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Super RTL, Ten look to Lexi & Lottie
Germany’s Super RTL and Australia’s Network Ten are on-board a new 26x22mins detective-comedy toon for…
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Discovery orders survivalist series from October
The US Discovery Channel has ordered Trailblazers, a show following elite survivalists as they explore…
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German deal for Gaumont’s Belle and Sebastian
German pubcaster ZDF has prebought the new animated version of Belle and Sebastian. The animated…
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KiKA looks to Boomerang’s Avatars
German children’s channel KiKA has acquired European live action coproduction The Avatars from Spain’s Boomerang…
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Disney Channel goes Backstage with DHX
Disney Channel has acquired rights to DHX Media’s original live action performing arts drama Backstage….
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Show of the week: The Night Manager
The first television series to adapt a John Le Carré novel in a quarter-century is…
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ITV order for Sony’s Electric Ray
UK broadcaster ITV has ordered The Inspectors are Coming, a new ob-doc series from Sony-backed…
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Danger Mouse spied in Oz, France
FremantleMedia’s new version of spy toon Danger Mouse has made its way to broadcasters in…
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France Télévisions plants Lilybuds
France Télévisions has commissioned Zodiak Kids Studios to create 52x11mins animated preschool series Lilybuds. Zodiak’s…
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Acorn launches on Apple
Acorn TV, the US OTT service that is programmed with UK and international drama, has…
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Molotov hires former TF1 director for int’l
New French OTT service Molotov has appointed former TF1 director, Jean-Pierre Paoli, to help lead…
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Canadian producer buys kids distributor
Consolidation in the Canadian kids TV sector continues, with producer Sinking Ship Entertainment revealing it…
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Hoho plots Grid partnership
UK kids firm Hoho Entertainment has entered into a coproduction agreement with Belgium indie counterpart…
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Objective-backed Vox Pictures hires Williams
Vox Pictures has hired former Channel 4, Scott Free and Sprout Pictures exec Joe Williams…
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Turner ups Raad at CNN
Rani Raad has been upped at the international arm of Turner-owned news net CNN, taking…
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Tricon, French prodcos prep Selfie
The kids and family division of Canada’s Tricon is teaming with French producers Savoir-Fer and…
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Cruel Intentions, MacGyver rebooted in US
US broadcasters NBC and CBS have given separate pilot orders to classic American scripted properties….
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Netflix preps sketch comedy
Netflix is launching a sketch comedy show, The Characters. The eight-part series will feature one…
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ProSiebenSat.1 ties knot with marriage format
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has licensed Armoza Formats’ dating show Marry Me Now following its launch at…
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Loud, Frantic form strategic pact
Leftfield Entertainment’s Loud TV and Canadian prodco Frantic Films have struck a strategic programming partnership…
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CBS pilots Training Day reboot
US broadcaster CBS is to pilot a reworking of Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 feature film Training…
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News brief: Bejuba! nurtures Little Deer Forest
Toronto-based Bejuba! Entertainment is investing in animated preschool series Little Deer Forest. Bejuba! will take…
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Time Warner ‘wants current seasons off Hulu’
Media giant Time Warner would like to see episodes from current TV seasons taken off…
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Format deal for Discovery’s Wheeler Dealers
Wheeler Dealers is getting a French remake after DTT channel RMC Découverte ordered a local…
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HBO consolidates scripted as Ellenberg exits
US premium cable channel HBO has handed comedy chief Casey Bloys control of drama after…
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Broadcasters buy Kit & Kate toon
Preschool toon series Kit & Kate has been sold across the MENA region and in…
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Broadcasters buy Kit & Kate toon
Preschool toon series Kit & Kate has been sold across the MENA region and in…
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Rai buys Masha spin-off
Rai has acquired Masha’s Tales, the spin-off from Russian toon Masha and the Bear. Masha’s…
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Zodiak Kids takes on Airside Andy project
Zodiak Kids Studios is the second producer to attempt to an animated television series version…
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TV’s Big Questions: is linear TV dead or dying?
At the recent CES show in Las Vegas, YouTube’s chief business officer Robert Kyncl forecast…