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MIPTV organisers announce delegate numbers for 50th anniversary market
The organisers of MIPTV said today that 11,000 delegates attended the fiftieth edition of the…
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BBC seals format deals for Mastermind
BBC Worldwide has struck agreements for international versions of long-running UK quiz show Mastermind. Mastermind…
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Channel 4 orders Draw Something gameshow from Sony
Channel 4 has ordered Draw It!, a gameshow based on the hugely successful Draw Something…
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AMC brings on Endemol to distribute unscripted series
AMC has inked a deal with Endemol, which will sell several of its unscripted shows…
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Netflix and Amazon drive huge growth in OTT market
The over-the-top video market grew 60% last year to pass US$8 billion, driven by companies…
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Discovery taps into October Films’ Dark Desires
Discovery has ordered stalker series Obsession: Dark Desires. The ten-part drama doc series will be…
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Disney Junior goes HD in the UK
The UK version of Disney’s preschool channel Disney Junior has launched in high definition. Disney…
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News Brief: ZDF launches short film portal
ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of German public broadcaster ZDF, has launched a new short…
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Eli Roth preps telenovela spoof
Hollywood horror director Eli Roth has told TBI he plans to make a English-language version…
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Starz prepares to go Airborne
US premium cable net Starz is developing a new coming-of-age drama set during the Vietnam…
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A+E partners with Canal+
A+E Networks and Canal+ Group will launch “multiple channels” in the second part of 2013…
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CBeebies, BBC Worldwide join Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures
UK public children’s channel CBeebies and commercial counterpart BBC Worldwide Channels have hooked up to…
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Watchever buys Zodiak Kids package
Vivendi’s new European OTT platform Watchever is among a number of VOD services in Europe to…
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Moonscoop serves up Shaolin series
Moonscoop’s US arm and Australian prodco Wandering Eye Pictures are in Cannes with new ‘east…
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CBC’s Napkin Man moves forward
Upcoming preschool show The Adventures of Napkin Man is moving ahead and production will start…
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ITV dramas ship globally
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has secured multiple sales of its crime dramas Agatha Christie’s Marple,…
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Chello signs ShortsTV distribution deal
Chello Central Europe will distribute the ShortsTV short movie network in Central and Eastern Europe,…
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Endemol: M&A is in our DNA
Global production giant Endemol has re-entered the acquisitions market and plans to buy a company…
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Discovery diversifying beyond factual to become ‘broader media company’
Discovery Communications will become a broader based media company, moving beyond the factual content on…
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Sky, Starz test their Fortitude
UK pay channel Sky Atlantic and US premium cable net Starz have co-commissioned a high end 13-part drama, the…
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Hulu checks in to Grand Hotel
US VOD service Hulu is among the latest buyers of Spanish period drama Grand Hotel, TBI…
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Channel 5 buys Irish drama
The UK’s Channel 5 has followed up its acquisition of The Bible by taking Irish…
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Red Arrow inks Middle East formats deal
German producer and distributor Red Arrow International has inked a deal with Sync Media, which will…
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BBC and CCTV cut another coproduction deal
UK and Chinese public broadcasters the BBC and CCTV have agreed a coproduction deal for…
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Greg Lynn plans innovative digital approach for post-Chapman series
The former managing director of Chapman Entertainment, Greg Lynn, has told TBI of the unique…
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JimJam buys Your Family’s Heroes of the City
Kids network JimJam has picked up animated series Heroes of the City from German distributor…
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Spike vows to Never Ever Do This at Home
US cable channel Spike TV has bought DRG-distributed science-theme entertainment series Never Ever Do This…
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Viewster adds 200 titles
Switzerland-based video-on-demand service Viewster has added more than 200 TV and film titles to its…
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Warner Bros buys rights to Spanish game show
Warner Bros International Television Production has taken format rights to Money Time, a Spanish game…
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Lifetime launching in the UK and globally
A+E Networks has told TBI that it has concrete plans to launch Lifetime in the…