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News brief: b’casters buy Calimero reboot
Gaumont Animation has shopped its rebooted Calimero animated series to a raft of international broadcasters….
Attraction brings Belgian noir to Cannes
Toronto-based distributor Attraction is launching a ‘Benelux Noir’ label at MIPTV. The highlights include cop…
Minecraft doc launches at MIPTV
Minecraft feature doc Minecraft: Into the Nether will launch internationally at MIPTV. North American based Global…
Beta Film sets a MIP date for 1992
German distributor Beta Film will launch buzzy Italian drama 1992 and Spanish drama hit Under…
MIPTV Hot Pick: Paprika
“Paprika is our first ever preschool show and it features a unique relationship between the…
Sky Vision sells Snow Monkeys, Birds
Sky’s sales arm, Sky Vision, has sold Nature’s Treasure Island, Snow Monkeys and The Secret…
Prodcos see Upside of MIPTV sales
A trio of European producers have signed distribution agreement with Havas Productions-owned sales house Upside…
Showrunners to helm Scorpion slate
A documentary about US television showrunners will lead UK indie distributor Scorpion TV’s slate on…
Blue Ant plots Big Feed in 4K
Blue Ant International is developing new 4K productions, including a series that goes behind the…
GRB has OWN style
LA’s GRB Entertainment has secured sales rights to a batch of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network…
Sky Germany going day-and-date with HBO
Sky Germany will start launching HBO series on the same day they go out on…
Banijay ups Ambra’s Cipriano
Banijay Group has upped Filippo Cipriano to managing director of its Italian prodco Ambra. Ambra…
Manufacturers add ‘Netflix button’
A number of TV and Blu-ray player manufacturers will begin marketing devices with dedicated Netflix…
Endemol Beyond launches online channel
Endemol’s digital division has teamed up with YouTube beauty and fashion expert Michelle Phan to…
New on-demand kids net set for Comcast
Genius Brands International is launching a new children’s channel on Comcast Communications’ Xfinity On Demand…
News brief: Kids SVOD service buys Splash series
North American SVOD service Oznoz has bought shows such as Chloe’s Closet and Dive Olly…
Corus secures all Nick rights in Canada
Corus Entertainment has scored a coup, securing rights to all Nickelodeon programming and content in…
Red Arrow bringing Real Men to Cannes
Red Arrow International is bringing Real Men to MIPTV. The show has proved a hit…
Gay Rugby player doc launching at MIPTV
Gareth Thomas: Game Changer will launch internationally at MIPTV. The one-off doc was produced by…
ZDF brings Berlinale shows to Cannes
ZDF Enterprises has two dramas from this year’s Berlinale Special Series selection for MIPTV, Blochin…
Tricon picks up SRP blooper shows
Canada-based distributor Tricon has picked up a package of sports shows from Steve Rotfeld Productions….
YouTube, Seibert set for Junior@MIPTV
The second Junior@MIPTV event on Tuesday, April 14, will feature YouTube’s global head of family…
Bomanbridge finds Musti show
Singapore-based content firm Bomanbridge Media has acquired its preschool series Musti ahead of MIPTV. The…
eOne staffs up with trio of hires
Producer and distributor Entertainment One has hired two sales execs and a marketing chief. Incoming…
Pact appoints Outline boss vice chair
UK producers trade body, Pact, has appointed Laura Mansfield vice chair of the Pact Council….
EBS, Bethel Global cross The Bridge
Korean educational broadcaster EBS has hooked up with drama coproduction facilitator The Bridge and Bethel…
Apprentice hired in Quebec
Canadian indie formats house Media Ranch is planning to bring The Apprentice to screens to…
Pay TV services launches in Africa
Pay TV operator StrongMedia SAL-Off-Shore (SMO) is launching a range of English, French and Arabic-speaking…
FremantleMedia shopping AOL’s first longform series
FremantleMedia International has picked up right to Connected, the first longform series from web platform…
Cineflix bringing supersized family to Cannes
Cineflix Rights will start selling Bringing up Bates, a new reality show about a Tennessee…