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BBC Worldwide
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BBC Worldwide sells drama into Asia
BBC Worldwide has inked deals with a raft of broadcasters in southeast Asia with several…
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Illusionist to play Mind Games with BBCWW
Illusionist Katherine Mills will be in Cannes hoping to influence buyers to acquire her new…
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BBCWW names Welland regional boss
BBC Worldwide has named Grant Welland as executive vice-president for central and eastern Europe, the…
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Nadia Comaneci to Tumble into MIPCOM
Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Nadia Comăneci is heading to MIPCOM to promote BBC Worldwide’s…
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Liberty of London in pre-Cannes sales
DCD Rights’ doc series about a London department store has sold to broadcasters in Europe…
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Intruders cast heads for the Croisette
Actors Mira Sorvino and John Simm (pictured) will be in Cannes to promote BBC Worldwide…
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BBC Worldwide buys into Lookout Point
BBC Worldwide has bought a 35% stake in drama producer Lookout Point. Worldwide, the commercial…
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Keshet poaches BBCWW’s Roberts for CEE
Keshet International has recruited Lucy Roberts as its sales manager for the Central and Eastern…
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London Live’s Lawford joins Beal’s Woodcut
Former BBC Worldwide iPlayer exec Derren Lawford has joined Kate Beal’s new indie, Woodcut Media,…
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BBC Store not due this year, says BBCWW boss
BBC Worldwide CEO Tim Davie said that the corporation’s download-to-own BBC Store, which was approved…
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Cineflix execs launch new indie Curve Media
Camilla Lewis and Rob Carey (pictured), Cineflix’s former creative director and UK productions boss, have…
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Horror Channel snags remastered Doctor Who
The Horror Channel in the UK has acquired a batch of remastered classic episodes of…
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BBC, BBC America order horror series from Life on Mars Team
BBC1 and BBC America are coproducing The Living and the Dead, a new period ghost-hunter…
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BBCWW adds two commissioning execs
BBC Worldwide has appointed executives formerly of National Geographic and Viacom respectively to its global…
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BBC and Starz join for adaptation of The Kills
UK public broadcaster the BBC and US premium cable net Starz are teaming to adapt…
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BBC Two, America on alert for Intruders
The UK’s BBC Two and US cable channel BBC America are coproducing an 8x45mins mystery…
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BBC Worldwide hires ex-ITV sales boss for Europe
BBC Worldwide has recruited Tobi de Graaff as executive VP of its Western Europe division….
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ITV to sell Kevin Lygo’s BBC drama
ITV Studios’ programme sales arm will take international rights to Walter, the upcoming Kevin Lygo…
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AMC tipped to make move for BBC America stake
US-listed channel operator AMC Networks is in negotiations to buy almost half of BBC America,…
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Former BBCWW formats boss resurfaces at Passion
Passion Distribution has hired Elin Thomas as global head of sales. Thomas was in charge…
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Worldwide poaches Australia legal boss from Nine
BBC Worldwide has hired a new legal chief for its Australia and New Zealand operation….
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Shaw to replace Holland at Agatha Christie firm
RLJ Entertainment, which owns rights to the Agatha Christie brand, has hired ex-Miramax exec Stuart…
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Canal+, ABC visit BBC’s Happy Valley
French pay TV platform Canal+ and Australian pubcaster ABC are among buyers of the BBC’s…
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BBC Worldwide posts revenue drop as UK, US decline
BBC Worldwide’s overall revenue was down in 2013/2014, although headline profit inched up. The commercial…
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UK comics Hart and Walliams crown King Bert Prods
Miranda Hart and David Walliams, two of the UK’s most successful comedians and comic actors…
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Sky buys Bake Off producer Love Productions
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has taken a 70% stake in Love Productions, the UK…
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Junior Bake Off lands first format
BBC Worldwide’s Junior Bake Off format has landed its first international remake. The format will…
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Sewing Bee heads to Denmark
Danish terrestrial broadcaster TV2 Fri has ordered its first BBC Worldwide-sold format. The network has…
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BBC Worldwide cuts first-look with UK prodco
BBC Worldwide has agreed a first-look deal with Cuba Pictures, the UK production company behind…
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BBC quotas to be scrapped after TV mega-mergers
The BBC will scrap the mechanism by which it divides up in-house and independent production…