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Lifetime UK calls out Property Brothers
Lifetime in the UK has acquired North American home renovation show Property Brothers from distributor…
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Shine TV exec joins ITV Studio’s Potato
Shine TV’s Claire Morrison has joined ITV Studios-owned UK prodco Potato in the new role…
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BBC One smells New Blood, poaches Cox
UK broadcaster BBC One has commissioned an Anthony Horowitz-penned 7x60mins crime drama from Jill Green’s…
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Sky follows Danger Dogs
Sky in the UK is among buyers of Danger Dogs, a series from Australia’s Flame…
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New players set for MIP Digital Fronts
The second MIP Digital Fronts will include the likes of AwesomenessTV, Collective Digital Studio and…
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Discovery rebrands SBS operation in Sweden
Discovery is to drop the SBS brand from its Nordic unit SBS Discovery and rebrand…
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M6 takes UK’s Undateables to France
French network M6 has ordered a local version of UK documentary format The Undateables. Pernel…
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EuropaCorp TV revenues edge up
TV series revenues at Luc Besson’s production and distribution company EuropaCorp inched up in the…
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Amazon rebooting 70s kids show
Amazon is making a modern-day version of 1970s live-action kids series Sigmund and the Sea…
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News brief: UKTV buys Crusoe, Pinocchio
British multichannel operator UKTV has bought three scripted series from UK-based distributor Power. Scripps Networks…
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News brief: YLE name new drama chief
Finnish pubcaster YLE has appointed Jarmo Lampela as its new head of drama. Lampela replaces…
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House of Cards season three leaks
A “technical glitch” allowed Netflix subscribers on Wednesday afternoon to briefly watch the upcoming third…
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FremantleMedia buys into indie start-up Corona
FremantleMedia has bought a 25% stake in indie start-up Corona TV. Corona TV is the…
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My Restaurant Rocks with Sky Italia
Sky Italia has ordered a version of Red Arrow International format My Restaurant Rocks for…
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WDR doping doc finds int’l homes
A German documentary about alleged wide-scale doping among Russian Olympic athletes has sold to seven…
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Puppet politics satire back on ITV
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a political-themed puppet comedy series that harks back to the…
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Robin Hood completes Euro roll-out
Toon series Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood has now secured 100% carriage on free TV…
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Crave cuts Fox SVOD deal
Fledgling Canadian SVOD service Crave has struck a programming deal with Fox, for several of…
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New Worlds launches on US OTT, iTunes
Epic period miniseries New Worlds will launch on UK-centric OTT service Acorn TV next week…
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Cinedigm preps OTT nets with LA start-up
US indie distributor Cinedigm is to mine its content library to launch a slate of…
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The state of the kids VOD industry
Nick Walters, founder and CEO of kids SVOD service Hopster, identifies the trends driving the…
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News brief: Zee explores Who’s Asking?
Indian broadaster Zee has licensed a local version of Israeli studio gameshow Who’s Asking? from…
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Show of the week: Shadows of the Past
Televisa Internacional’s new telenovela Shadows of the Past, marks a re-visitation of international hit The…
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MGM bringing ABC’s Battlebots to market
MGM will sell Battlebots internationally, the robot battle series that is relaunching on US broadcast…
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News brief: Syfy US acquires Flame’s ghost series
US cable net Syfy has acquired ghost hunter series Haunting: Australia from UK indie Flame…
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MNC buys Primeworks’ urban travelogue
An Indonesian broadcast group has bought non-exclusive pay TV and OTT rights to Primeworks Studios’…
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NBC renews dramas including Blacklist
NBC has given new season order to hit drama The Blacklist, which will enter production…
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ITV Studios America hires digital boss
ITV Studios has hired Bruce Gersh to oversee digital and branded content at its US…
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News brief: Greco upped at Bunim/Murray
US prodco Bunim/Murray has promoted John Greco to senior VP, production. Banijay-owned BMP said Greco…
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News brief: Ovation buys sound and music series
US cable net Ovation has bought a pair of series from Netherlands-based distributor FCCE. The…