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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…
Amazon bags Panda, Penguins in UK deal
Amazon’s streaming service Prime Instant Video has secured six American titles from Viacom International Media…
CBS in Netflix, UK net deals
CBS Studios has licensed six shows to streaming service Netflix, new season comedy Jane the…
Finnish net to visit Temptation Island
Banijay International’s classic reality format Temptation Island is heading to a broadcaster in Finland. Nelonen Media-owned…
Comarex pushes into Spain with JV launch
Hispanic programming distributor Comarex is launching a Spanish office with Spanish business group Onza Partners….
SBS inks Wildest Weather presale
SBS in Australia has boarded three-part unscripted series Richard Hammond’s Wildest Weather. The show is…
A+E, Ideate launch Asian production pact
A+E Networks Asia and Malaysia’s Ideate Media are launching a production partnership designed to “kickstart…
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…
First Hand closes ZDF, NHK deals
Factual specialist First Hand Films has secured a batch of deals, including selling a one-off…
Cartoonito, RTE buy Pip Ahoy!
Cartoonito in the UK and Ireland and Irish pubcaster RTE have acquired rights to Channel…
Discovery secures Xilam output deal in Italy
Discovery Networks Western Europe in Italy has secured an output deal with French animation studio…
De Mol buys into German prodco
John de Mol has acquired a 49.9% stake in German formats producer Schwartzkopff TV, which…
Banijay names French CEO
Banijay Group has named COO Francois de Brugada as CEO its French division. De Brugada,…
Toonz to buy Spain’s Imira
Indian firm Toonz Entertainment is acquiring Spain’s Imira Entertainment. Financial details of the deal were…
Pair of channels call on Thunderbirds
MBC in the Middle East and Noga in Israel have acquired the CGI reboot of…
Beta joins Sky Italia drama 1992
Germany’s Beta Film has signed on for Sky Italia’s big budget political crime series 1992….
Telefonica visits Gracepoint
Spain’s Telefonica has acquired Broadchurch remake Gracepoint from Shine International, which has also done a…
Mattel restructures Hit distribution unit
Toyco Mattel has unveiled a new distribution structure and strategy for its children’s content arm,…
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….
News brief: Your Family launches Slovak channel
Germany’s Your Family Entertainment has hooked up with Bratislava-based JOJ Group to launch a kids…
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…
Sony launches Sports Jeopardy!
Sony Pictures Television is launching a sports-themed spin-off of classic gameshow Jeopardy! in Cannes. Sony…
Genesis’ Mike Rutherford makes rock reality show
Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford will feature in a new rock reality competition format, Birth of…
Miramax taking Revolution Studios content to TV
Miramax has struck a deal with Revolution Studios and will handle international TV and digital…
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…
BBC Worldwide sells drama into Asia
BBC Worldwide has inked deals with a raft of broadcasters in southeast Asia with several…
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…
News brief: New Rabbit hutch in LA
Finland’s Rabbit Films has opened an office in LA. The division will focus on international…
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…
A+E makes dramatic move with Studios
A+E launched A+E Studios just over a year ago to deliver premium scripted programming to…