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Endemol picks up rights to BBC’s Ark
Endemol has taken international rights to upcoming six-part BBC drama The Ark. The series, about…
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Twofour sells 100 hours into Australia
Twofour Rights has sold more than 100 hours of programming to various Australian broadcasters. SBS,…
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Wild Kratts gets new season order
PBS Kids in the US and TVO in Canada have jointly ordered a new season…
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Sony to launch new US cable channel
Sony Pictures Television Networks is to launch its third branded cable channel in the US…
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News brief: Nick winds up for more Tickety Toc
Nickelodeon has bought the second season of Zodiak Kids’ CG-animated preschool cartoon Tickety Toc. The…
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ITV cuts £18m deal for The Garden
ITV has acquired The Garden, the UK indie behind shows including 24 Hours in A&E…
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Arrow Media commissioned for new Hairy Bikers series
UK indie Arrow Media has been commissioned by BBC Two to make a new factual…
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Amazon Originals go live
Amazon has now made its eight comedy pilots and six kids pilots available online, with…
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Channel 5 orders polygamy, amnesia docs
The UK’s Channel 5 has commissioned a trio of one-off documentaries on subjects including Britain’s…
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NBC rejects Eva Longoria’s Love
US broadcast network NBC has cancelled its new dating format Ready For Love after just…
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DHX appoints former ToonBox exec to sales team
Children’s content company DHX Media has appointed a former ToonBox Entertainment VP as its new…
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Bravo adds execs, orders Housewives spin-off series
NBCUniversal-owned US cable channel Bravo has hired a pair of executives to run its current…
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Turner taps Nick UK for Asia Pac exec
Turner International has added to its Asia Pacific programming team with the hire of a…
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Style showcases development slate
US cable channel Style has unveiled a nine-strong development slate, including series from Endemol-owned 51…
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Voddler goes global with file-sharing revamp
Scandinavian VOD site Voddler is going global with a revamped service and new focus on…
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Digiturk launches Turkish 4K channel
Turkish pay TV provider Digiturk has launched a 4K demonstration channel in partnership with satellite…
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BBC America inks Twitter deal
BBC America has signed a deal with Twitter to offer branded videos on the site,…
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First Hand scores doc, factual sales
Switzerland-based First Hand Films has scored deals for its documentary and factual content with broadcasters…
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MSN ‘looking to revive Heroes for Xbox’
MSN could be planning to make a new season of NBC’s superhero drama Heroes for…
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The new super groups: Argonon
In the first of a two-part feature on emerging production super groups, Stewart Clarke talks…
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DirecTV taps LaBute for second original series
US pay TV provider DirecTV has followed up its maiden original series Rogue by commissioning…
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Kabel Deutschland shares spike on Liberty rumour
Shares in Kabel Deutschland rose sharply yesterday on reports that Liberty Global may be preparing…
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Sweden finds Absolutely’s Family
A Swedish broadcaster has acquired the Australian version of Find My Family, the much-travelled factual…
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TV drives global ad spending
Advertisers turned to TV and away from newspapers and magazines last year, according to a…
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BBC3 opens Hotel of Mum and Dad
Youth-skewed UK digital channel BBC3 has commissioned a new factual entertainment series studying economically-stricken young…
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BBC1 investigates threatened wildlife
UK pubcaster BBC1 has commissioned a wildlife series in which experts will lead a a…
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AMC/Sundance gets new Asia Pac programming head
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has appointed a new head of programming and scheduling as one of…
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Celestial Tiger ups chief exec
Asian pay TV operator Celestial Tiger Entertainment has promoted its president and COO to CEO….
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News brief: Abadas finds Thai home
UK-based distributor Hoho Entertainment has sold preschool series Abadas to a Thai broadcaster. The 52x11mins…
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RTL predicts earnings boost as listing looms
European broadcaster RTL Group has said its first quarter EBITA for the year is expected…