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Channel 5 adds another Absolutely Cuckoo show
The UK’s Channel 5 has commissioned another show from indie Absolutely Cuckoo, this time in…
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Italian content market launching in Rome
This month will see the launch of a new content market in Rome, Italy. Executives…
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‘Why don’t you start your own production company?’
Kids entertainment veteran Christopher Skala writes about the reasons he has launched new digital platform-focused…
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Hopster: SVOD service goes international and local
Launching three years ago makes Hopster an old hand in digital terms. The preschool streaming…
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Tricon brings Counterfeit Cat to Cannes
Tricon’s kids distribution arm is launching a number of shows in Cannes next week. On…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Can’t Touch This
Can’t Touch This represents the debut format from Northern Irish production company Stellify, which is a joint…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: La Banda
With the runaway momentum of The X Factor of the mid-2000s slowing, Simon Cowell has gone back to the…
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Hoho welcomes Little Brother, Abbey Home
Children’s TV distributor Hoho Rights has added 40 hours to its catalogue through deals with…
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Keshet hires US unscripted boss
The LA programming division of Keshet International has appointed veteran producer Rob Lee as president…
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Cyber Group Studios staffs up
France-based kids producer and distributor Cyber Group Studios has made several executive changes bringing on…
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Blue Ant cuts Zig Zag deal, brings 4K to Cannes
Blue Ant International has inked a development and distribution deal with UK indie Zig Zag…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Spelling Star
“Spelling Star is a supercharged family event that combines the traditional art of spelling with the…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Is That Really Your Voice?
China’s on-demand platforms are increasingly becoming the new test beds for paper formats as broadcasters…
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NBCU to debut app-inspired format
NBCUniversal International Formats is taking to MIPCOM a new NBC format that pits studio contestants…
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ZDF to debut drama from Deutschland ‘83 prodco
ZDF Enterprises will hit the market in Cannes with a three-part event movie series from…
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B’casters experience War and Peace with BBCWW
Broadcasters around the world have prebought BBC Worldwide’s new MIPCOM drama launch War and Peace….
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Russian net orders Roseanne format
Russian free-TV broadcaster CTC is piloting a local version of classic US sitcom Roseanne. The…
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BBC orders iPlayer horror film original
The BBC is expanding its move into original feature films for its iPlayer service with…
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Nick US buys Ben and Holly
Nickelodeon has acquired preschool animated series Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom. The show, which is…
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Netflix buys French toon
Netflix has acquired Millimages’ popular toon Mouk for its worldwide streaming services. The series, a…
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Foxtel eyes ratings spike with VIMN shows
Australian pay TV platform Foxtel has acquired a multi-title programming package from Viacom International Media…
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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Danger Mouse
Danger Mouse was a huge hit in the UK in the 1980s and was also…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Vegas with Trevor McDonald
Hat Trick International’s relationship with UK indie Plum Pictures continues to deliver Sarah Tong and…
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Buyers make pre-MIPCOM play for The Player
Sony Pictures Television has shopped new NBC drama The Player to a raft of international…
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Pre-market Lip Sync deals for Viacom
Viacom International Media Networks has shopped its entertainment format Lip Sync Battle to a raft…
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Zodiak brings Bikini Island to MIPCOM
Zodiak Rights will launch Scandi-originated format Bikini Island at MIPCOM. The show comes from Mastiff…
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Sander Schwartz resurfaces at kids social network
Former FremantleMedia Kids boss Sander Schwartz will run kids network Grom Social, after taking the…
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Televisa poaches Dori Media exec for sales
Televisa USA has poached Andres Santos for a new international sales role. Santos joins from…
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ABC secures Irish hybrid kids series
Australian pubcaster the ABC has bought live-action/animated series Little Roy from Irish children’s television company…
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Zodiak, Coolabi team for Sea Quest adaptation
The kids division of Zodiak Media has joined forces with IP specialists Coolabi Group and…