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MTV fleshes out plans for international HD channel
The first details of MTV Networks International’s upcoming high definition channel are starting to emerge….
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Sci-Fi looks to UK producers for reality
The bosses of NBC’s Sci Fi channel are in London this week to meet UK…
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RHI raising $189m through IPO
RHI Entertainment has priced its initial public offering at $14 per share. The TV movie…
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Metronome launches in the US
Nordic-based producer and distributor Metronome has launched a US subsidiary and will start shopping its…
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Jana Bennett on iPlayer
BBC Vision boss Jana Bennett used her keynote address at last week’s Banff TV Festival…
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Comedy Central launching in Hungary this October
MTV is launching a localised version of its Comedy Central channel in Hungary. The channel…
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ProSiebenSat.1 acquires C More
German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 is to sell its pay TV business C More Group to…
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BBC, TVNZ order live-action kids series Paradise Café
UK and New Zealand public broadcasters the BBC and TVNZ have ordered a live-action kids…
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Guru closes in on deals
Canadian animation studio Guru is close to inking its first development deal with a broadcaster…
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European producers take Village on a Diet options
All3Media International has agreed a raft of option deals for its factual entertainment series Village…
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France Televisions to centralize kids department
France Televisions is combining the kids programming departments from all three of its channels, France…
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Fox to make local version of Little Mosque
US studio 20th Century Fox TV is to make a local version of hit Canadian…
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BBC, Hat Trick to produce Krod Mandoon with MRC
British public broadcaster the BBC has joined forces with US cable network Comedy Central to…
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AB inks Prophecy deals
French distributor AB International has sold its eight part mini series The Avignon Prophecy to…
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Sally Miles back with Passion
Sally Miles talks to TBIvision about her new distribution company, Passion. Having left ID Distribution,…
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Fiver acquires E! reality series
Fiver, the recently revamped RTL-owned digital channel, has snapped up terrestrial rights to E! Entertainment’s…
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Endemol cuts format deals for it first telenovela
Endemol Argentina is set to make a number of local versions of its first-ever telenovela…
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REN TV founder buys NBC’s German channel Das Vierte
NBC Universal has sold its German free-to-air channel Das Vierte to Mini Movie Channel for…
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Breakthrough snags Sex and the City’s Cattrall
Kim Cattrall has signed on to star in Breakthrough Animation’s latest animated series Producing Parker,…
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Lonelygirl heads to Italy
Eqal, the digital production company set up by lonelygirl15 producer Miles Beckett, is to launch…
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Teachers’ TV
Angela Taylor, acquisitions controller, Teachers’ TV The buyer: Angela Taylor, acquisitions controller The channel: Teachers’…
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Fremantle inks Live from Abbey Road deals
FremantleMedia has closed a number of international deals for the second season of its live…
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ABC to coproduce Scorpion Island
Australian public broadcaster ABC is to coproduce BBC kids reality series Escape From Scorpion Island…
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Disney sells Amas (Housewives) to Azteca
TV Azteca, the second leading broadcaster in Mexico, has picked up Amas de Casas Desesperadas,…
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Shine Reveille inks Canadian deal
Canadian broadcaster Rogers Media has inked a volume deal with distributor ShineReveille that includes a…
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Studio 100 buys EM.Entertainment for €41m
Belgian based kids entertainment company Studio 100 has picked up the kids business belonging to…
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Cinemagic mooted for Spain
Disney is considering launching its premium Cinemagic channel in Spain after the core Disney Channel…
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Nick Lat Am eyes animation
Nickelodeon Latin America is looking to launch a number of local animated series this year…
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Vivendi and DIC team up for digital initiative
Entertainment company Vivendi and kids producer/distributor DIC have joined forces and will push a range…
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Disney goes free-to-air in Spain
The Disney Channel is launching on Spain’s digital terrestrial TV (DTT) service, marking the first…