triple hire includes Davidsen return
HIT Entertainment has hired a trio of senior executives, one being a former staffer who…
Digital TV homes will top one billion this year
The addition of 130 million new digital TV homes will take the global total to…
MarVista sets Disney’s Pants on Fire
MarVista Entertainment is producing and distributing Pants on Fire, a new comedy movie for Disney…
Universal Channel books in drama with TNT’s The Librarians
Universal Channel has acquired international rights to upcoming drama series The Librarians. The upcoming series…
News brief: Heggessy leaves Boom Pictures
Lorraine Heggessey (pictured, standing) has reportedly left Boom Pictures, the UK-based production group she set…
Russian net buys German improv comedy remake rights
Russian channel CTC has acquired local remake rights to German improv comedy Schiller Street. The…
Hollywood stars set for MIPCOM Book of Negroes debut
MIPCOM will play host to a worldwide premiere preview of upcoming Canadian event miniseries The…
Content bags Legendary’s Dead Rising
Content Media Corp. has acquired international sales rights to a feature film based on the…
Got Talent tops Rising Star US debut
The American Rising Star took five million overall viewers on its debut outing on ABC,…
Scripps lifestyle networks spread in Europe
A pair of Scripps Networks International channels have launched on a number of satellite platforms…
Show of the week: Last Seen Alive
Investigation Discovery’s latest series launched on June 1 in the US to ratings that Lucy…
Antena tuned to Romanian TV
The Romanian TV market is ultra-competitive with numerous channels vying for ratings and a slice…
Swedish pubcaster goes Up in Flames
Swedish educational broadcaster UR has prebought Life in Flames, a documentary for Discovery about firefighters…
Sky 1 orders latest comedy-drama
UK satellite channel Sky 1 HD has commissioned a six-part comedy drama about a teenager…
Russia sets out House Rules
Russian free-to-air broadcaster Ren TV has commissioned a local version of Red Arrow International’s Australian…
CEE nets bag Sky Vision series
Broadcasters from central and eastern Europe have acquired 45 hours of programming from UK-based distributor…
Nat Geo Channel takes off with Turkish airline doc
National Geographic Channel Turkey has partnered with Turkish Airlines to create a fly-on-the-wall doc series….
Lionsgate promotes Hughes to VOD sales chief
Stateside studio Lionsgate has promoted Thomas Hughes to executive VP, worldwide digital distribution. In the…
ITV buys Playmobil kids series
ITV has acquired Super 4, the kids animated series based upon the Playmobil toy brand….
Australia’s Ten slumps on rising costs, gloomy profit forecast
Australian Ten Network’s share price fell almost 10% as the free-to-air broadcaster said annual revenues…
Nat Geo commissions specials out of London hub
National Geographic Channels International has greenlit ‘90s Greatest, 9/11 Rescue Cops and Rosetta: Comet Landing,…
BBC Worldwide promotes Forsyth, Reynolds
The commercial arm of the UK’s BBC has promoted senior factual executives Tracy Forsyth and…
Miramax hires TV VP
US producer and distributor Miramax has hired Daniel Pipski as VP of its TV division….