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Noriega moves up at Splash Entertainment
Mevelyn Noriega has been elevated to senior VP, sales and administration at Splash Entertainment. The…
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Love format will Tear Zig Zag and Gurin Apart
UK and US independent producers Zig Zag and The Gurin Company are joining forces to…
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Cheetah Diaries Powers factual sales
Power’s The Cheetah Diaries has been picked up by a raft of international broadcasters. Three…
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FilmBox buys Endemol scripted show
The FilmBox movie channels have acquired a package of drama programming from Endemol Worldwide Distribution….
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Whoopi Goldberg making reality series about her daughter
Whoopi Goldberg’s One Ho Productions and US indie 44 Blue Productions are teaming to make…
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FIC secures all Wayward Pines rights
Fox International Channels has acquired rigths to M. Night Shyamalan’s event thriller series Wayward Pines….
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News brief: Broadcasters buy All3 gardening shows
All3Media has sold two of its gardening and lifestyle shows to a range of international…
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News brief: Football doc Mata Mata finds Euro homes
Red Arrow International-sold Brazilian football doc Mata Mata has gone to platforms in Belgium and…
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Taxidermy doc comes together on Channel 4
The UK’s Channel 4 has commissioned a special documentary on taxidermy – the craft of…
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Breakthrough acquires film firm Joker
Canadian film and television company Breakthrough Entertainment has acquired North American prodco Joker Films. Joker…
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Suits fits on Amazon
Amazon’s UK on-demand service Prime Instant Video has acquired a trio of scripted shows from…
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TV3, RDF are Sitting on a Fortune
Ireland’s TV3 is coproducing its latest gameshow, Sitting on a Fortune, with Zodiak Media-owned UK…
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Show of the week: Grandpas Over Flowers
Take four well-known South Korean actors of pensioner age and a young porter-cum-minder on a…
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Canada’s CTV buys US Rising Star
Canadian free-to-air broadcaster CTV has bought the upcoming finished US version of Israeli talent show…
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Spike orders Tutankhamen drama miniseries
US cable channel Spike TV has ordered a six-part scripted miniseries based on legendary Egyptian…
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Return for HBO’s Comeback, Netflix’s Orange
American premium cable channel HBO has ordered a new limited season run of 2005 sitcom…
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Fox swoops for Gotham
US broadcast network Fox has officially taken its buzzy Batman prequel project Gotham to series….
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Discovery commissions Everest special
Discovery has ordered Bear Grylls: Man Vs Everest , a one-off special for its international…
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News brief: UK kids channel package from 9 Story
UK digital kids channel CSC has bought a package of programming from Canadian producer and…
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Sky Vision branches out in Iberia, Italy and Lat-Am
Sky Vision, the content sales arm of UK pay TV operator BSkyB, has brought on…
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Aussie prodco hires Peep Show star Matt King
Matt King, one of the stars of British comedy series Peep Show, has been recruited…
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BBC Worldwide appoints branding boss
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has hired Sarah Holt as…
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Nerd Corps working on kids toon with Steven Hawking
Canadian producer Nerd Corps and Pure Grass Films are collaborating with physicist Stephen Hawking and…
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AT&T eyes US$40b DirecTV takeover: report
US telco AT&T has directly approached satellite pay TV firm DirecTV about a possible takeover,…
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Outgoing boss announces new BBC Three series
UK digital youth-skewed channel BBC Three has ordered three new formats. From the BBC’s own…
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ITV Studios US hires business affairs boss from CBS
The US division of ITV Studios has recruited Tom Lane as senior VP, business &…
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First Hand deals in Death – A Series About Life
Switzerland-based distributor First Hand Films has struck a raft of international deals for its factual…
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Hot in Cleveland hitting 100, gets renewed
US comedy series Hot in Cleveland has been renewed for a sixth season. The sitcom,…
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Viewpoint: Kids TV funding for indies
If you work in kids TV, you can’t help but look over the fence and…
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Content Media cuts drama deal with Keo Films
Producer and distributor Content Media Corporation has agreed a first-look deal with KEO Films, as…