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100 Code, Escape Your Life sell for Red Arrow

Red Arrow International has secured deals for new drama 100 Code and experimental unscripted format…

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Amazon bags Panda, Penguins in UK deal

Amazon’s streaming service Prime Instant Video has secured six American titles from Viacom International Media…

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CBS in Netflix, UK net deals

CBS Studios has licensed six shows to streaming service Netflix, new season comedy Jane the…

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Finnish net to visit Temptation Island

Banijay International’s classic reality format Temptation Island is heading to a broadcaster in Finland. Nelonen Media-owned…

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Comarex pushes into Spain with JV launch

Hispanic programming distributor Comarex is launching a Spanish office with Spanish business group Onza Partners….

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SBS inks Wildest Weather presale

SBS in Australia has boarded three-part unscripted series Richard Hammond’s Wildest Weather. The show is…

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A+E, Ideate launch Asian production pact

A+E Networks Asia and Malaysia’s Ideate Media are launching a production partnership designed to “kickstart…

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Mondo to bring Studio 100 shows to Mid East

Italy’s Mondo TV has acquired Middle Eastern distribution rights to shows from Belgium’s Studio 100…

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First Hand closes ZDF, NHK deals

Factual specialist First Hand Films has secured a batch of deals, including selling a one-off…

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Cartoonito, RTE buy Pip Ahoy!

Cartoonito in the UK and Ireland and Irish pubcaster RTE have acquired rights to Channel…

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Discovery secures Xilam output deal in Italy

Discovery Networks Western Europe in Italy has secured an output deal with French animation studio…

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De Mol buys into German prodco

John de Mol has acquired a 49.9% stake in German formats producer Schwartzkopff TV, which…

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Banijay names French CEO

Banijay Group has named COO Francois de Brugada as CEO its French division. De Brugada,…

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Toonz to buy Spain’s Imira

Indian firm Toonz Entertainment is acquiring Spain’s Imira Entertainment. Financial details of the deal were…

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Pair of channels call on Thunderbirds

MBC in the Middle East and Noga in Israel have acquired the CGI reboot of…

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Beta joins Sky Italia drama 1992

Germany’s Beta Film has signed on for Sky Italia’s big budget political crime series 1992….

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Telefonica visits Gracepoint

Spain’s Telefonica has acquired Broadchurch remake Gracepoint from Shine International, which has also done a…

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Mattel restructures Hit distribution unit

Toyco Mattel has unveiled a new distribution structure and strategy for its children’s content arm,…

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News brief: Blue Ant, Mondo team for toon

Canada’s Blu Ant Media and millenials-focused MCN Mondo Media are partnered for an animated comedy….

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News brief: Your Family launches Slovak channel

Germany’s Your Family Entertainment has hooked up with Bratislava-based JOJ Group to launch a kids…

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Viacom sells 1,000 Nick hours in Lat Am

Viacom International Media Networks has sold 1,000 hours of Nickelodeon programming to channels across Latin…

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Sony launches Sports Jeopardy!

Sony Pictures Television is launching a sports-themed spin-off of classic gameshow Jeopardy! in Cannes. Sony…

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Genesis’ Mike Rutherford makes rock reality show

Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford will feature in a new rock reality competition format, Birth of…

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Miramax taking Revolution Studios content to TV

Miramax has struck a deal with Revolution Studios and will handle international TV and digital…

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British programme exports hit £1.3bn

The total value of UK television exports was £1.28 billion (US$2.1 billion) in the 2013/14…

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BBC Worldwide sells drama into Asia

BBC Worldwide has inked deals with a raft of broadcasters in southeast Asia with several…

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Haut et Court, July August float Rubber Ducks

France’s Haut et Court (Les Revenants) and Israel’s July-August Productions are launching Rubber Ducks, a new thriller…

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News brief: New Rabbit hutch in LA

Finland’s Rabbit Films has opened an office in LA. The division will focus on international…

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Can’t Stop goes Back to the Present

Matthieu Porte’s Can’t Stop Media has brought a documentary that’s timed to launch as seminal…

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A+E makes dramatic move with Studios

A+E launched A+E Studios just over a year ago to deliver premium scripted programming to…