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BBC Worldwide
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Miami Five-O: NATPE 2013
Miami Beach-based programme market NATPE celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. And all the indications…
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BBC Worldwide poaches FremantleMedia boss
BBC worldwide has hired Jon Penn as managing director of its Australasian operation. Penn is…
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LoveFilm inks streaming deal with NBC Universal for TV shows
LoveFilm has sealed a UK programming deal with NBC Universal that gives the Amazon-owned streaming…
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BBC and Endemol bosses confirmed for MIP TV keynotes
BBC controller of drama Ben Stephenson and Tim Hincks, president of global entertainment producer Endemol,…
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Sky Vision hires first head of acquisitions
UK-based distributor Sky Vision has poached former BBC Worldwide commercial manager Angela Neillis and she…
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Fox poaches strategy boss from BBC Worldwide
Fox International Channels has hired Christian Brent as its European strategy boss. Brent joins from…
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US syndication deal for BBC cop show DCI Banks
BBC Worldwide has sold DCI Banks into US syndication with a deal that will see…
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Hulu unveils original series for 2013
US streaming and catch-up and service Hulu has unveiled three new original properties that it…
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BBC Worldwide sells MasterChef package to Foxtel
BBC Worldwide has shopped a package of MasterChef programming to Australian pay TV operator Foxtel….
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Broadcasters jump at Felix Baumgartner doc
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired Space Dive, the one-off documentary about Felix Baumgartner’s…
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Girls want toons!
Commissioners want more girl-skewed animation and say there is not enough coming their way. Producers…
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UKTV to launch new DTT channel
UK channels group UKTV has secured a deal for a fourth channel spot on the…
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BBC cuts huge kids programming deal with Al Jazeera
BBC Worldwide and Al Jazeera have agreed a deal for almost 200 hours of new…
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Sex, Drugs and Restaurant wars
“Chefs are the new rock stars,” says Mike Beale, head of formats at ITV Studios,…
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Exclusive: MTV poaches BBC Worldwide sales exec Anthony Jewitt
Viacom International Media Networks has poached senior BBC Worldwide executive Anthony Jewitt to become its…
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Peter Chernin buys into YouTube channel operator
Peter Chernin’s investment vehicle has bought a stake in Base79, the digital company that operates…
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Channel 7 to produce Thai Dancing with the Stars
Thai broadcaster Channel 7 is to air a local version of BBC Worldwide’s hit reality…
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BBC cooks up Norway deal for Bake Off
BBC Worldwide has sold its hit cooking format The Great British Bake Off into Norway….
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Bake Off to rise in the US
Hit UK format The Great British Bake Off has been sold to CBS, which will…
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Netflix snags Warner Bros content as Scandi roll out continues
Netflix has launched in Denmark today and will roll out in Norway and Finland later…
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Netflix launches in Sweden
Netflix’s Scandinavian roll out has commenced with its streaming service launching in Sweden today. Consumers…
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BBC Worldwide sells 200 hours to LifeStyle Network
BBC Worldwide has sold a package of 200+ hours of lifestyle programming into Australia. Foxtel-backed…
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MIPCOM Interview: Jane Campion
Jane Campion is the Oscar-winning director behind The Piano. She will be at MIPCOM, with…
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BBC Worldwide pledges to commission 100hrs of originals in 2014
BBC Worldwide said today that it will be ramping up the number of original programmes…
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Int’l broadcasters come on board BBCWW’s Ripper Street
Canadian broadcaster Space and Norwegian public broadcaster NRK have become the latest international channels to…
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Ovation adds more British imports
US cable network Ovation has acquired British drama Blackout after striking a deal with BBC…
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Foxtel strikes Australian Top Gear deal
Australian pay TV operator Foxtel is to launch the new season of British motoring series…
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Ovation comes on board TV adaptation of Ian Rankin novel, Doors Open
US cable channel Ovation has become a coproduction partner on Doors Open, the upcoming TV…
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Sony’s beTV acquires more Sherlock for Asia
Sony’s Asian general entertainment network beTV has acquired season three of hit British detective series…
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Exclusive: Shine poaches BBC Worldwide’s Georgia Brown
Shine International has poached BBC Worldwide’s Georgia Brown to become its new director of acquisitions,…