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US Cable Upfronts 2012: Style
Female skewing US cable network Style is aggressively ramping up the amount of original series…
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Netflix picks up Lilyhammer in UK, Ireland
Netflix has picked up the UK and Irish rights to Nordic mob drama Lilyhammer after…
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Crackle launches across Latin America
Sony-owned digital platform Crackle has launched in 17 countries across Latin America as part of…
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Warner Bros still eyeing Endemol acquisition
Hollywood studio Warner Bros would still consider an possible acquisition of production company Endemol depending…
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The Walking Dead producer Valhalla strikes NBCU deal
Valhalla Entertainment, the production company behind The Walking Dead, has struck an overall deal with…
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Style Networks launches new int’l company
NBC Universal’s female skewing cable broadcaster Style Network is to expand its international channels arm…
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MTV closes MIP deals
Viacom International Media Networks, the global division of US cable network MTV, has closed a…
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Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity eyes scripted TV push
Relativity Media, the Hollywood studio founded by Ryan Kavanaugh, is looking to move into scripted…
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Entertainment One launching Marilyn Monroe reality series
Entertainment One (eOne) has teamed up with the estate of Marilyn Monroe and is developing…
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Yellow Bird bringing Jo Nesbo¸ to the small screen
Scandinavian producer Yellow Bird is eyeing a television remake of Jo Nesbø’s Headhunters following the…
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Former FremantleMedia exec Spalding resurfaces at formats firm
Former FremantleMedia exec Simon Spalding has resurfaced at formats company Yummi Media Group. Spalding, who…
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Spike launches new series, eyes int’l commissions
US cable network Spike TV is launching two new police series as part of its…
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Paul Heaney leaving Cineflix
Cineflix Rights president and managing director Paul Heaney is leaving the company. Heaney will depart…
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Turner orders more of Vodka Capital’s Jelly Jamm
Kids channel Cartoonito has ordered more episodes of Spanish producer and distributor Vodka Capital’s animated…
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Antena 3 acquires Telemundo’s Maid In Manhattan
Spanish commercial broadcaster Antena 3 has acquired the television remake of Jennifer Lopez feature Maid…
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Fox renews comedies ahead of pilot pickups
US network Fox has renewed a raft of comedies including New Girl ahead of its…
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Morgan Spurlock talks television
Morgan Spurlock Interview by tbivision Morgan Spurlock, director of fast food feature documentary SuperSize Me,…
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Exclusive: Heston Blumenthal reveals new show for Channel 4
Heston Blumenthal is making a new show for UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 provisionally called…
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MIPTV claims 11,000 delegates for 2012 market
The organisers of MIPTV say that 11,000 delegates attended the market in Cannes this week….
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Nat Geo Wild commissions Cesar Millan’s Leader of the Pack
US cable network Nat Geo Wild has commissioned 12 episodes of Spanish dog format Leader…
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France’s AB acquires Lilyhammer
French broadcaster AB Groupe has acquired SevenOne International’s mob drama Lilyhammer. This comes after the…
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Shine inks deal for Chinese MasterChef
Shine has cut a deal for a Chinese version of its hit cooking format MasterChef….
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Jean Reno to star in TF1’s first English language drama
French movie actor Jean Reno will star as an elite cop in Le Grand, French…
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TéVé and Bavaria Film join the Newen Network
Newen has extended its format exchange group, adding Benelux’s TéVé Media Group and Germany’s Beta…
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MTV’s Jersey Shore to be remade in France
French DTT broadcaster NT1 is to remake MTV’s hit reality series Jersey Shore in France…
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Exclusive: Elle Macpherson’s Fashion Star goes global
Elle Macpherson-fronted series Fashion Star is being remade in Australia, Germany, France and Turkey after…
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RHI becomes Sonar and preps Hellraiser TV series
RHI has rebranded as Sonar Entertainment and unveiled a new slate that includes a TV…
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Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management lands in Scandinavia
Upcoming Charlie Sheen comedy Anger Management has been sold across Scandinavia. The series has been…
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ZDFE launches new factual producer with former Nat Geo chief Steve Burns
The international arm of German public broadcaster ZDF has launched a new factual production company,…
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MTV strikes raft of int’l format deals
The international sales arm of US network MTV has closed a raft of format deals…