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Canale 5
Turkey’s Kanal D remakes Italian drama ‘On The Brink’ with Ay Yapim
Turkey’s Kanal D is preparing to air a local remake of Italian scripted format On…
Mediaset takes ‘The Vow’ for Italy’s Canale 5 as Spain’s TVE orders second season
Italy’s Mediaset has acquired Spanish daily drama The Vow for its Canale 5 channel, following…
Canale 5 orders Italian version of Banijay format ‘Star In The Star’
Italian FTA channel Canale 5 has ordered a local version of musical entertainment format Star…
News round-up: BBC calls ‘Gossip Girl’; ‘The Mole’ pops up in Italy; Lat Am lands Eccho’s ‘Legacy’
BBC calls Gossip Girl The BBC in the UK has picked up rights to the…
Italy’s Canale 5 embraces Turkey’s ‘Brave And Beautiful’
Mediaset-owned Italian comcaster Canale 5 has acquired Turkish romantic drama Brave And Beautiful, following a…
France 3 dives into ‘The Silence Of Water’
French broadcaster France 3 has picked up Italian thriller Il Silenzio Dell’Acqua (The Silence of…
Mediaset to strengthen on-demand offering
Mediaset is to strengthen its on-demand offering, Mediaset Play, with new content and will launch…
Rai orders Endemol Shine crime drama
Italian pubcaster Rai has tapped Endemol Shine for a crime drama. Set in an idyllic…
Mediaset reorganises, appoints new channel bosses
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has unveiled a new centralised organisational structure for its Italian channels under…
Mediaset signs up for Rising Star
Mediaset’s Canale 5 channel will air an Italian version of Keshet International format Rising Star….
Spain’s drama producers look to go global
Spain’s crisis has forced TV producers to seek international business. Local fiction continues to dominate…
Five Minutes to a Fortune heads to Italy
UK entertainment format Five Minutes to a Fortune is being piloted in Italy. A local…
Einstein concocts Genetic formats JV
Einstein Multimedia has partnered with US-based content producer Genetic Entertainment to create reality and gameshow…
Mediaset suffers historic first loss
European media giant Mediaset suffered a net loss of €287.1 million (US$369 million) last year…