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BBC Worldwide scores Lake, Paradise drama deals
BBC Worldwide has sold its dramas Top of the Lake, The Paradise and Father Brown…
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Sharknado drops into Space in Canada
Buzzy TV movie Sharknado has followed up its success in the US by delivering 300,000…
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BBC Worldwide delivers ‘steady’ performance as programme sales top £300m
BBC Worldwide’s programme sales revenues topped £300 million (US$453 million) for the first time in…
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Goode joins ABC Family as Lying Game ends
ABC Family has brought in GSN’s former head of programming Kelly Goode to oversee its…
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‘Real Housewives SA to go ahead’, Barbie manager claims
The manager of a woman who claims she has the right to produce a South…
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Eyeworks enters Finland with prodco acquisition
Netherlands-based formats producer and distributor Eyeworks has moved into the Finnish market by acquiring the…
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Scandal goes into syndication with Viacom’s BET
Hit ABC political thriller series Scandal has gone into syndication, with Viacom channel BET launching…
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Smithsonian Channel gets first int’l launch
The Smithsonian Channel will launch in Canada this autumn, marking the first time the factual…
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News brief: VH1 original Hit the Floor gets second season
Viacom-owned cable channel VH1 has greenlit a second season of its scripted drama Hit the…
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Sonar Entertainment launching paid-for YouTube channel
Sonar Entertainment launching a paid-for YouTube channel, Minis + Movies. The TV movie and series…
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News brief: Zodiak Kids scores TV3 package deal
Zodiak Kids has sold a package deal of 125 hours to children’s programming to Spanish…
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News brief: Junior Vets get more training at CBBC
Factual entertainment series Junior Vets has been given a second season on UK children’s digital…
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Telemundo making first Spanish-language Top Chef
NBCUniversal-owned US Hispanic network Telemundo is making a Spanish-language version of cooking format Top Chef….
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Scripps linked to Chellomedia bid
Scripps Networks Interactive is reportedly among the interested suitors looking at Liberty Global’s for-sale content…
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Filmax’s cancer drama being remade in Italy
Spanish producer and distributor Filmax has inked a deal with Rai for a local version…
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HBO orders more True Blood
Premium US cable network HBO has ordered another season of vampire drama True Blood. The…
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Discovery buys WW2 Malta doc
Discovery has acquired Heroes in the Sky, a one-off documentary film about the Nazi siege…
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NBCU in South Africa Real Housewives format row
NBCUniversal’s formats team has told TBI it is in no way connected with a South…
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Intel prepping OnCue brand name for TV service
Intel’s forthcoming TV service will reportedly launch under the name OnCue after the technology company…
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Watch gets acquainted with Boston’s Finest
UK pay TV channel Watch has acquired Boston’s Finest, a reality series focusing on the…
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Hulu parents scrap sale, inject $750m
Hulu’s US broadcaster owners have scrapped the sale of the streaming website for a second…
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Lohan gets OWN reality series
Discovery-backed Oprah Winfrey Network has given Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan her own eight-part reality series….
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Future of Spanish Jersey Shore questioned
The Spanish version of Jersey Shore has been cancelled, according to local reports. The local…
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More people working in UK media but concerns over ethnic diversity
New data shows that the number of people working in the TV and creative media…
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Al Jazeera linked to move for Spain’s Mediapro
Al Jazeera is in talks to acquire Spanish producer Mediapro, according to local reports. The…
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Mediacorp strikes 1,000-hour Asian programming deal
The programme sales arm of Singaporean broadcaster MediaCorp has sold a 1,000-hour package of content…
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News brief: WotWots returning to Channel 5
UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered a second series of animated kids series The…
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Sloan, Sagansky launch new investment vehicle with $250m IPO
Industry veterans Harry E. Sloan and Jeff Sagansky are launching a new company, Silver Eagle…
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New cable channel buys international comedy drama
An Australian comedy drama will anchor the launch evening of Participant Media’s new US cable…
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Sony launching new Black and White channels in Europe
Sony Pictures Television is launching new versions of its AXN channel in Central Europe. AXN…