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Baby Cow, Roughcut move into kids TV with Disney deals
British comedy producers Baby Cow Productions and Ash Atalla’s Roughcut Television are moving into kids…
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Discovery buys stake in French pay TV broadcaster
Discovery Networks International has acquired a 20% stake in French pay broadcaster Televista. The move…
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Fox makes Terra Nova extinct
US network Fox has cancelled big-budget dinosaur drama Terra Nova. The surprise move means that…
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Warner Bros strikes production deal in China
Warner Bros has struck a landmark production deal in China. Warner Bros. International Television Production,…
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FremantleMedia results lift RTL
FremantleMedia’s strong 2011 lifted the results of its parent company RTL. The production and distribution…
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FremantleMedia remaking Prisoner Cell Block H
Prisoner Cell Block H is being remade 25 years after the original hit drama launched….
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Gaumont staffs up international TV division
Gaumont International Television has made a number of senior executive hires. The the LA and…
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#20: Go On (NBC)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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Europe Images picks up Canal+ comedy
French distributor Europe Images has acquired global rights to a new Canal+ comedy series. The…
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Warner Bros strikes Asahi deal
Warner Bros has struck a deal with TV Asahi. The studio and the Japanese broadcaster…
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Red Arrow acquires UK indie
Red Arrow Entertainment has acquired non-scripted British production company CPL Productions. The deal marks first…
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Sony buys Daisy Goodwin’s prodco Silver River
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired a majority stake in UK indie producer Silver River….
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Russia’s Tivgle strikes digital BBC deal
Russian digital platform Tvigle Media has acquired 200 hours of programming from BBC Worldwide after…
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ITV’s international business increases sales
ITV’s international business has registered increased overall profit and revenue driven by a raft of…
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#19: Nashville (ABC)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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Exclusive: Ab Fab storms across Europe
Eddy and Patsy are heading back across Europe after BBC Worldwide closed a raft of…
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Zodiak expands third party sales with new series
International distributor Zodiak Rights has expanded the amount of third party programmes it sells and…
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Target goes into administration
UK-based distributor Target Entertainment has been put into administration by its owners Metrodome. TBIvision broke…
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#18: Notorious (NBC)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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Viacom airs six-year deal for six channels in Turkey
MTV will relaunch on the Digiturk pay TV service in Turkey in a six-year carriage…
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Germany’s SevenOne sells The Last Cop into France
German distributor SeveonOne International has sold its drama series The Last Cop to Direct 8,…
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#17: Beauty and The Beast
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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#16: 1600 Penn (NBC)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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TBI to host cast of Jersey Shore at MIP TV as MTV eyes int’l versions
The cast of Jersey Shore are heading to MIPTV and are presenting a keynote conference…
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#15: Ben Fox Is My Manny (Fox)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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RTL to launch new free-to-air channel
German commercial broadcaster RTL is to launch a new free-to-air channel at the beginning of…
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Israeli cop drama being remade in Poland, Turkey after HBO deal
Broadcasters in Poland and Turkey are to remake Armoza’s Israeli police drama The Naked Truth,…
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UK retailer Currys launching TV and movies streaming service
UK consumer electronics retail chain Currys is launching a streaming video service under the Knowhow…
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Sky orders Channel 4 pilot Chickens to full series
Pay TV channel Sky 1 HD has picked up Chickens, the comedy series previously piloted…
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Starz strikes Canadian deal for Magic City
Canadian pay broadcaster Super Channel has acquired Starz’s forthcoming period drama Magic City. The launch…