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Argonon
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Destination America takes slow train
US cable channel Destination America is the latest network to get in on the slow…
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Pair of intn’l commissions for Discovery
Discovery has greenlit two new programmes for its international nets, an engineering blunders series and…
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EBS, Bethel Global cross The Bridge
Korean educational broadcaster EBS has hooked up with drama coproduction facilitator The Bridge and Bethel…
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K-content: head on
The first South Korean content wave broke the country’s shows into China, Japan and across…
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HBO Lat Am welcomes CBBC’s EVE
HBO Latin America has pre-bought new CBBC children’s drama EVE. This marks the first international…
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Argonon opens Scottish base
Argonon Group and its subsidiary Remedy Productions have launched an office in Scotland to capitalise…
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Nat Geo greenlights Costa Concordia doc
National Geographic Channels International has ordered a one-off special that follows the recovery of sunken…
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Remedy taps ex-Sky factual exec
Argonon Group-owned Remedy Productions has hired ex-Sky Living commissioner Sophie Wurzer-Willliams as head of factual…
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Argonon, Amanda Groom create Bridge to Korean copros
Growing UK production powerhouse Argonon is backing a new coproduction company that focuses on bringing…
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Channel 5 targets Yorkshire Ripper
UK terrestrial Channel 5 has commissioned a 1x60mins special that includes first-hand accounts from survivors…
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Argonon snaps up UK indie Windfall
Growing UK production group Argonon has acquired factual specialist Windfall Films for an undisclosed amount….
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Tinopolis buys Top Chef producer
The Tinopolis Group has paid an undisclosed multi-million dollar sum for Magical Elves, the US-based…
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Leopard USA hires dev boss in formats drive
Argonon Group’s Stateside producer Leopard USA has hired Rex Vigil as VP, development. The New…
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Argonon gets Blacklisted
Independent global producer Argonon today unveiled a new joint venture drama prodco, Blacklisted Films. Founded…
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Leopard moves to replace production chief after exits
Argonon-owned UK prodco Leopard Films has upped Bhupinder Kohli to head of production after Nicki…
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US, Canuck nets profile Handsome Devils
Production companies from London and Toronto are coproducing a 10x60mins docu-drama for Investigation Discovery in…
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Channel 4 turns clock back to Fifteen to One
The UK’s Channel 4 is bringing back classic quiz Fifteen to One as part of…
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Spain’s Phileas options formats to FremantleMedia, Endemol
Spain’s Phileas Productions has inked deals with FremantleMedia and Endemol for its format Don’t say…
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News brief: MTV renews Remedy deal
UK pay TV channel MTV has renewed its deal with Argonon-owned Remedy Productions to produce…
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Leftfield, Rigg launch reality prodco
Pawn Stars producer Leftfield Entertainment and former Argonon unscripted exec Nick Rigg are setting up…
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Argonon makes Transparent acquisition
UK-based production group Argonon has bought indie factual prodco Transparent Television – its first acquisition…
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The new super groups: Argonon
In the first of a two-part feature on emerging production super groups, Stewart Clarke talks…
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Leopard Films USA poaches Dave Hamilton from Endemol
Leopard Films USA has recruited Dave Hamilton as its senior VP. He joins from Endemol…
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Argonon appoints COO
Production and distribution group Argonon has hired Laura Bessell-Martin as its COO. Bessell-Martin’s previous experience…
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Nick Godwin to run new factual prodco at Argonon
Ex-Cineflix executive Nick Godwin has created a new factual production company, BriteSpark, which will be…
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Sony options gameshow Sit Tight
Spanish formats house Phileas has inked a deal with Sony Pictures Television, which has optioned…
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Sex, Drugs and Restaurant wars
“Chefs are the new rock stars,” says Mike Beale, head of formats at ITV Studios,…