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MTV rolls out HD channels as Roedy retires
MTV Networks International is ramping up its high definition plans with the launch of kids…
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Zodiak, RDF rebrand as Zodiak Media Group
Zodiak Entertainment and RDF Media Group are to rebrand as Zodiak Media Group following Zodiak’s…
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Endemol ramps up kids expansion
Endemol is ramping up its moves into kids programming, inking a deal to distribute animated…
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Nat Geo Kids lures Back
Nat Geo Kids have hired former Handmade execs Debbie Back and Jennifer Liang. This follows…
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Robert and Michelle King talk The Good Wife
The Good Wife was one of the most successful series to launch last year. The…
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AETN heads to Cannes with 3D programme
AETN International, the global sales arm of the US cable channels operator, is launching its…
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Endemol sells Marriage Ref into China
Endemol has secured a 52 episode order for a Chinese version of its Marriage Ref…
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Fox takes on The Gruen Transfer
Fox is taking on distribution of hit Australian format The Gruen Transfer. Its formats division,…
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Endemol acquires Dutch producer Human Factor
Endemol Netherlands, the Dutch arm of the formats producer and distributor, has acquired a stake…
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Talpa to launch Dating in the Dark live events
Dutch producer and distributor Talpa Media is to launch a range of live events based…
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Skywriter and Hulk Hogan tag-team for new kids gameshow
Canada’s Skywriter Media is teaming up with Hulk Hogan for a kids gameshow/reality series Hogan’s…
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BBC’s license fee plan would mean £144m budget cut
The BBC Trust is proposing that the UK license fee is frozen until 2013, which…
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Sky to axe Bravo
UK pay TV operator BSkyB is to close male skewing entertainment channel Bravo and Channel…
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Canada’s DHX buys Yo Gabba Gabba! producer
Canada-listed production and distribution group DHX Media has acquired W!ldbrain Entertainment, the US-based producer of…
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Fox Look inks format deals with US producers
Fox Look, the international reality division of the News Corp-owned broadcaster and Hollywood studio, has…
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CITV buys Hawaii Five-O producer’s animated series
UK kids channel CITV has picked up Kung Fu Dino Posse, the animated series created…
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BBCWW looking to beef up drama, comedy unit
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster, is looking to beef up…
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ITV sells scripted series into China
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will air a pair of ITV-distributed dramas on its CCTV-8 channel,…
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Spain’s Vertice acquires US producer
Spanish producer and distributor Vertice 360 has acquired a stake in US production company Powwow…
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Seven, Living acquire MGM’s Teen Wolf
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network and UK pay broadcaster Living have acquired MTV’s remake of…
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Garvie leaves Worldwide for All3Media
BBC Worldwide has confirmed that Wayne Garvie, its high-profile managing director, content and production, is…
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Tele Images Kids becomes Tele Images Productions
Following its diversification into TV drama and series, Marathon Group’s kids outfit Télé Images Kids…
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3DD poaches Zodiak’s Pedreira to head up sales
UK producer and distributor 3DD has hired former Zodiak exec Magdalena Pedreira to beef up…
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TNT greenlights Dallas remake
US cable network TNT is remaking classic soap Dallas, having greenlit a pilot produced by…
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FremantleMedia makes great Hole in the Wall deal
Chinese public broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) is to produce a local version of entertainment…
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Shaftesbury launches factual division
Canadian producer and distributor Shaftesbury Films has launched a factual division. The company, which is…
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ESPN poaches Ross Hair from Sony
ESPN has confirmed that it has recruited Ross Hair as its new managing director for…
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Wilson out as part of Five clearout
A number of senior executives at British commercial broadcaster Five including kids boss Nick Wilson…
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DHX brings production units under common brand
Canada-based production and distribution group DHX Media has rebranded its various subsidiaries, unifying the various…
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Endemol France restructures under Calmels
Endemol France CEO Virginie Calmels has reorganized the company, bringing all of its production outfits…