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SLR, ZDFE plot Alice-Miranda series

SLR Productions in Australia and Germany’s ZDF Enterprises have allied to create a children’s series….

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Show of the week: Killer Women with Piers Morgan

Although known for turns on Got Talent and The Apprentice, Piers Morgan is a journalist…

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News brief: JimJam bags Boj

Children’s pay TV broadcaster JimJam has acquired rights to UK toon Boj in Europe, Russia,…

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News brief: Iberian nets buy eOne toon

Kids networks in Spain and Portugal have acquired 2D animated series Winston Steinburger and Sir…

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Lat Am SVOD service bags BBCWW series

Latin American SVOD service Qubit.tv has licensed a “significant” amount of content from the commercial…

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Fremantle scores co-development deal with Tinelli

FremantleMedia Latin America has partnered with Argentine prodco Ideas del Sur in a co-development agreement….

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UK, Korea team for artificial intelligence format

UK indie Zig Zag and South Korean free TV broadcaster MBC are teaming to take…

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Warrior Women invades Smithsonian, Euro nets

US-based Smithsonian Networks and German pubcaster ZDF have signed on as coproducers of a new…

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News brief: French, Swiss nets buy Maximus factual

French network RMC Découverte and Switzerland’s SFR have prebought factual series from German indie Maximus…

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France 3 detective drama collection revealed

France TV Distribution, the sales arm of France Télévisions, is launching a collection of detective…

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Telcos target TV

Telecoms operators are increasingly looking to TV to drive new subs, increase customer loyalty and…

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Canuck firms prep Goonies-inspired drama

Canadian producers Marblemedia and Omnifilm Entertainment have partnered to create a scripted series that Toronto-based…

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CBS ups Lanzone to top digital post

US broadcaster CBS has promoted the CEO of its interactive unit to become chief digital…

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CMT and Hulu save Nashville

CMT has stepped in to rescue cancelled US series Nashville, teaming with Hulu to order…

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Sky 1 to infiltrate Freemasons

A Sky 1 documentary series will reveal secrets of the guarded Freemasons organisation. Inside the…

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Finland’s MTV moving to local-only primetime

Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV has doubled its budget for local content and it refocuses its…

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Televisa SVOD net takes Imira package

Televisa’s Latin American SVOD service, Blim, has bought eight children’s series from Spanish distributor Imira…

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Traditional TV viewing ‘on the decline’

The average amount of time people spend watching TV on a TV set will decline…

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Show of the week: Madiba

“You can be anywhere in the world and see Nelson Mandela,” says Dan March, partner…

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CBS sells Corden talker to new RTL web net

The Late Late Show with James Corden will go out in Germany on RTL’s new…

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Left Hook connects with Endemol Shine NA

Endemol Shine North America and subsidiary True Entertainment have signed flegling Left Hook Media to…

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Loud builds dev team with Freyer hire

New York-based Loud TV has hired veteran producer Glen Freyer as senior VP, development. He…

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Boat Rocker takes on Mountain Road library

Canadian distributor Boat Rocker Rights has secured worldwide distribution of local unscripted prodco Mountain Road…

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Channel 4 acquires HBO Europe drama

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired HBO Europe original drama Wataha. The British channel will…

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Nick president Hicks steps down

Nickelodeon president Russell Hicks has resigned from his post after 18 years with the Viacom-owned…

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Brexit ‘poses £1bn threat’ to UK ads

Exiting the European Union could cost the UK £1 billion (US$1.5 billion) in lost advertising…

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MGM poaches Minden, Dawson exits

MGM has hired Michael Minden as its business affairs chief for scripted TV. He replaces…

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ITV Studios America revs up Little Engine deal

The US arm of ITV Studios has inked a first look deal with Gina Matthews…

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Discop launches Dubai event

Discop owner Basic Lead is launching a content market in Dubai. Discop Dubai will take…

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DRG cuts first-look with comedy indie

UK-based distributor DRG has inked a development deal with comedy indie 2LE Media. DRG, which…