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ITV orders Celebrity Squares reboot
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a revamped version of Celebrity Squares. The gameshow reboot…
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CNN commissions Jesus doc series
Turner’s news and current affairs network CNN has ordered Jesus Code, a six-part series connecting…
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Turkey’s Light attracts ProSieben
German broadcaster ProSieben has ordered its own version of Turkish singing format Keep Your Light…
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Web ad revenues surpass TV
Internet advertising in the US has exceeded TV advertising revenues for the first time. Internet…
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News brief: France’s ZED lands sales/acquisitions manager
French documentary producer and distributor ZED has hired a new sales and acquisitions manager for…
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Relativity bid threatens Disney’s Maker takeover
LA film firm Relativity Media is looking to hijack The Walt Disney Company’s takeover of…
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BBC Four breaks Australia’s The Code
UK digital channel BBC Four has acquired Australian drama The Code. BBC Four claims the…
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First original Polish drama for AXN
Sony Pictures Television channel AXN Central Europe is getting its first local production for the…
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Syfy orders scripted space opera
US cable net Syfy has ordered The Expanse, a straight to series ‘space opera’. The…
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Amazon and BBC Worldwide cut content deal
Amazon has struck a programming deal with BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK…
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Massive job and budget cuts at Canada’s CBC
Canadian public broadcaster the CBC is shedding over 650 jobs in the wake of a…
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Zodiak seals Czech pubcast deal for Nation’s Brightest
Czech pubcaster CT has ordered a local version of quiz format The Nation’s Brightest, TBI…
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News brief: Cartoon Network poaches content boss from NBCU
Cartoon Network has recruited Brian Robillard as vice president, content business operations for its Cartoon…
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Raft of VTV format deals for Shine
Shine International has closed a series of deals for its formats with Vietnamese broadcaster VTV….
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News brief: BBC Worldwide cuts Kiwi deal
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has licensed a raft of…
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Discovery orders Pistorius trial special
Discovery has secured exclusive access to the parents of South African model Reeva Steenkamp for…
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AOL renews slate of original series
AOL has renewed several of its original series. The internet firm is pushing into original…
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Shine recruits scripted formats scout
Shine International has recruited a formats scout who will seek out drama projects hailing from…
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Channel 5 commissions new kids series
UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered Wissper, a new preschool series from UK indie…
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Nordic World bags rights to buzzy new Israeli gameshow
NordicWorld has picked up international rights to The Big Picture, a new Israeli gameshow format…
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Tera Mater and francetv distribution cut doc output deal
Factual producer Tera Mater Factual Studios and francetvdistribution, have agreed an output deal. Under the…
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UKTV buys Gillian Anderson drama from Fox
UKTV has acquired Crisis, the new US drama series starring Gillian Andersen. The series, which…
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RAI merges sales divisions
The commercial arm of Italian pubcaster RAI is restructuring, with its Trade division coming together…
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Spain latest to go Boom!
Spain’s Atresmedia has followed France’s TF1 and the US’s FOX in buying Keshet Intenational gameshow…
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL lands on YEP!
Anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL will premiere on Germany children’s programming block YEP! On May 6….
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Sky Italia debuts Discovery nets
Pay TV provider Sky Italia has added four Discovery Communications-owned channels and one from the…
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Slovenia makes a half-century of Strictly remakes
Strictly Come Dancing is to be remade in Slovenia, a deal that takes the show…
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TVF scores a Psych Out!
TVF International has acquired rights to Atomic Entertainment’s latest format, Psych Out!. TVFI will now…
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My Family moves to Russia
Russian broadcaster CTC has inked a deal for a local version of DLT Raydar Rights-sold…
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WOWOW in for Scorsese doc
Japanese pay TV broadcaster WOWOW has come on board Martin Scorsese’s documentary The New York…