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Blinkbox snags The Newsroom download rights
Streaming and download service Blinkbox has taken download to own rights to HBO drama series…
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Entertainment One gets on board Philip Seymour Hoffman’s HBO show Upstate
Entertainment One (eOne) has become a coproduction partner on Philip Seymour Hoffman’s upcoming HBO series…
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Kees Abrahams’ Imagine Nation buys 50% of Absolutely Independent
Imagine Nation has bought a 50% stake in Netherlands-based formats distributor Absolutely Independent. Imagine Nation…
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Disney XD picks up Max Steel
Disney XD has acquired animated action series Max Steel. Disney’s boy-skewing channel has taken US…
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All3 Media snags Foyle’s War rights
All3Media International has snagged the international rights to hit detective series Foyle’s War from Icon…
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Gordon Ramsay continues to travel across Lat-Am
Gordon Ramsay continues to make his way across Latin America after Optomen International secured deals…
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Lagardere’s Genao revamping Alvin and The Chipmunks
Lagardere-owned production company Genao Productions is launching a new TV version of Alvin and The…
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The X-Files creator Chris Carter to debut new mystery series The After at MIPCOM
Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files, has a new sci-fi suspense series The After…
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Zodiak inks first-look deal with Western Front
Zodiak Rights has agreed a first-look deal with UK-based indie Western Front Films. The distributor…
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BBC sells kids shows ahead of MIPCOM
BBC Worldwide has concluded several deals for its new slate of kids shows ahead of…
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TVF lines up big-budget docs for MIPCOM
International distributor TVF is taking two new big-budget documentaries to MIPCOM including a film produced…
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Earth Touch acquires Table Mountain docs
Blue chip wildlife producer and distributor Earth Touch has acquired a number of documentaries from…
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A+E Networks strikes deals ahead of MIPCOM
A+E Networks has closed a raft of programming deals ahead of MIPCOM. The international distribution…
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Twofour unveils debut MIPCOM slate
Twofour Rights has unveiled its debut slate for its first appearance at MIPCOM. The nascent…
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DCD strikes investment deal with Timeweave
International distributor DCD Rights is to ramp up the number of third party series it…
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Harvey Weinstein preps TV version of Miramax movie Shall We Dance?
Harvey Weinstein has told TBI that he plans to make a TV version of Shall We…
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Can’t Stop sells Funnymals into France, Belgium and Italy
French broadcaster TMC, Belgian network VTM and Sky Italia have come on board Can’t Stop…
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Sony to develop gameshow based on mobile app Cut The Rope
Sony Pictures Television is to develop a TV gameshow based on mobile game Cut The…
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Rastamouse becomes Rastasouris for Canal+
Canal+ has ordered a French-language version of hit preschool series Rastamouse. DHX has inked a…
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CBC cleans up with Napkin Man
Canadian public broadcaster the CBC has ordered The Adventures Napkin Man, a new kids series…
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Shine hires Notional boss Dave Noll to run US formats arm
Chopped creator Dave Noll has joined Shine America as creative officer of its formats production…
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French content creators condemn EC ‘procrastination’ over content tax
The industry group for content creators has slammed the European Commission for being too slow…
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A League of Their Own to be remade in Australia, Italy
British pay broadcaster Sky’s sports format A League of Their Own is to be remade…
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eOne expands Australian office, relocates Ben Bishop
International producer and distributor Entertainment One (eOne) is expanding its Australian operation and has relocated…
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TNT renews Dallas for second season
US cable network TNT has renewed Dallas for a second season. Production on the 15-episode…
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MGM boss Roger Birnbaum steps down
Gary Barber will become sole chairman and chief executive of US producer and distributor MGM…
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Armando Nuñez becomes president of CBS’ distribution operations
Armando Nuñez has been made president of CBS Global Distribution Group, the content sales unit…
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Syfy and Hulu buy Primeval: New World
Entertainment One has sold Primeval: New World to Hulu and Syfy in the US. The…
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Astro orders Malaysian version of Endemol’s Fear Factor
Malaysian broadcaster Astro Ria has ordered a local version of Endemol format Fear Factor. This…
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Passion to sell new Sundance Channel series
The Sundance Channel’s slate of original programming will be heading to Cannes thanks to Passion…