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Deal or no Deal creator exits Endemol deal
Dick de Rijk is ending an exclusive deal with Endemol to focus on creating new…
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Ford orders new Raging Planet for Discovery’s Awesome Sundays
Discovery Channel in the US has ordered a second season of extreme weather series Raging…
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HBO renews hit series
US cable network HBO has renewed dark comedy Hung, male comedy Entourage and vampire drama…
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Ish Entertainment moving into scripted world
US reality producer Ish Entertainment is moving into the scripted world with the launch of…
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New roles for Tavernier, Wiffen and Hoeflich at FremantleMedia’s scripted division
FremantleMedia has rejigged its Worldwide Drama department. Claire Tavernier becomes senior EVP of the WWD…
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Carl Hall takes full control of Parthenon
Carl Hall has taken full control of UK indie producer and distributor Parthenon after buying…
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Shine gets £5m Dance order from Sky
UK-based indie producer Shine TV has won a commission for an eight-part dancing series from…
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CME acquires CEE producer MediaPro
Pan regional broadcaster Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has acquired control of CEE producer and…
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Starz launches new comedy series
US cable network is set to launch a number of new series including projects from…
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Kabillion does 3 million
US kids video-on-demand service Kabillion has continued its strong growth, registering over 3 million VOD…
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Discovery launches online in China
Discovery has launched an online service in China, in association with Baidu, the largest Chinese…
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ITV launches fall slate, raft of docs
British commercial broadcaster ITV has launched its fall line up with a raft of factual…
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Diller’s IAC launches TV production arm
InterActiveCorp, the media and internet company run by Barry Diller, is set to launch a…
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Ben Silverman leaving NBC to set up prodco with Diller
NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman is leaving the broadcaster to start a new production company with…
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ITV picks up Vampire Diaries and other shows in Warners deal
ITV has acquired US drama series The Vampire Diaries as part of a wide-ranging deal…
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Andy Heyward links with AOL for Warren Buffett and Martha Stewart toons
A Squared, the new company from kids TV veteran Andy Heyward, is linking with AOL…
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FIC sets off distribution deal with Fireworks
Fox International Channels has struck a distribution deal with Fireworks International to sell its collection…
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Five picks up Disney’s Flash Forward
UK commercial broadcaster Five has acquired hugely anticipated sci fi drama Flash Forward after striking…
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ABC picks up UKTV’s Ty’s Great British Adventure
ABC has acquired lifestyle series Ty’s Great British Adventure from British cable network UKTV. The…
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Raft of Scandi deals for Cineflix
Cineflix’s distribution arm has closed a swathe of deals across the Scandi countries including Gillian…
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Antena3 to produce Endemol’s 19 Yards
Spanish commercial broadcaster Antena3 is set to produce a local version of Endemol’s gameshow The…
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Epix eyes Atlas Shrugged commission
Epix, the soon-to-launch US cable network, run by Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM, is eyeing its…
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UK channels acquire more, spend less on original programming
Spending on UK-originated programming by the UK broadcasters with a public service remit has fallen…
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Univision wins online battle with Televisa
US Spanish language broadcaster Univision has won its long term legal battle with Mexican media…
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SyFy to remake Children of the Corn
US cable network SyFy is set to air a TV adaptation of Stephen King’s horror…
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Babelgum eyes day and date deals
Babelgum, the online-video provider, is looking to secure more “day and date” distribution deals with…
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E1 eyes UK/ Canadian copros
Canadian producer and distributor E1 Entertainment is eyeing a number of UK/ Canadian coproductions following…
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ABC Australia restructures ahead of kids channel launch
Australian public broadcaster the ABC has reorganised its kids department ahead of the launch of…
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Jetix Italy bosses buy GXT and K2 channels
Management at Jetix Italy have agreed to buy out the Jetix spin-off channels GXT and…
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Nat Geo, C4 orders WW2 doc from Icon
Nat Geo, Channel 4 and Thirteen have ordered The Airmen & the Headhunters from UK…