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2waytraffic sells Ba Ba Boom to Brazil, Mid East
2waytraffic, the formats outfit recently acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment, has sold its questionless gameshow…
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Fremantle sues over Farmer format
RTL-backed production and distribution group FremantleMedia has taken the unusual step of initiating legal proceeding…
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Fox picks up FtvS’ Mental
US network Fox has picked up the rights to air medical procedural Mental, which is…
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Nat Geo goes Inside Guantanamo
National Geographic Film and Television is bring a new, one-off film about the Guantanamo Bay…
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Channel 4 picks up Studio Lambert’s Ultimate Traveller
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered a new show, Ultimate Traveller, from Stephen Lambert’s Studio…
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Axe hangs over ITV’s Kandola
Jay Kandola, director of acquisitions at ITV, has become the latest high profile executive at…
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ABC acquires Tandem’s Impact
US network ABC has acquired 2x90mins disaster mini series Impact from German distributor Tandem Communications….
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Passion to sell Daisybeck docs
Passion Distribution, the UK-based distributor set up by Sally Miles, has scored international sales rights…
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ITV cuts program budget, scraps Global target
British commercial broadcaster ITV is to cut its program budget by £65 million (US$91.7 million)…
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Disney appoints Lerner as Euro boss
Disney has appointed president of Disney Latin America, Diego Lerner as president, The Walt Disney…
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BBC channels stock up on Worldwide-distributed series
BBC Worldwide’s channels division has acquired a raft of content distributed by its program sales…
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Taffy and MYP become Moonscoop ahead of US push
Kids companies Taffy and Mike Young Productions will be rebranded and come under the Moonscoop…
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Canal+ greenlights English-language drama
French broadcaster Canal+ has ordered its first ever one-hour English-language drama series, The Borgias. Canal+…
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Revolution options Red Riding follow-up 1984
Revolution Films, the independent film and television production company set up by Michael Winterbottom, has…
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Rogers acquires raft of US series
Canadian broadcaster Rogers Media has acquired a number of US series including NBC’s highly anticipated…
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NBC to launch US version of I’m A Celebrity
US network NBC is set to launch a local version of British reality format I’m A…
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Off The Fence sells 500 hours of WEtv series
Dutch distributor Off The Fence has sold some 500 hours of WE tv’s factual and…
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ABC to return to film funding
Australian public broadcaster ABC is to boost its investment in feature films by funding up…
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Icahn increases Lionsgate share
Corporate raider Carl Icahn has increased his stake in producer and distributor Lionsgate, the studio…
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Galleon strikes Soccer format deal in India, Middle East
Media Star Global is set to launch local versions of Super Soccer Star in India…
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Dori ups earnings, trimming costs
Dori Media’s revenues surged 70% in 2008 and the London-listed telenovela producer and distributor has…
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Fremantle buys Beers’ Original
RTL-backed production and distribution group FremantleMedia has acquired a 75% stake in Thom Beers’ production…
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Muprhy in as Sky’s program boss
BSkyB has appointed former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy as director of programmes for its pay…
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American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe talks to TBI
Nigel Lythgoe is one of British television’s most successful exports. The former head of entertainment…
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ITV in talks to put content on Hulu
ITV Global Content is in talks with Hulu and wants to put its programming on…
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David Smyth leaves Sky One, joins Fox
Sky One head of acquisitions David Smyth has left the pay broadcaster and has been…
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MTV’s Atom.com launches digital slate
MTV Networks-owned online video site Atom has commissioned a raft of new web series from…
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Chorion to launch Olivia this month, announces record results
Kids rights holder Chorion is to launch animated series Olivia in the UK later this…
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Disney flips Jetix France to Disney XD; others expected to follow
Disney is rebranding its boy-skewed Jetix channel in France as Disney XD. The name change…
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Germany’s Helping Hearts travels around Europe
German-originated format Helping Hearts has been picked up several European territories with distributor All3Media International…