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Endemol hires CME exec Williams
Endemol has continued its aggressive expansion plans with the hire of CME executive Marina Williams…
Lionsgate ships out The Guard
Producer and distributor Lionsgate has sold Canadian drama series The Guard into 30 territories ahead…
Target closes various Canadian deals
Target Entertainment has closed a number of sales in Canada ahead of MIPCOM. The UK-based…
All3Media triggers White Smoke deal
Patrick Scholtze, a long time John de Mol associate one of the creators of Big…
MTV UK unveils latest slate
MTV UK has unveiled its new season of original series with a raft of reality…
RDF inks doc deals
RDF Rights has closed a number of international deals for a range of documentaries, including…
Spike pilots Peep Show
US cable network Spike TV has just finished production on the pilot of UK comedy…
Vuguru launches Topps
Vuguru, the online production company set up by former Disney boss Michael Eisner, is to…
Southern Star put up for sale
Australian producer and distributor Southern Star has been put up for sale by its corporate…
Virgin Media picks up ShineReveille’s Tim
UK cable operator Virgin Media has acquired ShineReveille’s quirky animated comedy The Life and Times…
BBC creates new unit: Childrenâs and Licensing
BBC Worldwide has restructured its kids business and renamed it Children’s and Licensing. The newly…
Echo Bridge inks pre-MIPCOM deals
Echo Bridge International has sealed a raft of programming deals ahead of MIPCOM. The distributor…
Distraction picks up new OJ Simpson doc
Distributor Distraction has picked up the rights to a new one-hour documentary about OJ Simpson,…
Insight picks up The Phone
Insight, the producer behind the Canadian versions of Idol, Deal or No Deal and Project…
Kids shows driving Australia’s ABC2
ABC2, Australian public broadcaster the ABC’s free-to-air digital channel, has built its audience share at…
French channels investing less in drama
Drama remains the mainstay of French TV schedules but broadcasters are investing less in the…
Starz unveils Mipcom lineup
Starz Media has unveiled its largest ever slate for Mipcom including hot Spinal Tap-esque comedy…
Action Germany
The German TV market is widely considered to be the second most important in the…
Phineas & Ferb director launches indie
The director hit Disney series Phineas & Ferb has launched his own independent production company…
Distraction inks deal with Aito
Formats distributor Distraction has inked a first look deal with Finnish production company Aito Media….
All3Media inks Blinkbox deal
All3Media International has inked a deal with online video operator Blinkbox to air full length…
Taking ITV Worldwide
Peter Iacono joined ITV in January as president and managing director of ITV Worldwide. Having…
RDF rolls out more lyrics
RDF is continuing to roll out its hit entertainment format Don’t Forget The Lyrics globally…
DCD lines up first finance fund projects
DCD Rights, the television distributor, has already committed £1 million in principle out of its…
ITV eyes more deals after Electric Farm
British commercial broadcaster ITV is eyeing further digital acquisitions following US arm Granada America’s deal…
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…
Wallace and Gromit join KidsCo for Xmas
Kids channel KidsCo has acquired a raft of movies that will form the centrepieces of…
BabyFirst launches preschool production unit
BabyFirst, the baby and parent focused channel backed by Fox, is launching an in-house production…
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…
Marathon launching Totally Spies spin-off at MIPCOM
Marathon will start shopping Amazing Spiez, a follow-up to its smash hit series Totally Spies,…