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El Rey dismisses Matador
Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network has cancelled its sports-spy thriller drama Matador despite having previously…
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9 Story strikes Asian deals for toon series
Canada-based producer and distributor 9 Story has shopped a raft of programing to broadcasters in…
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SVT programming boss departs
Martin Österdahl is exiting his post as programming director of SVT after a short spell…
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Ob doc formats dissected
The observational documentary – or docu-soap – has brought big characters and weird and wonderful…
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Kate Beal: the work experience experience
Work Experience – it’s that rite of passage into the mystical world of TV. We…
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Buyers Briefing: Palakorn Somsuwan, Bangkok Broadcasting & TV
Name: Palakorn Somsuwan Title: managing director, Bangkok Broadcasting & TV Co. Ahead of the ATF…
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Buyers Briefing: Airin Zainul, Media Prima
Name: Airin Zainul Title: Group general manager, ntv7 & 8TV, Media Prima Berhad Ahead of…
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France Télévisions orders pair of docs from Pernel
French pubcaster France Télévisions has ordered two one-off docs from Paris-based indie Pernel Media. It…
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Netflix boss predicts the end of broadcast TV
Netflix CEO Reed Hasting has said that broadcast TV’s days are numbered. The boss of…
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Spain’s Visiona takes DRG formats
Spanish producer Visiona TV has licensed two entertainment formats from UK-based distributor DRG. The prodco…
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CBC in ITV’s Shadows
Canada’s CBC has bought in ITV drama Chasing Shadows as local budget cuts force the…
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BitTorrent enters original drama series market
Peer-to-peer sharing company BitTorrent is launching an original online drama series, putting it into competition…
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News brief: Amazon sets intn’l launch for first live-action kids
Amazon will launch its first live-action kids series before Christmas on its Prime Instant SVOD…
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BBC outlines another £400m in cost cuts
The BBC is set to outline how it can make an additional £400 million (US$630…
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Keep Your Light Shining heads to Globo
Singing competition format Keep Your Light Shining has been picked up by Brazil’s biggest broadcaster,…
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Interactive BBC football WWI series launches
The BBC is launching Footballers United, an interactive drama to tie in with its World…
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Fledgling UK indie gets C4 commission
Recently-formed UK indie Voltage TV has won its first commission, The British Property Boom, a…
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Fox’s Red Band Society disbanded
Fox’s teen medical drama Red Band Society has been pulled from schedules, prompting questions over…
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French nets bag 100 hours of Sky Vision shows
French broadcasters have acquired programming amounting to 100 hours from UK-based distributor Sky Vision. The…
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VTV to remake Armoza drama Arbitrator
Vietnam Television has licensed 45 episodes of Armoza Formats’ drama The Arbitrator. The Israeli format…
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News brief: Nick sprinkles Asian Peppa on schedules
Nickelodeon has acquired seasons one to six of Entertainment One’s Peppa Pig for its Nick…
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News brief: Endemol Beyond launches #Muthaship
Endemol Beyond USA will launch a YouTube reality show, The #Muthaship, on December 1. The…
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Zodiak hires Nordic World sales exec
Nordic World is saying goodbye to another sales executive following the departure of Patty Geneste….
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Viewpoint: Simon Flamank, Bob & Co.
Veteran kids TV financier and producer Simon Flamank explains why piecing together investment on an…
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Viewpoint: Simon Flamank, Bob & Co.
Veteran kids TV financier and producer Simon Flamank explains why piecing together investment on an…
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Norway’s TV3 picks up NBC’s State of Affairs
Norwegian free-to-air channel TV3 has picked up State of Affairs, the political drama that airs…
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ZDF, GoldBee sell kids into Asia
The commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF and fledgling distributor GoldBee have sold a raft…
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Hulu renews original gameshow
On-demand and streaming service Hulu has renewed its original gameshow series Money Where Your Mouth…
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Nordic World ‘disagreement’ leads to Geneste exit
Nordic World has terminated a consultancy agreement with Patty Geneste just weeks after completing a…
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News brief: Israeli fund hires unscripted chief
Israel’s TV Format Fund has appointed experienced producer Dror Levy as manager of non-scripted content….