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Globo chooses The People’s Choice format
Brazilian TV giant Globo has acquired The People’s Choice format and will make a local…
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AB, Arte and Xilam pick up French distribution gongs
French distributors’ trade body TVFI has awarded AB International Distribution, Arte France and Xilam Animation…
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SVOD players buy medical procedural Remedy
Several SVOD platforms have acquired Canadian medical procedural Remedy. The series, which is produced by…
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Bride format leaves BBC Three for BBC One
BBC Three’s key unscripted format Don’t Tell the Bride is moving to BBC One, as…
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Discovery Life plots 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy
The upcoming Discovery Life Channel has acquired factual entertainment travel show 50 Ways to Kill…
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BBCWW appoints global programming/acquisitions boss
BBC Worldwide has appointed Jon Farrar to a new role, giving him responsibility for global…
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UK PSB programme spend, viewing figures drop
British public service broadcasting is “performing well” despite falls in both programme spend and viewing,…
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HBO, Showtime deals for Presto as Stan taps ABC
Australian on-demand services Presto and Stan have both scored new programming deals. The deals come…
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Sony kids channel hits Freeview
Sony Pictures Television-owned UK preschool net Tiny Pop is launching on the territory’s Freeview platform….
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CBS plants Criminal Minds spin-off in series
CBS is turning to its trusted backdoor pilot process to test another spin-off series, this…
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Grandmother Lover attached to Channel 5
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a documentary about a 31-year-old man that enjoys dating…
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Beowulf story set for ITV
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned a 13-part drama re-imagining of the mythical fantasy story…
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Czech, Slovak public broadcasters begin 4K tests
Czech Republic public TV provider Ceska Televize (CT) and Slovakian public broadcaster RTVS are due…
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US cable ‘needs to change’ in face of industry shift
Cable TV is a “legacy model” that is “under threat” meaning US cablers need to…
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Raft of presales for French WW2 doc
A raft of international broadcasters have prebought World War II feature doc Surrender. The 1x90mins…
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Disney spending more time in Camp Lakebottom
Disney has acquired the second season of toon series Camp Lakebottom for several of its…
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Lifestyle sales for Tricon
Canada-based distributor Tricon has shopped over 400 hours of lifestyle fare to channels around the…
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FX orders rap comedy pilot Atlanta
US cable net FX has ordered Atlanta, a pilot comedy about two cousins working their…
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Cineflix buys into Biblical Conspiracies
Cineflix’s distribution arm has picked up international rights to Biblical mystery doc series Biblical Conspiracies….
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Kavanagh named BBC Three online chief
Damian Kavanagh has named as head of the new-look, online-only BBC Three. Kavanagh, currently controller…
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Warner’s Asanger joins Sony
Warner Bros International Television Production executive Christian Asanger is joining Sony Pictures Television Germany in…
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Hearst pays $81m for stake in Awesomeness TV
Dreamworks Animation has sold a 25% stake in its YouTube multichannel network AwesomenessTV to Hearst…
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Warner Bros. names Romano successor
Warner Bros. Entertainment has named ex-Core Media Group financial chief Kim Williams as its CFO…
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Raft of exec appointments at Viacom intn’l channels
Viacom has upped several of senior channel execs at its international channels, appointing a new…
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Moonves gets prodco deal in contract renewal
Les Moonves will remain as president and CEO of US broadcast group CBS Corp. until…
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CBBC, Nick Jr. launch kids content apps
The BBC has launched a channel-focused app for its children’s network CBBC, which will house…
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Canada’s latest OTT service buys Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.
CraveTV, the low-cost Canadian OTT service that launched this week, has acquired US hit drama…
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Australia, Korea in copro pact
Australian and Korean producers are set to grow closer after their respective governments secured a…
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Wuaki cuts Curzon OTT deal
OTT service Wuaki.TV has struck a deal with Curzon World, adding a range of indie…
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Korea’s Grandpas format heading for Europe
Hit Korean format Grandpas Over Flowers has been optioned in France, Germany and the UK….