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Endemol launching Middle Eastern sports channels
Endemol is launching four soccer channels in the Middle East. The production and distribution giant…
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22.5 million homes will tune into 3D by 2015
Over 20 million TV homes will be watching 3DTV within five years, according to TBIvision…
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MTV eyes local versions of Jersey Shore
MTV Networks International is eyeing the launch of international versions of controversial reality series Jersey…
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Kanal 5 to remake Banijay’s Celebrity Devil Race
Swedish broadcaster Kanal 5 is to make a local version of Banijay Entertainment format Celebrity…
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DRG shops trio of UK formats to the US
Distributor DRG has had three of its formats optioned by US indie producer 44 Blue…
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Endemol making Man City feature
The sports division of Endemol is making a feature on Manchester City. Endemol Sport inked…
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History to launch US version of Top Gear
US cable network History is launching a local remake of hit BBC motoring format Top…
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Croatia’s Nova strikes Warner Bros deal
Croatian broadcaster Nova TV has struck a volume programming deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros….
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John de Mol: Talpa Time
John de Mol is probably the best-known TV executive in the world. The creator of…
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ESPN Europe MD Lynne Frank stepping down
ESPN Europe, Middle East and Africa managing director Lynne Frank is leaving the pay TV…
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Lifetime to launch internationally this year
Female-skewed cable network Lifetime will roll out internationally this year, channel owner AETN International has…
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Zodiak inks That’s My Kid deals
Zodiak Entertainment has closed a number of deals for its light entertainment format That’s My…
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FremantleMedia buys FourOne
FremantleMedia has acquired Dutch producer FourOne Media. The producer specialises in scripted programming and makes…
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Mark Gray leaving FremantleMedia
Mark Gray, FremantleMedia Enterprises’ VP of programming, is leaving the company. Gray announced his departure…
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Ex-Discovery boss sets up Filmedia
Ex-Discovery Italy boss Filippo Mori Ubaldini has set up a new distribution outfit, Filmedia. It…
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Spain’s Vertice launches int’l distribution arm
Spanish production and film company Vertice 360 Group has launched an international distribution arm and…
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Talpa strikes German JV deal with Schwartzkopff TV
John de Mol-owned formats company Talpa Media has struck a joint venture with German producer…
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Televisa inks novela deal with China’s CCTV
Televisa, the largest producer of Spanish language content in the world, has inked a deal…
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Ben Silverman calls on digital platforms to ‘step up’
Ben Silverman used his MIP TV keynote address to call upon the leading digital platforms…
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Discovery inks first 3D VOD deal
Discovery Networks International has fleshed out its 3D plans and inked its first-ever deal to…
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Starz weighs international channel launches
US cable network Starz Media is eyeing the launch of international channels. President and chief…
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Disney to remake Telemundo’s Elisa for Colombia
Disney Media Networks Latin America is to produce a Colombian version of Telemundo Internacional’s telenovela…
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Mip News Roundup
Tandem Communications, Sony Pictures Television, Peace Out Productions and Scott Free Television launch four hour…
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Comcast taking production services worldwide
Comcast is shopping its content-making skills to international broadcasters for the first time in an…
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De Mol moves into Italy, forecasts massive growth for Talpa
John de Mol’s Talpa has inked the latest in a series of joint venture agreements…
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Silverman and Engine go to Thumb War
Electus is producing a version of the Thumb Wars format with Engine Entertainment for the…
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ITV Studios sells The Prisoner to over 100 territories
ITV Studios has sold the US cable remake of The Prisoner to over 100 territories….
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BeActive acquires stake in web producer CR Entertainment
Digital production company BeActive has acquired a stake in Sofia’s Diary producer CR Entertainment. The…
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Warner Bros inks Russian volume deal
US studio Warner Bros has inked a volume deal with Russia’s TNT. The deal gives…
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Boost to the TV industry as ad revenues return to growth in 2010
The TV industry will receive a major boost this year with healthy growth in advertising…