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Netflix goes blue-chip with Planet Earth creators
Streaming service Netflix is going after the blue chip factual audience by commissioning a landmark…
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Endemol Shine UK creative chief exits
Long-serving creative David Flynn is leaving Endemol Shine UK. Having joined Endemol as an intern…
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Syfy hangs with Geeks Who Drink
US cable channel Syfy has commissioned a game show titled Geeks Who Drink. Heroes Reborn…
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Fusion follows Selfie Life
US cable channel Fusion has ordered UK-based Nerd TV to create My Seflie Life, a…
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Sky opens up movie store to non-subs
Pay TV operator Sky has opened its download-to-own movie service to all consumers in the…
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Embassy Row picks up Japanese cooking format
Sony Pictures Television-owned US prodco Embassy Row has acquired rights to Asahi Broadcasting Corp’s culinary…
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Crackle unveils web originals
Sony Pictures Television-owned VoD site Crackle has announced a lineup of original programming for the…
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Greif, Joffé working on Texas Rising sequel
The creators of History miniseries Texas Rising are working on a second season, which will…
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Canal+ and Disney strike French streaming deal
French pay TV operator Canal+ will launch a Maker Studios-branded streaming service later this year….
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Discovery moving into international drama
Discovery has ordered its first original scripted series for outside of the US and has…
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BBC Worldwide appoints Saul Venit replacement
BBC Worldwide has named Jonathan Mills director of business and legal affairs, filling the role…
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Discovery UK buys Idris Elba doc
Discovery Networks has acquired actor Idris Elba’s personal journey documentary Mandela, My Dad and Me….
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Nordisk is latest to Do That
Banijay Group’s Nordisk Film TV is lining up three local versions of Israeli primetime game…
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Rai Com creates buzz around Italiana
The commercial division of Italian pubcaster Rai is in Cannes launching a magazine series based…
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Asian MCN teams with Dailymotion
Asia’s biggest multichannel network, WebTVAsia, has signed a long-term distribution and coproduction deal with French…
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More4 wades into Heavy Water War noir
Channel 4’s UK digital network More4 has acquired The Heavy Water War, a Norwegian noir…
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Lagardère lays out African content business
Leading French production group Lagardère Entertainment is building out the structure of its new African…
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Lumière secures ZDFE drama deal
Belgium-based distribution group Lumière has scored a major output deal for dramas from the commercial…
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Cambodia, Peru prepare for game show Boom!
Broadcasters in Cambodia and Peru are making local versions of Keshet International game show format…
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Discovery Asia Pac bags TCB factual
Discovery Networks Asia Pacific has bought Wicked Inventions and What on Earth? from London-based TCB…
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Blind Date comedy format set for Russia
Russian channel Rossiya 1 has ordered a local version of Israeli-originated comedy Ciega a Citas (Blind…
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Partners line up for new Agatha Christie drama
A raft of international broadcasters have prebought Partners in Crime, the new BBC Agatha Christie…
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French air strike threat over
Executives at MIPTV are breathing a unified sigh of relief after the threat of industrial action that…
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Next Top Model format heads to MTV India
An Indian Next Top Model is in the works, with MTV India ordering a local…
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Fox ups Asian acquisitions boss
Michael Dick has been given a wider role at Fox International Channels and will now…
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WDR catches Gigglebug
Germany’s WDRmediagroup has added Finnish toon Gigglebug to its catalogue at MIPTV. The show, from…
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Burnett closes Generation Gap with Televisa
Producer Mark Burnett is working with Mexico’s Televisa on a new format in which families…
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CBBC, ABC explore Secret Life of Boys
Pubcasters in the UK and Australia have co-commissioned a live-action interactive drama about an eleven-year-old…
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Sony poaches Fox exec for key post
Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired Fox executive Sanford Panitch to become its president of international…
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FremantleMedia staffs up, sells Cash format
FremantleMedia has staffed up its forthcoming game show channel Buzzr, while also selling new format…