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What’s the next great American remake?
Beverly Hills 90210 spin off – 90210 – was subject to the biggest buzz at…
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Christiansen to spearhead DRâs coproduction push
Denmark’s DR plans to get more heavily into coproduction and Kim Christiansen will spearhead the…
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Amazia is off
Reed Midem has cancelled Amazia. The inaugural event was slated to take place in Hong…
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ShineReveille boosts Lat Am business
ShineReveille, the recently merged production and distribution company, is ramping up its sales business in…
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VH1 Lat Am closes in on deals for its new movie block
VH1 Latin America is introducing a new movie block and is in LA during Screenings…
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Red Seven off the mark with German Singing Bee
ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s new production arm Red Seven is up and running and will coproduce the…
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RDF seals deals for Fritzl doc Secrets of the Cellar
The distribution arm of UK super-indie RDF has sealed a raft of presales for Secrets…
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Canadaâs Global stocks up on US series
As the LA Screenings kicks off, Canwest has ordered a raft of US series. The…
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Kreiz in as Endemol CEO
Global producer and distributor Endemol has appointed media investment specialist and former Fox Kids Europe…
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DRG shopping for animation producer
Digital Rights Group, the UK distribution company that owns Portman Films, iD Distribution and Zeal…
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LA Screenings 2008
The LA Screenings usually consist of a fairly predictable round of pilot viewing sessions,…
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Globo and Telemundo team for Spanish-language Clone
Brazilian media group Globo and US Hispanic network Telemundo are joining forces to make a…
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Ratings Watch: The Secret Millionaire
US network Fox has just greenlit a local version of UK format The Secret Millionaire…
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Marvel gets Black Panther toon ready for BET
Marvel Entertainment’s animated miniseries based on The Black Panther comic books for Viacom’s BET network…
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ITV buys Silverback
ITV has acquired Swedish-based indie producer Silverback for an initial £5.2 million ($10.1 million). The…
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Jetix getting closer to Disney
Kids channel operator Jetix and its largest shareholder, Disney, are to coproduce a pair of…
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Ex-BBC Films boss sets up indie
David Thompson has become the latest TV producer to set up on his own and…
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US Upfronts: Pickups
The new shows picked up the by US networks. ABC The Goode Family (Prod: MRC…
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PS71 sets up light entertainment producer Red Seven
ProSiebenSat.1 has created a new production company, Red Seven Entertainment. The new entity will create…
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Screen Australia budget unveiled
Screen Australia, the government body set up to oversee subsidies for local TV and film…
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Analysts downbeat on Toeiâs prospects
Japanese animation company Toei has seen profits slip in the most recent reporting period and…
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Nick launches tween telenovela
Nickelodeon Latin America is launching the first tween telenovela – Isa TKM (Te Quiero Mucho)…
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Ratings Watch: Age of Love
Dating format Age of Love has performed well in Norway on TV2, comfortably beating TV…
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Beyond buys into Motive TV
Australian-listed producer and distributor Beyond has taken a 10% stake in UK-listed TV investment company…
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Rainbow comes out for Sundance
Rainbow Media, the programming arm of US cabler Cablevision, will buy Robert Redford’s arts and…
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Studio 100 deal to shop BBC kids formats
Studio 100 Media has agreed a deal to distribute formatted and finished shows from UK…
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Canwest grabs NBC shows ahead of screenings
Canada’s Canwest has picked up several new shows from NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution and…
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Ushuaïa TV’s general director Didier Sapaut talks to TBIvision
The channel: Ushuaïa TVThe buyer: Didier Sapaut, general directorRecent acquisitions: Wasted (All3Media International), Oldies but…
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Territory Focus: Central & Eastern Europe
Broadcasters in Central and Eastern European countries have been relying on long-running telenovelas since the…
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Feature: Evergreen Drama
Susan Bower took over as executive producer of the Australian soap Neighbours in this, its…