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Discop News: Ukraine’s STB to remake Banijay’s Seasons of Life
Ukrainian broadcaster STB is to launch a local version of Banijay International’s docu-reality format Seasons…
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Endemol to coproduce, distribute Fuller’s ¡Q’Viva!
International formats giant Endemol has struck a deal with Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment to coproduce…
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ABC strikes Angry Boys deals
ABC Commercial, the sales arm of the Australian public broadcaster, has inked a number of…
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Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow hires Iannucci
UK indie producer Baby Cow Productions has hired The Thick of It creator Armando Iannucci…
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People to Meet: Lisa Higginson
Shine International is heading to Discop looking to build on the success of formats including…
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Northern Alliance buys up more Nordic producers
Northern Alliance Group (NAG) has acquired another two Nordic production companies, Titan Television and Limelight…
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NATPE takes over Discop East as Discop founder preps two new markets
The twentieth edition of Discop in Budapest, which has just got underway, will be the…
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Fellowes gets top NBCU Asia job following merger
Christine Fellowes has been named as managing director, Asia Pacific, Universal Networks International following the…
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Lionsgate eyes new Asia boss following Stuart departure
Lionsgate is looking for a new Asia Pacific sales boss following the departure of Tim…
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People To Meet: Marina Williams
CEO, CEE operations, Endemol Marina Williams is one of the best-known TV executives working in…
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Discop News: BBCWW strikes digital deals
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster, has inked a raft of…
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People to meet: Vlad Riashyn
Vlad Riashyn is the chief executive of Star Media Group, one of Russia’s largest independent…
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Cineflix shops 475hrs to CEE ahead of Discop
Cineflix International Distribution has sold 475 hours content to broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe…
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€200m line-up of European toons for Cartoon Forum 2011
Cartoon Forum, the animation screenings event that has served as a launch-pad for many of…
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Bio targets Pippa Middleton documentary
British producer and distributor Target Entertainment is coproducing two documentaries about the Middleton sisters, one…
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Former Zodiak exec Matthieu Porte launches Can’t Stop Media with Gaga doc
Former Zodiak exec Matthieu Porte’s new company Can’t Stop Media has acquired the rights to…
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All3Media cuts CEE deals ahead of Discop
All3Media International has sold a raft of programming to broadcasters in the Central and Eastern…
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Endemol appoints new DSP team following John Smithson’s departure
Endemol has installed a new management team at its factual producer Darlow Smithson after yesterday’s…
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People to meet: Ondrej Zach, HBO CE
Ondrej Zach is senior VP, programming and acquisitions, HBO Central Europe. Based in Prague, Ondrej…
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Reality TV king Thom Beers moving into scripted programming
Reality TV supremo Thom Beers is moving into scripted programming and has lined up projects…
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Cineflix poaches Vlad Wolynetz to run scripted production
The scripted division of producer and distributor Cineflix has recruited Vlad Wolynetz as president of…
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Jana Bennett unveils plans for BBC Earth Channel and Lonely Planet blocks
BBC Worldwide’s Jana Bennett will unveil plans later today to launch a full-fledged natural history…
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People to meet: Patrick Jucaud
Patrick Jucaud founded Discop and the Budapest version of the market has now been running…
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Sky nabs UK rights to Glee under life of series deal with Fox
UK pay TV broadcaster Sky has confirmed that is has wrested UK rights to Fox…
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UK sci-fi series Misfits to debut on Hulu
Online TV platform Hulu has acquired the rights to UK sci-fi drama series Misfits and…
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Discop News: HBO picks up Books Into Films
HBO Central Europe, the CEE arm of the US premium cable network, has acquired Breakthrough…
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Turner sells Spielberg’s Falling Skies around the world
Turner has sold its Steven Spielberg-produced alien series Falling Skies in more than 75 territories…
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In response to Wayne Dearing’s Viewpoint
Paul Robinson, CEO of KidsCo counters Wayne Dearings’ recent TBI comment piece ‘The dangers of…
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Sky will increase UK programming spend to £600m
BSkyB last night pledged to increase the amount it spends on UK-originated original programming by…
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Banijay takes rights to new gameshow from Electus
Production and distribution group Banijay International has picked up French and Scandi production rights to…