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Talpa organises US formats pitching competition
The US division Talpa is soliciting format ideas for Talpa Pitchfest, a pitching competition that…
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Sebastian Coe frontrunner for vacant BBC Trust chairman role
Sebastian Coe is being strongly tipped to become the next chairman of the BBC Trust,…
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HBO orders new Danny McBride comedy
HBO has commissioned Vice Principals, a new comedy series starring Eastbound & Down‘s Danny McBride….
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FremantleMedia to serve up new cooking format
FremantleMedia has taken international rights to Spanish-originated cooking format My Mom Cooks Better Than Yours….
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Two more broadcasters wanna marry Prince Harry
ITV in the UK and M-Net in South Africa have both acquired reality series I…
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Banijay raids Endemol for US Studio hire
Banijay Studios North America division has poached Caroline Baumgard from Endemol and she will serve…
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Prima buys into Talpa’s Utopia
Romanian free-to-air broadcaster Prima TV has ordered a local version of Utopia, the reality format…
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NBC consolidates scripted as Rabinowitz exits
US broadcaster NBC is creating a single unit to house its comedy and drama development…
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Netflix swoops to bag Sony Animation movies
Streaming service Netflix has scored a licensing agreement for Sony Pictures Animation movies, and will…
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Paramount agrees first-look deal with True Detective producer
Paramount Television has struck a three-year first-look deal with Anonymous Content, the US production company…
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Show of the week: Breadwinnners
Breadwinners is a first – the first full series commissioned as a result of Nickelodeon’s…
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Nick Oz hands VIMN’s Nam GM role
Nickelodeon Networks Australia and New Zealand has appointed Jihee Nam has its VP and general…
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Shine launches US direct-to-consumer channel
Shine International has launched Shine Now, a direct to consumer service that will make a…
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Fuji and Primeworks join for human interest doc
Japanese broadcaster Fuji, Malaysian producer Primeworks Studios and its Japanese counterpart Man Union have agreed…
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SVT the latest to buy kids series Nina Patalo
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has picked up 78x7mins kids series Nina Patalo. The series is…
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MTG appoints Scandi TV boss
Modern Times Group has recruited Anders Jensen as executive VP of Scandinavian free-TV operations. Jensen…
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Barcroft strikes deal with Japan’s GyaO!
Producer and digital channels and footage provider Barcroft Media is branching out into Japan after…
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Canal+ buys Fox’s Wayward Pines
French pay TV broadcaster Canal+ has become the first international buyer of upcoming M. Night…
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Shine appoints Iberia acquisitions boss
Shine Iberia has recruited Ruth Martínez as its new head of acquisitions. Martínez will be…
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Spartacus making basic cable debut on Syfy
Syfy has acquired all three seasons of swords-and-sandals series Spartacus and its launch on the…
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Foxtel acquires 250-hour Cineflix package
Foxtel has bought a bumper 250-hour package of factual programming from Cineflix Rights with an…
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News brief: Ofcom levies £120k fine on ESPN
UK communications regulator Ofcom has fined ESPN (Europe, Middle East and Africa) £120,000 (US$202,129) for…
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BBC orders pre-election Parliament doc series
UK pubcaster the BBC has greenlit Inside the Commons, a four-part documentary from political filmmaker…
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Distribution360 takes Sex, Fame & Murder rights
Toronto-based sales house Distribution360 has picked up international rights to Sex, Fame & Murder, the…
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Never Tear Us Apart – the INXS series
This miniseries from Shine Australia aims to lift the lid on legendary Australian rock band…
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Kids live-action takes a step forward
The value of investing in live-action programming is becoming abundantly clear to broadcasters around the…
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Nat Geo, TF1 order D-Day special
National Geographic Channel has ordered D-Day Sacrifice, a two-hour special that will go out on…
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BBC Sport launches on Roku in the UK
The BBC has launched a BBC Sport app for Roku connected TV devices in the…
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First HBO shows land on Amazon
The first wave of HBO programming has landed on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service in…
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RTL CBS channels secure StarHub deal
The RTL CBS Entertainment HD and RTL CBS Extreme HD channels will launch on Singaporean…