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KidsCo inks Asian content deals
KidsCo, the kids channel owned by Sparrowhawk Media, DIC Entertainment and Corus, is inking content…
Marathon finds Famous Five
French producer and distributor Marathon expects to be able to beef up its online and…
Electra to invest in kids producers
Electra Quoted, the media investment arm of venutre capitalist Electra Partners, has £100million ($200m) to…
Cbeebies scribbles it
Cbeebies has commissioned UK indie Dot to Dot Productions to produce a 25x15mins preschool seriesScribble…
Restructured Loonland brings shows to market
TV Loonland has survived a series of financial crises and comes to MIPCOM with two…
4Kids crowns Dino King
4Kids Entertainment is bringing a new show, Dinosaur King to MIPCOM. The 49x30mins series bowed…
2waytraffic sells Millionaire spin-off
UK-listed producer and distributor 2waytraffic has inked a number of major deals for Who Wants…
Outright heads east
UK distributor Outright Distribution has closed a number of Eastern European deals ahead of MIPCOM….
Comment: ITV is programming for growth writes Dominic Schreiber
There can’t be that many broadcasters heading to MIPCOM with a £200 million ($440m) war…
Endemol expands in Korea
Endemol International has stepped up its presence in Korea after it licensed five of its…
SBT bags fashion format
Brazilian broadcaster SBT has struck a deal with BBC Worldwide to produce a local version…
Televisa eyes US format deals
Mexican broadcaster Televisa is expanding its format catalogue following the local success of shows such…
Telemundo pushes Latin formats
Telemundo International, the sales arm of NBC-backed US Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo, is pushing format sales…
SPTI sells karaoke
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has sold music variety format Karaoke Showdown to Vietnam’s VTV3…
Debmar-Mercury opens UK HQ
Debmar-Mercury, the US TV syndication arm of producer and distributor Lionsgate, is to enter the…
BBC asks Who Dares Wins
British public broadcaster the BBC has acquired quiz show format The Rich List from producer…
Nine revamps Millionaire
Australian broadacaster Nine Network has relaunched 2waytraffic International’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? after…
RTL buys gags
German broadcaster RTL has acquired 50x30mins hidden camera comedy format Just For Laughs Gags. The…
Ohm:TV offers formats
German distributor Ohm:TV is launching two formats at MIPCOM. It will unveil reality show Money…
Distraction moves into production
Format distributor Distraction is looking to expand its catalogue of scripted programming as it moves…
CTC to launch Russian Pop Idols
Russian free-to-air broadcaster CTC Media is to produce a local version of hit music format…
Zeal inks Singing Bee deals
Formats distributor Zeal Entertainment has inked a raft of deals for its karaoke contest Singing…
Silverback sells celeb formats
Scandinavian formats outfit Silverback has sold two of its key formats across Europe. Missing Link,…
Fremantle solves Murder
FremantleMedia is launching detective format Murder at MIPCOM. The 10x1hour series, where contestants must unravel…
Sundance launches DocDay
Sundance Channel, the network owned by Robert Redford, CBS and NBC Universal, is to launch…
Granada Ventures preps webstore
Granada Ventures, the licensing and merchandising arm of UK commercial broadcaster ITV, is to launch…
Where’s Wally? He’s on TV in 2009
Entertainment Rights is readying a Where’s Wally? TV series that it hopes will be on…
Euro consolidation continues
The trend for distributors acquiring independent production companies is set to continue following deals involving…
Net5 repositions itself with new look
Dutch broadcaster Net5 has undergone a creative rebranding and shed its image as a female-skewing…
Fremantle brings back Crackerjack
Fremantle Australia is to relaunch the Crackerjack brand, twelve months after the producer was merged…