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Spain latest to go Boom!

Spain’s Atresmedia has followed France’s TF1 and the US’s FOX in buying Keshet Intenational gameshow…

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Azteca, Astro in telenovela pact

Spanish-language programmer Azteca and Malaysian pay TV provider Astro are partnering on a wide-ranging telenovela…

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Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL lands on YEP!

Anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL will premiere on Germany children’s programming block YEP! On May 6….

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Shine France to pit Channel vs Channel

Shine’s production arm in France has picked up exclusive remake rights for French-speaking territories to…

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Armoza does Thailand a Favour

Israel’s Armoza Formats has sold street game format Do Me a Favour to Thailand’s Zense…

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Sky Italia debuts Discovery nets

Pay TV provider Sky Italia has added four Discovery Communications-owned channels and one from the…

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Slovenia makes a half-century of Strictly remakes

Strictly Come Dancing is to be remade in Slovenia, a deal that takes the show…

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TVF scores a Psych Out!

TVF International has acquired rights to Atomic Entertainment’s latest format, Psych Out!. TVFI will now…

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ITV Studios to distribute Chinese singing format

ITV Studios Global Entertainment has for the first time signed up distribution rights to a…

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My Family moves to Russia

Russian broadcaster CTC has inked a deal for a local version of DLT Raydar Rights-sold…

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Nat Geo’s Cosmos the most popular show MIPDoc

National Geographic’s space series Cosmos – A Spacetime Odyssey was the most-screened programme at this…

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Sky Vision’s Hodson exits in restructure

The commercial director of BSkyB-owned distributor Sky Vision, Connie Hodson, has left the company, as…

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FremantleMedia hooks up with Dick de Rijk

FremantleMedia has partnered with Deal or No Deal creator Dick de Rijk through a multi-year…

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WOWOW in for Scorsese doc

Japanese pay TV broadcaster WOWOW has come on board Martin Scorsese’s documentary The New York…

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Vice, FremantleMedia launch Munchies, report sales interest

Hipster youth brand Vice has teamed with FremantleMedia to launch a new online food channel,…

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BBC Worldwide cuts China deals

BBC Worldside has closed programming deals with Hong Kong free-TV broadcaster TVB and on-demand platform…

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Netflix welcomes Justin, Derek

Netflix is one of two buyers of preschool show Justin Time and has given a…

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Fox goes Boom! with Keshet DCP format

US broadcaster FOX has commissioned a local version of Keshet International’s latest format, Boom!. The…

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Channel 4, Xbox to adapt Swedish sci-fi

UK broadcaster Channel 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios are readying Humans, a sci-fi series…

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Israel’s Gil has most-watched MIP format For Real

Gil Productions’ Are You For Real? was the most-screened show at the MIPFormats event in…

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Content climbs with Olympus deal

Content Media Corp is selling new Syfy fantasy series Olympus. The 13-part show is to…

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New Endemol Israel scripted boss has US remit

Endemol has named Gal Zaid as its director of comedy and drama in Israel. In…

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Germany finds its own Utopia

Germany’s Sat.1 has commissioned a local version of Talpa Media’s social experiment format Utopia. The…

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Danser exiting Shine Network MD role

Claudia Danser is exiting her role as managing director of Shine Network, TBI has learned….

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Ex-Viacom execs launch kids distributor

Former Viacom International Media Networks execs Irina Nazarenko and Maria Ufland have launched an animation…

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Sky veteran exec to head BT’s TV unit

Delia Bushell has been appointed managing director of BT TV, the UK telco’s growing pay…

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MIPTV 2014: Monster to sell Pip Ahoy! in Cannes

Ireland’s Monster Entertainment will launch 52x11mins animated toon Pip Ahoy! at MIPTV. The preschooler comes…

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MTG, Sony sign content deal

Modern Times Group and Sony Pictures Television have signed a multi-year content deal. The agreement…

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German net preps music doc Fonko

German regional broadcaster WDR is working up a music documentary with indie First Hand Films….

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Metronome brand finished as Shine Nordics is born

Metronome Film & Television is no more, as it rebrands as Shine Nordics to move…