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UKTV hires commissioning pair, expands division
UK multichannel broadcaster UKTV has added a pair of commissioning editors following what it describes…
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Cineflix grabs October rights from Zodiak
UK-based Cineflix Rights has scored an exclusive first-look deal with factual producer October Films, grabbing…
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ReelzChannel buys Canadian drama
US cabsat ReelzChannel has acquired a Canadian-produced drama series from Toronto indie White Pine Pictures….
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News brief: Amazon adds another comedy pilot
Amazon Studios, the production arm of online retailer Amazon, has added the eighth comedy project…
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Syfy Kids heads for CEE
KidsCo is set to launch its joint Syfy Kids programming block in Central and Eastern…
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News brief: Marvista adds former HBO exec
US producer-distributor Marvista Entertainment has added a trio of new staff to its ranks, including…
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MIPTV News: A+E takes Lifetime Originals to MIPTV
A+E Networks will tout a trio of new Lifetime Original Movies at MIPTV. These are…
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MIPTV News: ABC finds Zodiak record breakers series Officially Amazing
Australian pubcaster ABC has acquired Zodiak Kids’ new series Officially Amazing. The show, which explores…
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MIPTV News: Nelvana takes Zack & Deuce, new Mike to MIPTV
Canada’s Nelvana Enterprises will take the newly commissioned second season of Mike the Knight and…
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MIPTV News: Veria takes a relaxed approach to the market
Veria Living is launching 600 new hours of content at MIPTV. The health and wellbeing…
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MIPTV News: DCD scores Aussie sales, unveils MIPTV line-up
UK-based DCD Rights has sold a pair of shows to Australian pay TV platform Foxtel….
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Netflix tipped to hit 46m US streaming users
Netflix is predicted to hit 46 million streaming customers in the US by 2021, up…
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TLC to launch in the UK
Discovery Networks is to launch its female-oriented lifestyle channel TLC in the UK and Ireland…
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Mediaset suffers historic first loss
European media giant Mediaset suffered a net loss of €287.1 million (US$369 million) last year…
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ABC Family uncovers Pretty Little Liars spin-off
US cable channel ABC Family has ordered a spin-off of its teen mystery thriller series…
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Armoza plans ‘crowd sourcing’ format revolution
Israel’s Armoza Formats has launched a new digital concept to create a format based on…
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Talpa USA raids Endemol and Mark Burnett for senior staff
Talpa hired several new staff, poaching executives from Endemol and Mark Burnett’s One Three Media….
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News brief: Mike the Knight gets second season
HIT Entertainment and Nelvana Enterprises have gone into production on a second season of new…
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MIPTV News: Stan Lee toon rolling out at in Cannes
A new animated movie trilogy created by and featuring Stan Lee will be launched internationally…
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MIPTV News: Endemol to launch Fox workplace reality format
Endemol will launch new Fox series Does Someone Have to Go to the international market…
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MIPTV News: DCD plots Murder in Cannes
DCD is launching a new murder mystery series about a husband and wife team of…
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MIPTV News: DLT/Raydar Rights preps first slate
Alison Rayson and Don Taffner Jr.’s fledgling distributor is heading to MIPTV with a slate…
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MIPTV News: Scorpion TV strikes Lat Am, Euro deals
London-based distributor Scorpion TV has secured a batch of pre-MIPTV sales, including a multi-title deal…
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Rebound
Historically, French drama has not travelled well. But recent successes such as Braquo and Jo…
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Ridley Scott making Killing Jesus drama for Nat Geo
Ridley Scott’s TV production firm is making a feature length version of upcoming Bill O’Reilly…
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ABC Studios and Sonar call on Fix It Men
ABC Studios and Sonar Entertainment have come together on a new time-travel drama for the…
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Banijay renews format distribution deal with DR
DR and Banijay International have renewed their formats distribution deal. Under the terms of the…
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ITV Studios’ Four Weddings gets hitched in Germany, Russia and Romania
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold its Four Weddings format into several European territories. The…
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Amazon unearths Sony Zombieland pilot
Amazon Studios has added a Sony Pictures Television adaptation of Hollywood comedy movie Zombieland to…
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Reports: Hulu board talking to buyers
The board of US video-on-demand site Hulu has held discussions with a number of potential…