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Animal Planet profiles Preposterous Pets in 200 territories
Discovery Networks International has commissioned Preposterous Pets, a warm factual series about owners about people…
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Sony sweeps in for Broome first-look deal
Sony Pictures Television has secured a first-look deal with The Biggest Loser creator Dave Broome…
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Ellipsanime buys Moonscoop assets for $820k
French animation house Ellipsanime has acquired the assets of rival Moonscoop, which was in administration,…
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Twitter says TV tweeters make better viewers
Twitter users recall TV advertisements at a far greater rate than non-users, according to an…
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Telemundo and Spain’s Reset join forces
US Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo and Spanish prodco Reset TV have joined forces to create a…
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Bunim/Murray’s BMP cuts development deals
The Latin-focussed division of US prodco Bunim/Murray has agreed development deals with Emmy Award-winning journalist…
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Third global BBC Worldwide channel brand named BBC Brit
BBC Worldwide’s third thematic channel brand, a male-skewed factual entertainment network, will be known as…
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Teleset follows Breaking Bad remake with drug cartel series
Teleset, the Sony Pictures TV-backed Colombian producer, has secured an order for a new original…
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Oz net joins Time Scanners team
Australia’s ABC has become the first prebuyer of upcoming history and science series Time Scanners….
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19-2 adds up for Content
Content Television has acquired international distribution rights to the English-language remake of French-Canadian drama 19-2….
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Liberty agrees $13.7bn Ziggo takeover
Liberty Global has agreed to buy Ziggo, in a deal that values the Dutch cable…
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News brief: ORF Universum launches industry-aimed site
The doc arm of ORF Enterprises, ORF Universum, is launching an industry-focused information website for…
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UK indie secures Australian format deal
Australian paycaster Foxtel has made commissioned a remake of a UK crime doc series, which…
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Colombian net, FIC prescribe ER remake
Colombia’s RCN has ordered a Spanish-language remake of NBC medical drama ER, which ran for…
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Sunset+Vine poaches Fox’s Bevan for Asian op
Sports media production company Sunset+Vine has poached Huw Bevan from Fox International Channels to head…
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ITV Studios ships 200 hours to Lat Am
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has closed out close to 200 hours of programming deals in…
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Zodiak Rights scores UK indie deals, renewals
Zodiak Rights has scored first-look development deals with a pair of UK indies and renewed…
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History launches in Ukraine, grows in Russia
A+E Networks-owned pay TV channel History has launched in the Ukraine on a DTH platform…
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PGS notches Lat Am deals
Kids distributor PGS Entertainment has sealed a raft of programming deals with broadcasters across Latin…
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Canada’s Primitive buys into Essential 11
Canada-based Factual producer Primitive Entertainment has bought into fellow prodco Essential 11 as part of…
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Discovery, Noga register for Operation Ouch!
Discovery Kids in Asia and Israel’s Noga are among new buyers of CBBC’s BAFTA-winning children’s…
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MundoFox raids Katz for Saccone replacement
Hispanic US channel MundoFox has poached Ibra Morales from Katz Television Group to become its…
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Sony Pictures TV weighs Scandi TV moves
Sony’s resurgent TV division wants to increase its exposure to the Scandinavian market and is…
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Fox prepares for Utopia
Big Brother creator John de Mol’s hot new reality format Utopia has been bought by…
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Wallander III sells worldwide
The third season of Wallander has sold to various territories worldwide including the UK, Australia,…
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The Writers’ Room sells in 114 territories
The first season of Sundance Channel’s The Writers’ Room has been sold into over 114…
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Scripps taps Sony exec for Fine Living Italy launch
Scripps Networks International has hired an AXN senior programming manager to become channel director of…
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T Group promotes creative pair
US producer T Group Productions has promoted a pair of development executives. Rob Lobl has…
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Fox names new Italian chief
Fox International Channels has named Fabrizio Salini as the new managing director of its Italian…
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News brief: History gears up for petrolheads series
History Channel in the UK has commissioned local indie Splash Media to create a new…