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Endemol hires CME exec Williams

Endemol has continued its aggressive expansion plans with the hire of CME executive Marina Williams…

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Lionsgate ships out The Guard

Producer and distributor Lionsgate has sold Canadian drama series The Guard into 30 territories ahead…

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Target closes various Canadian deals

Target Entertainment has closed a number of sales in Canada ahead of MIPCOM. The UK-based…

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All3Media triggers White Smoke deal

Patrick Scholtze, a long time John de Mol associate one of the creators of Big…

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MTV UK unveils latest slate

MTV UK has unveiled its new season of original series with a raft of reality…

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RDF inks doc deals

RDF Rights has closed a number of international deals for a range of documentaries, including…

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Spike pilots Peep Show

US cable network Spike TV has just finished production on the pilot of UK comedy…

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Vuguru launches Topps

Vuguru, the online production company set up by former Disney boss Michael Eisner, is to…

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Southern Star put up for sale

Australian producer and distributor Southern Star has been put up for sale by its corporate…

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Virgin Media picks up ShineReveille’s Tim

UK cable operator Virgin Media has acquired ShineReveille’s quirky animated comedy The Life and Times…

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BBC creates new unit: Children’s and Licensing

BBC Worldwide has restructured its kids business and renamed it Children’s and Licensing. The newly…

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Echo Bridge inks pre-MIPCOM deals

Echo Bridge International has sealed a raft of programming deals ahead of MIPCOM. The distributor…

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Distraction picks up new OJ Simpson doc

Distributor Distraction has picked up the rights to a new one-hour documentary about OJ Simpson,…

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Insight picks up The Phone

Insight, the producer behind the Canadian versions of Idol, Deal or No Deal and Project…

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Kids shows driving Australia’s ABC2

ABC2, Australian public broadcaster the ABC’s free-to-air digital channel, has built its audience share at…

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French channels investing less in drama

Drama remains the mainstay of French TV schedules but broadcasters are investing less in the…

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Starz unveils Mipcom lineup

Starz Media has unveiled its largest ever slate for Mipcom including hot Spinal Tap-esque comedy…

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Action Germany

The German TV market is widely considered to be the second most important in the…

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Phineas & Ferb director launches indie

The director hit Disney series Phineas & Ferb has launched his own independent production company…

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Distraction inks deal with Aito

Formats distributor Distraction has inked a first look deal with Finnish production company Aito Media….

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All3Media inks Blinkbox deal

All3Media International has inked a deal with online video operator Blinkbox to air full length…

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Taking ITV Worldwide

Peter Iacono joined ITV in January as president and managing director of ITV Worldwide. Having…

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RDF rolls out more lyrics

RDF is continuing to roll out its hit entertainment format Don’t Forget The Lyrics globally…

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DCD lines up first finance fund projects

DCD Rights, the television distributor, has already committed £1 million in principle out of its…

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ITV eyes more deals after Electric Farm

British commercial broadcaster ITV is eyeing further digital acquisitions following US arm Granada America’s deal…

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TVFI numbers show a mixed picture for French programme sellers

Sales of factual programming lifted French TV export figures in 2007 with revenues hitting €118.8…

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Wallace and Gromit join KidsCo for Xmas

Kids channel KidsCo has acquired a raft of movies that will form the centrepieces of…

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BabyFirst launches preschool production unit

BabyFirst, the baby and parent focused channel backed by Fox, is launching an in-house production…

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TF1 to air local Beat Your Host

French free-to-air commercial broadcaster TF1 will air a local version of German-originated gameshow format Beat…

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Marathon launching Totally Spies spin-off at MIPCOM

Marathon will start shopping Amazing Spiez, a follow-up to its smash hit series Totally Spies,…