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Arrow Media
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Arrow poaches Endemol Shine exec
UK indie prodco Arrow Media has poached Oliver Wright from Endemol Shine UK for a…
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Smithsonian aims for Survival in the Skies
US cable network Smithsonian Channel has commissioned three-part factual series Survival in the Skies, with…
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Discovery Channel plots 200+ territory doc launch
Discovery Channel has commissioned a documentary about Mount Everest’s Sherpa community that will rollout in…
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Channel 4 buys into sports indie
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has bought a stake in sports programming-focused indie Whisper Films. Former…
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Heaney’s TCB poaches Cineflix exec
TCB Media Rights chief Paul Heaney has recruited a managing director from his former company,…
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Channel 4 buys into another UK indie
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has bought into another emerging indie producer as part of its…
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TVN buys Seven, Channel 5 shows
Poland’s TVN has acquired programmes including Seven Network’s World’s Richest Dogs from distributor TCB Rights….
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C4 boss slams US studios’ UK takeovers
Channel 4’s CEO David Abraham has slammed the growing number of US studios owning UK…
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Channel 4 takes stakes in four indies
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has taken minority stakes in four UK indies, with CEO promising…
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News brief: Arrow making Mayday doc for C4
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered a one-off doc about a passenger who successfully took…
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Almost 60 years after the Americans and Russians battled for supremacy of the stars, two…
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BBC Two, Smithsonian, Discovery board Jumbo
A trio of broadcasters from the UK, US and Canada have co-commissioned a documentary about…
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Travel Channel order Border Rico from Arrow Media
US cable net Travel Channel has ordered Border Rico, an original series from UK indie…
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Nat Geo to broadcast special Live From Space
National Geographic Channel is preparing Live From Space, a two-hour special that will be broadcast…
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Channel 4, Smithsonian prepare for Terror in the Skies
UK terrestrial Channel 4 and US net Smithsonian Channel have ordered local indie Arrow Media…
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Raft of executive changes at Darlow Smithson
There have been a series of senior management changes at Endemol-owned factual producer DSP. Creative…
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Arrow Media commissioned for new Hairy Bikers series
UK indie Arrow Media has been commissioned by BBC Two to make a new factual…
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Epic drama for factual channels
The last decade saw the big factual channels move from documentary led schedules to grids…
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Rights.tv hires Jane Hyndman
Content rights specialists Rights.tv has hired Jane Hyndman. The former etv and Europe Movieco Partners…
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PBS orders Neanderthal doc from Arrow
US public broadcaster PBS has ordered a one-off doc Decoding Neanderthals from Arrow Media, the…