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Random House’s TV unit taking Monkey Nuts to the small screen
Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment has optioned TV rights to the Monkey Nuts comic series….
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Rive Gauche secures crime sales
Broadcasters in Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific have acquired more than 300 hours of crime series…
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Morris readies Cue Card Media
Mike Morris, the former MD of UK net Channel 4’s commercial arm 4Rights, has launched…
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Liberty boss says Murdochs approve of Virgin deal, dismisses Netflix threat
Rupert and James Murdoch both approve of Liberty Global’s takeover of Virgin Media and understand…
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Peppa Pig heads to Russia
Entertainment One has shopped its hit preschool series Peppa Pig into Russia for the first…
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Hindle to head new FremantleMedia digital arm
FremantleMedia has appointed its stateside-based exec Keith Hindle to lead its newly created Digital and…
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Absolutely Independent inks Dutch content exchange deal
Dutch distributor Absolutely Independent has entered into a “multi-layered” partnership with the video division of…
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M6 buys Your Face Sounds Familiar
Broadcaster M6 is taking Endemol format Your Face Sounds Familiar into France. A primetime version…
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Eric Cantona making football rebels doc for Al Jazeera
Ex-France and Manchester United football star Eric Cantona is making Football Rebels, a documentary series…
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Emilia Nuccio replaces Dan March at Echo Bridge
Dan March has left Echo Bridge after a decade and the distributor has appointed Emilia…
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NBC Universal poaches BBC Worldwide deputy CEO
The international production arm of Hollywood studio NBCUniversal has hired Sarah Cooper as COO. She…
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Power sells event drama package to RTL
UK sales house Power has shopped a package of its event dramas to Croatian free-to-air…
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Shine America hires Belzberg for production role
Shine America has hired Leslie Belzberg as senior VP, scripted production and the veteran producer…
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News brief: TalkTalk chairman to be interim YouView chair
UK connected-TV platform YouView has appointed Sir Charles Dunstone as interim chairman while a permanent…
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News brief: Karyn Edwards setting up Canadian indie
Karyn Edwards is leaving Canadian indie producer Brightlight Pictures (A.M.P.E.D., The Guard) to set up her…
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The Bible and Vikings deliver epic ratings for History
US cable network History said its Mark Burnett-produced series The Bible delivered 14.8 million viewers…
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Rival bidder fires back at Stan Kroenke in battle for Outdoor Channel
US media firm InterMedia has reacted angrily to Stan Kroenke’s attempt to trump its bid…
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Fox Channels working up exorcism series with Walking Dead’s Kirkman
Fox International Channels is teaming with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman to create a…
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Nick buys Korean short-form comedy
Nickelodeon’s channels in Portugal, Spain and South Africa have tapped distributor Imira Entertainment for a…
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Discovery US orders Memory Games special
Discovery’s Science Channel in the US has ordered a special about the USA Memory Championship….
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Discovery ups Wagner
Discovery Enterprises International has promoted Elliott Wagner to oversee its international programme sales across North…
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Wizards Vs. Aliens sells to Oz and NZ
Wizards Vs. Aliens, the kids and family show from the Doctor Who writing team, has…
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Banijay sells diving series into Turkey
Banijay International has sold its diving format Stars in Danger into Turkey for the first…
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Russian broadcaster buys new Turtles series
Russian general entertainment channel TNT has picked up the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series….
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CBeebies buys Tilly and Friends for international nets
The BBC has acquired animated series Tilly and Friends for its international CBeebies channels. The…
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Preschool series Mister Maker gets international spin
CBeebies has ordered Mister Maker Around The World, a spin-off from preschool arts and crafts…
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UKTV history channel buys Sky Vision, Electric Sky docs
UKTV factual channel Yesterday has acquired two docs for a strand about macabre and fascinating…
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iPlayer records record January
Continued strong increases in mobile and tablet use, as well as improved measurement of radio…
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Stan Kroenke makes late play for Outdoor Channel
Stan Kroenke has made a late bid for Outdoor Channel and is attempting to trump…
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NBC Universal talks to OTT providers about channel packages
US content provider NBC Universal is in talks with a number of internet video services…