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Breakthrough seals pre-NATPE deals
Producer and distributor Breakthrough Entertainment has finalised programming deals with several broadcasters in the Central…
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All3Media sells Rome and Ancient Egypt series around the world
All3Media’s sales arm has shopped Lion Television factual special Meet the Romans and Ancient Egypt:…
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ABC Oz’s kids boss resigns
Tim Brooke-Hunt, the controller of kids TV at ABC, has resigned and will leave the…
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RTL confirms DreamWorks output deal
Super RTL has officially announced its output deal with DreamWorks, giving it a raft of…
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ABC Oz catches MTV’s Catfish
Australian public broadcaster ABC has bought MTV reality series Catfish. The show, based on the…
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News brief: Peace Point launching film catalogue at NATPE Budapest
Canada-based producer and distributor Peace Point will launch a new 40-title film catalogue at the…
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Satellite revenues to overtake cable this year
Global DTH revenues are set to overtake cable TV revenues this year, according to an…
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News brief: CBBC orders more Dani’s Castle
UK kids channel CBBC has greenlit a second season of live action drama series Dani’s…
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A+E inks CEE deals ahead of NATPE
A+E has concluded a raft of programming deals with broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe…
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News brief: Discovery Kids buys kids doc series
Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific has acquired documentary adventure series Bushwhacked from the Australian Children’s Television Foundation…
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Saban rejigs and staffs up for new licensing division
Saban Brands has upped several executives and hired a new VP as it launches a…
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iPlayer usage stays flat
BBC iPlayer usage for May was flat month-on-month, with the breakdown of usage across PCs,…
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Zodiak clocks another Tickety Toc deal in Spain
Spanish broadcaster Clan TV has acquired preschool series Tickety Toc. The series is distributed by…
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Oprah Winfrey launching in Australia
Oprah Winfrey’s cable channel will get a branded block in Australia, starting later this year….
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FremantleMedia inks ProSieben, RTL and raft of German deals
FremantleMedia International has announced a slew of sales to German broadcasters. The distributor has inked…
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Kabillion to preview Simon Fuller’s kids TV project
On demand kids service Kabillion will show the first excerpt from pop and TV impresario…
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Disney launches branded service on Lovefilm
Disney will launch a branded on-demand service on the Lovefilm streaming service in the UK….
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400k UK homes tell BBC they don’t need licence
The Times has reported that the number of UK homes that have told public broadcaster…
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BBC Worldwide appoints L&M boss
BBC Worldwide the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster has hired former Mattel and…
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FremantleMedia and BBC on kids partnership
Earlier this year the BBC and the Kids and Family division of FremantleMedia inked a…
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China employs All3’s Undercover Boss
A Chinese version of All3Media International-sold reality format Undercover Boss is in the works following…
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BBC America, Two explore sci-fi’s history
US cable channel BBC America and its UK pubcaster cousin BBC Two are to coproduce…
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Moroccan net gets candid with Novovision
Moroccan broadcaster 2M has acquired 30 episodes of a new candid camera series shot in…
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News brief: Kabillion grows with Verizon FiOS deal
US on-demand kids’ channel Kabillion has launched on pay TV platform Verzion FiOS TV. The…
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News brief: MTV renews Girl Code
Youth-skewed US net MTV has commissioned a second season of comedy show Girl Code. The…
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FIC promotes Platt to NGCI top job, Gandevia takes Asia
Fox International Channels has promoted its Asia Pacific boss Ward Platt to FIC COO and…
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eOne acquires L&M firm
Entertainment One has expanded its licensing capabilities with the acquisition of US-based brand agency Art…
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Saban Brands appoints ex-Viggle CEO as COO
Power Rangers owner Saban Brands has appointed Janet Scardino to the role of COO. Scardino,…
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News brief: HBO Sports unearths Starfish Media deal
HBO’s sports unit has scored a first-look deal with broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien and her…
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Shine America promotes production chief
Shine America has promoted unscripted TV veteran Linda Giambrone to the role of executive VP…