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SLR Productions in Australia and Germany’s ZDF Enterprises have allied to create a children’s series….
Show of the week: Killer Women with Piers Morgan
Although known for turns on Got Talent and The Apprentice, Piers Morgan is a journalist…
News brief: JimJam bags Boj
Children’s pay TV broadcaster JimJam has acquired rights to UK toon Boj in Europe, Russia,…
News brief: Iberian nets buy eOne toon
Kids networks in Spain and Portugal have acquired 2D animated series Winston Steinburger and Sir…
Lat Am SVOD service bags BBCWW series
Latin American SVOD service Qubit.tv has licensed a “significant” amount of content from the commercial…
Fremantle scores co-development deal with Tinelli
FremantleMedia Latin America has partnered with Argentine prodco Ideas del Sur in a co-development agreement….
UK, Korea team for artificial intelligence format
UK indie Zig Zag and South Korean free TV broadcaster MBC are teaming to take…
Warrior Women invades Smithsonian, Euro nets
US-based Smithsonian Networks and German pubcaster ZDF have signed on as coproducers of a new…
News brief: French, Swiss nets buy Maximus factual
French network RMC Découverte and Switzerland’s SFR have prebought factual series from German indie Maximus…
France 3 detective drama collection revealed
France TV Distribution, the sales arm of France Télévisions, is launching a collection of detective…
Telcos target TV
Telecoms operators are increasingly looking to TV to drive new subs, increase customer loyalty and…
Canuck firms prep Goonies-inspired drama
Canadian producers Marblemedia and Omnifilm Entertainment have partnered to create a scripted series that Toronto-based…
CBS ups Lanzone to top digital post
US broadcaster CBS has promoted the CEO of its interactive unit to become chief digital…
CMT and Hulu save Nashville
CMT has stepped in to rescue cancelled US series Nashville, teaming with Hulu to order…
Sky 1 to infiltrate Freemasons
A Sky 1 documentary series will reveal secrets of the guarded Freemasons organisation. Inside the…
Finland’s MTV moving to local-only primetime
Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV has doubled its budget for local content and it refocuses its…
Televisa SVOD net takes Imira package
Televisa’s Latin American SVOD service, Blim, has bought eight children’s series from Spanish distributor Imira…
Traditional TV viewing ‘on the decline’
The average amount of time people spend watching TV on a TV set will decline…
Show of the week: Madiba
“You can be anywhere in the world and see Nelson Mandela,” says Dan March, partner…
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…
Left Hook connects with Endemol Shine NA
Endemol Shine North America and subsidiary True Entertainment have signed flegling Left Hook Media to…
Loud builds dev team with Freyer hire
New York-based Loud TV has hired veteran producer Glen Freyer as senior VP, development. He…
Boat Rocker takes on Mountain Road library
Canadian distributor Boat Rocker Rights has secured worldwide distribution of local unscripted prodco Mountain Road…
Channel 4 acquires HBO Europe drama
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired HBO Europe original drama Wataha. The British channel will…
Nick president Hicks steps down
Nickelodeon president Russell Hicks has resigned from his post after 18 years with the Viacom-owned…
Brexit ‘poses £1bn threat’ to UK ads
Exiting the European Union could cost the UK £1 billion (US$1.5 billion) in lost advertising…
MGM poaches Minden, Dawson exits
MGM has hired Michael Minden as its business affairs chief for scripted TV. He replaces…
ITV Studios America revs up Little Engine deal
The US arm of ITV Studios has inked a first look deal with Gina Matthews…
Discop launches Dubai event
Discop owner Basic Lead is launching a content market in Dubai. Discop Dubai will take…
DRG cuts first-look with comedy indie
UK-based distributor DRG has inked a development deal with comedy indie 2LE Media. DRG, which…