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Temple Street sets up shop in US
Canadian producer Temple Street Productions is heading south of the border and opening a factual…
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Russian remake for Spanish drama The Boat
Imagina International Sales has sold the format rights to hit Spanish drama The Boat (pictured)…
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Eyeworks makes a Splash in South Korea
Eyeworks’ diving format Celebrity Splash is to launch in another territory, this time South Korea…
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Sony’s Lubensky to run Lat Am channels
Sony Pictures Television’s Nathalie Lubensky has been upped and will run its channels in Latin…
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UKTV’s Watch takes Oz ob doc series
UKTV-owned channel Watch has acquired four seasons of Screentime-produced ob doc series about police battling…
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DHX’s CPLG appoints Iberia boss
Pau Pascual has been appointed general manager, Iberia, at licensing business Copyright Promotions Licensing Group…
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Nottingham Forest sends Sendokai into Saban’s Vortexx
Spanish indie producer Nottingham Forest has sold its animated series Sendokai Champions to Vortexx, the…
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WWE programming to launch in Myanmar
Weekly WWE wrestling programming will launch in Myanmar this month. WWE has closed a deal…
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Show of the week: Sworn to Silence
Sworn to Silence built on US TV’s fascination with the Amish community. From reality shows…
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Pay TV revenues hit $184bn, but cable flattens
Worldwide pay TV revenues rocketed to $184 billion in 2012, according to new research. Revenues…
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HBO plans Sopranos on-demand marathon
Premium US cable network HBO is launching all seasons of its groundbreaking mobster series The…
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Museum becomes The Museum channel, secures Orange deal
The Museum HD offering has been rebranded The Museum Channel and has just launched on…
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Michael Palin to star in BBC WWI drama
Comic actor and broadcaster Michael Palin is to star in a new BBC Two drama…
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Netflix inks exclusive comedy content deal with Fox
Netflix has inked a deal with Fox for Zooey Deschanel comedy series New Girl. The…
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AMC poaches CMT unscripted exec
AMC has poached US cable rival CMT’s senior VP of original programming to run its…
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News brief: NBCU cuts Polish VOD deal
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a deal with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution…
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Amazon inks Under the Dome download deal
Subscribers to Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service can now buy and download the CBS hit…
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Entertainment One completes premium listing
Entertainment One has completed its planned change in its UK listing. The TV and film…
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Celebrity and charity mix for ITV series
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned one of its own prodcos to create a new light…
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News brief: FIC launches Chinese ents news series
Fox International Channels has created a bi-weekly entertainment news series for Chinese movie network SCM….
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Ovation cuts Smash-ing off-net NBC deal
US cable network Ovation has acquired off-network rights to US scripted show Smash. The musical…
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Netflix gives Orange 2 the greenlight
Streaming service Netflix has given the go-ahead to a second season of Orange is the…
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Non-exec role for Steve Morrison at All3Media
All3Media founder Steve Morrison is taking a new role UK-based production and distribution group. The…
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Staff changes at Bake Off producer Love
Love Productions, the UK indie behind hit format The Great British Bake Off, has promoted…
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Got Talent to launch in Afghanistan
Got Talent is launching in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Got Talent will launch on local broadcaster 1TV…
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Sunny Side reveals 2013 attendance numbers
The Sunny Side of the Doc documentary festival and market taking place in La Rochelle…
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Viacom ups Kerry Taylor to international MTV programming boss
Viacom International Media Networks has promoted Kerry Taylor to senior VP, Youth & Music. The…
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Banijay sends Missionaries to Germany
Banijay has sold its French-originated forma The Missionaries to German free-to-air channel Kabel Eins. The…
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News brief: GRB shops crime dramas to broadcasters
Distributor GRB Entertainment has concluded a raft of sales for its crime and investigation programming….
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Netflix inks exclusive kids deal with ZDF
Netflix has picked up exclusive rights to kids series Mako Mermaids from ZDF Enterprises, the…