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Zinc makes first purchase since Ten Alps rebrand
Zinc Media has acquired a corporate video producer, marking the first acquisition it has made…
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A+E plots scripted pact with Harlequin
A+E Networks has created a creative partnership with book publisher Harlequin. This will see the…
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Mattel creates new content studio
Hit Entertainment parent Mattel has launched Mattel Creations, a new central content unit that will…
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Zodiak Rights takes buyers to Wolf Creek
Zodiak Rights is taking Australian SVOD horror Wolf Creek to Cannes next week. The 6x60mins…
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ABC Oz talent surfing into MIP
ABC Commercial, the distribution arm of Australian pubcaster the ABC, is bringing Dan Churchill and…
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Touch
Keshet International’s latest format effort is based on one simple question, ‘What is wrong with…
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Buyers to discover My Baby’s Having a Baby
Toronto-based Corus Entertainment is to launch an emotionally-charged docu-series called My Baby’s Having a Baby…
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Proper hits Cannes with new Holmes to sell
Canada’s Proper Rights has picked up international distribution rights to HGTV Canada series Holmes and…
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Jackson exits Banijay, joins Blue Ant
Banijay Group global sales chief Michael Jackson has left the company and joined Blue Ant…
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Keenan exits Streamup for ‘spiritual sabbatical’
Will Keenan is leaving start-up live streaming platform Streamup to take a “spiritual” sabbatical. The…
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Three new Foxtel channels from beIN
The Sports division of Qatar’s beIN Media is rolling out three HD sports nets on…
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ITV plants Wishing Tree order
ITV is piloting The Wishing Tree, the feelgood format from Talpa Media, which sits within…
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Viacom snatches Channel 5 rights from DRG
Viacom International Media Networks has taken on rights to UK terrestrial Channel 5’s in-house production…
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Rive Gauche bringing drone reality series to MIPTV
Rive Gauche Television will launch Droned, a new ob-doc series about a family running a…
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Federation opens The Bureau ahead of MIP
Federation Entertainment has sold Canal+ spy drama The Bureau to a raft of broadcasters before…
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Raydar to expose Extreme UK to int’l buyers
UK-based indie distributor Raydar Media’s MIPTV slate includes the latest instalment of the BBC’s Extreme…
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Pre-market Oz sales for RTÉ
The distribution arm of Irish pubcaster RTÉ has sold a raft of shows to Australian…
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Street Cops
German prodco Filmpool is the world’s leading proponent of the scripted-reality genre with series such…
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Sky makes kids TV move
Sky has launched the Sky Kids App, a new service that allows younger viewers in…
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Show of the week: Robot Wars
The return of Robot Wars to the market will be among the biggest stories at…
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m4e taking comic Jinnrise to TV
German media group m4e will adapt popular comic book series Jinnrise as a 3D CGI-animated…
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ABS-CBN takes Care Bears with Rob the Robot
Singaporean broadcaster ABS-CBN has acquired a trio of children’s programmes from regional distributor Bomanbridge Media….
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Viewpoint: Netflix’s challenge, the next 50 million
Netflix finished 2015 with nearly 71 million paying streaming subscribers, up by 16.4 million year-on-year….
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Robot Wars
The return of Robot Wars to the market will be among the biggest stories at…
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Japanese broadcasters prep MIPTV Treasure Box
Japan’s leading broadcasters will launch a slate of new formats at MIPTV under the Treasure…
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Keshet gets hands on with Touch
Keshet International’s major MIPTV unscripted launch is gameshow Touch. The show, which debuted on Keshet…
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PBS investigates Munich ’72 terror tragedy
PBS International is taking a 1x45mins documentary about the shocking murders of eleven Israeli athletes…
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Twofour bolsters sales team before market
Twofour Rights has hired Rob Bassett as its senior sales executive ahead of MIPTV next…
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Factory produces Indestructible pre-MIP deals
Lifestyle and action sport specialist Factory Media has inked a raft of sales before heading…
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Telemundo’s new Lord of the Skies set for take-off
Telemundo Internacional is launching a new season of its hit super series The Lord of…