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MIPTV News: Hat Trick to shop Sky Arts’ Nixon drama
Hat Trick International has secured international distribution rights to Nixon’s the One, the Sky Arts…
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MIPTV News: Channel 5 explores Chloe’s Closet
UK terrestrial Channel 5 has acquired kids’ series Chloe’s Closet for its children’s strand Milkshake!…
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MIPTV News: Hemlock Grove stars head for the Croisette
The talent behind new Netflix murder mystery series Hemlock Grove will participate in a panel…
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MIPTV News: Discovery secures Bear Grylls survival series in Betty deal
Discovery Enterprises International has secured distribution rights to UK prodco Betty’s programming slate and will…
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MIPTV News: Literary agent targets TV with girls show jumping title
UK-based children’s literary agency Miles Stott will seek to secure TV adaptations of a new…
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MIPTV News: Rive Gauche shifts 350 hours
LA-based sales house Rive Gauche Television has sold more than 350 hours to international broadcasters…
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MIPTV Hot Pick: The White Queen
The White Queen has a built-in fan base given the Philippa Gregory books upon which…
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BBC on-demand boss Danker leaves for Shazam
Daniel Danker is leaving the BBC to become chief product officer at media recognition service…
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SVT buying spree includes The Bible and Bates Motel
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has acquired mega-hit miniseries The Bible. It has picked up the…
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Peter Kay series will be first ever to run in full on iPlayer
The BBC is due to debut a new Peter Kay comedy series on the iPlayer…
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Leopard Films USA poaches Dave Hamilton from Endemol
Leopard Films USA has recruited Dave Hamilton as its senior VP. He joins from Endemol…
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Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter playing Taylor and Burton in BBC America series
US cable channel BBC America is making a TV movie about the turbulent relationship between…
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Scripps revamps Travel Channel
Scripps Networks Interactive has revamped its international TravelChannel with a new logo, identity and changes…
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Watchever snaps up CBS content
German OTT service Watchever has inked a programming deal with CBS Studios International. The Vivendi-backed…
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News brief: Mattel and Gurin making gameshow based on Uno card game
Toy company Mattel and gameshow producer Phil Gurin (pictured) are teaming to make Uno: The…
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Hulu offering every episode of Star Trek until end-March
Hulu has made almost 700 episodes of sci-fi TV series Star Trek ever made available…
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Lifetime wins legal battle over Romeo Killer TV movie
US cable net Lifetime has won a legal battle over Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco…
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BBC orders original dramas for iPlayer
UK public broadcaster the BBC has ordered a strand of original dramas for its iPlayer…
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3D TV is dead says HBO technology boss
3D TV with glasses is “dead”and 4K TV is highly unlikely to succeed, according to…
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Lovefilm strikes deal for BBC kids series
Lovefilm has bought a raft of classic BBC kids content including iconic series Teletubbies. The…
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News brief: Online video will be worth €1b by year-end
Revenues from online video in Western Europe will total €1 billion (US$1.3 billion) this year,…
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Connected TV will fail without common standards says iPlayer boss
The TV industry must adopt common standards for connected TVs or risk these devices becoming…
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Hallmark moves heavily into original drama series
Hallmark Channel has ordered its second ever original scripted series and is prepping two more…
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The Voice app launches
The BBC has launched a companion app for the second season of singing competition show…
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Fox makes first ever European commissions
Fox UK has ordered a pair of original series for the first time. Fox UK,…
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DCD inks output deal with US cable net Fuse
UK-based distributor DCD Rights has inked a deal with Fuse and will sell the music…
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YouTube hits a billion and says TV is a priority
Bringing fully featured YouTube to the TV is a key priority for the video portal,…
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NBC buys Tandem’s Crossing Lines
NBC has acquired Tandem and Bernero Productions European-flavoured cop series Crossing Lines. The US broadcast…
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Super RTL and Canal+ head for Camp Lakebottom
9 Story Entertainment has shopped its animated series Camp Lakebottom to a raft of broadcasters….
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Shaftesbury’s Good God heads to Foxtel
Canada’s Shaftesbury has sold its comedy series Good God to Foxtel. The Australian pay TV…