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YouTube, Vice, Maker and more for MIP Digital Fronts
Digital platforms and content companies including YouTube, Vice, and Maker Studios will be in Cannes…
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Autentic makes auto move, motors into MIP
Cologne-based factual specialist Autentic Distribution has added a range of motoring and motor sports titles…
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ITV Studios to take MIPTV to 10,000 BC
ITV Studios Global Entertainment will launch reality format 10,000 BC at MIPTV next month. The…
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MIPTV Hot Pick – Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef
Entertainment One has moved into high-end, big-budget blue-chip factual with veteran British naturalist and presenter…
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Rai Com scoops journalist miniseries drama
Rai Com, the international sales arm of Italian pubcaster Rai, is taking a scripted miniseries…
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Passion, SundanceTV visits Paley Center
Passion Distribution launches the 6x60mins Behind the Story with the Paley Center at MIPTV. This…
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Peace Point prepares for Ice Racer Showdown
Peace Point Entertainment has taken worldwide sales rights to Ice Racer Showdown, a “adrenaline-fueled” driving…
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Ad spend rising, but Russia and China temper growth
Global ad spend will continue to grow in the next couple of years, but at…
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News brief: Alfred Haber picks up Stevie Wonder special
Alfred Haber has picked up international rights to a two-hour Stevie Wonder special that went…
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Mid East SVOD service expands
Middle Eastern subscription on-demand service icflix has launched in Kuwait. Icflix has formed a strategic…
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GRB’s World Class doc to Mid East channel
Middle East and African channels have acquired programmes from LA’s GRB Entertainment. Among the deals,…
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NBC lands on Bear Grylls’ Island
US broadcaster NBC has ordered a local version of Bear Grylls-fronted Channel 4 adventurer series…
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Sky Vision secures TV3 output deal
UK-based distributor Sky Vision has scooped rival DRG and secured an exclusive programme representation deal…
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Lifestyle sales for Peace Point
Canada-based distributor Peace Point Rights has shopped 120 hours of lifestyle and factual fare to…
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NBCU inks Thorne duo development deal
NBCUniversal has signed a one-year first-look deal with UK writing duo Jim Keeble and Dudi…
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Aussie net goes Inside the Commons
The ABC in Australia has tapped UK indie Atlantic Productions for 4x60mins doc series Inside…
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RTÉ, YLE in tune with Hozier music doc
Ireland’s RTÉ and Finland’s YLE are among buyers of an Other Voices strand special on…
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Henson, Cyber Group ink copro pact
The Jim Henson Company and Cyber Group Studios have struck a two-project coproduction deal. The…
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TMG, Sky have Sensitive Skin
Sky has picked up Kim Catrall comedy drama series Sensitive Skin for its UK pay…
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Ovation launches arts and culture MCN
US cable net Ovation has launched a digital multichannel network dedicated to arts and culture….
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UKTV captures Born to Kill
Digital channel operator UKTV has acquired Born to Kill. The serial killer series will go…
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News brief: French Turner channel gets Ace
Boing, one of Turner Broadcasting’s French kids channels, has acquired 9 Story Media Group toon…
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Media I.M. attracts Spanish, Czech studios
London-based kids and family distributor Media I.M. has signed representation agreements with a pair of…
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TF1, Channel 5 experience 10.0 Earthquake
France’s TF1 and Channel 5 in the UK have bought disaster movie 10.0 Earthquake. They…
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Germany’s ZDF strikes first-look with UK indie
ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German pubcaster ZDF, has inked a first-look deal…
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Viacom appoints int’l COO
The international arm of US media giant Viacom has appointed Jose Tolosa COO. Tolosa replaces…
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Canal+ launches kids, entertainment channels in Africa
Canal+ has expanded its service for sub-Saharan Africa with the creation of three new dedicated…
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News brief: NRK wonders How to Be
NRK in Norway has licensed a local remake of Israeli celebrity interview format How to…
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Viacom poaches BBCWW exec for Asian sales
Viacom International Media Networks has recruited June Yeoh from BBC Worldwide to run programme sales…
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Discovery ‘exits Ten takeover talks’
Discovery Communications has pulled out of talks to buy Australian commercial channel Network Ten, according…