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News brief: Former ABC boss joins Genius board
Former ABC Broadcast Group president Tony Thomopoulos as joined the board of Andy Heyward’s kids…
Starz, BBC and Company Pictures team for abduction drama
Production has started on The Missing, a US-European coproduced drama about a man obsessed with…
News brief: Warner Bros. close to Machinima investment
Hollywood studio Warner Bros. is leading a round of funding that will see US$18 million…
Discovery freaks out with mind control series
Discovery Networks International has ordered The Mind Control Freaks, a ten-part fact-ent series from All3Media’s…
History, ZDF, Story House team for Neanderthal Apocalypse
The North American History channels, ZDF Enterprises and prodco Story House are coproducing a new…
News brief: Rai Gulp backs Sendokai Champions
Italian kids channel Rai Gulp has acquired animated action series Sendokai Champions from Spanish distributor…
Dori Media and The Company join forces
Dori Media and US producer The Company have inked a production and development pact. The…
Oscars bounce drives Wuaki on-demand rentals
Streaming service Wuaki.tv has attributed a massive spike in new release rentals to Sunday’s Academy…
Spain’s Zinkia in administration
Pocoyo’s Madrid-based brand owner Zinkia Entertainment has gone into administration, marking the latest kids IP…
Nordic World adds to distributor stable
Distribution group Nordic World has agreed a deal with Denmark’s TV2 and will sell the…
Oscar ceremony slays The Walking Dead in the ratings
US network ABC’s coverage of the Academy Awards convincingly knocked zombie series The Walking Dead…
Hulu hires Disney’s Connolly for distribution role
US streaming service has hired Tim Connolly, an exec from one of its parents, Disney,…
Canada’s Peacock Alley gets horror anthology
Canadian distributor Peacock Alley has bagged international rights to horror anthology series Darknet. The six-part…
News brief: Scorpion has Porn on the Brain
London-based sales house Scorpion TV has acquired Porn on the Brain, a Channel 4 documentary…
Seven moves into UK production
Australia’s Seven Network is moving into UK production by setting up a local indie with…
Pier 21 sales deal a stroll for eOne
North American studio Entertainment One has signed a first-look deal with veteran producer Laszlo Barna’s…
News brief: Cote Ouest African dramas headed to Cannes
African distributor Côte Ouest is bringing an Angolan Emmy-nominated soap opera to Cannes for MIPTV….
News brief: Beyond flies in to Airshow
Beyond Distribution has acquired global sales rights to Airshow, an 8x60mins Discovery Canada factual series….
News brief: Publicis Groupe chief to keynote at MIPTV
Maurice Lévy, chairman and CEO of France-based advertising giant Publicis Groupe, will deliver a keynote…
News brief: Rive Gauche traces Troy Dunn’s TNT series
US distributor Rive Gauche has acquired international rights to APB with Troy Dunn, a TNT…
News brief: CEE deals for DHX kids shows
Chellomedia Central Europe is among buyers of DHX Media’s kids series. The channels operator has…
Kumars comedy format travels to Turkey
The Kumars will be remade in Turkey after local broadcaster Star TV ordered a six…
BBC Worldwide appoints Africa boss
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK pubcaster, has hired Joel Churcher as vice…
Pioneer Productions making UK floods doc
UK factual producer Pioneer Productions is making a fast turnaround doc about the recent floods that…
Vikings season two ships viewers
The new season of History’s period drama Vikings has failed to muster the same stellar…
The case of Midsomer Murders’ social media push
Long-running detective series Midsomer Murders is a classic whodunit, a classic British export – even…
Endemol sells talent format to Middle East’s MBC
Pan-regional Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC has ordered a local version of Your Face Sounds Familiar,…
News brief: 9 Story Gets Ace series
9 Story Enterprises has picked up international rights to Get Ace, the new 52x11mins animated…
Warner Bros. seals ER, Gossip Girl, Liars format deals
US drama series ER, Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars will be remade in Asia…
Euro pubcasters stock up on Earth Touch docs
Wildlife producer and distributor Earth Touch has sold a raft of its docs to public…