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News brief: Asian nets go through Looking Glass for factual
Several Asian broadcasters have acquired factual programming from Australia-based distributor Looking Glass International. Among the…
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Asian nets bag 300 hours from TVF
Asian broadcasters have licensed more than 300 hours of programming from UK-based distributor TVF International….
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News brief: CCTV commissions UK brands doc series
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has commissioned UK indie Ten Alps to produce The Secrets of…
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BBC Worldwide and CCTV agree copro deal
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of UK pubcaster the BBC, and Chinese state broadcaster CCTV…
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Shine sells Clash of the Choirs into Ukraine
Shine International has shopped its Clash of the Choirs (pictured) format into Ukraine. The deal took…
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Korea, China spins web around Off The Fence content
Korean broadcasters have acquired a total of 85 hours of programming from Anglo-Dutch distributor Off…
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Sony notches pair of Chinese programming deals
Huaso Film/TV Digital Production, the Sony Pictures Television-backed Chinese prodco, has got a new show…
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CCTV likes The Taste of Red Arrow format
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has ordered a version of Red Arrow International’s cooking competition format…
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BBC Worldwide cuts factual deal with China’s CCTV
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has sold a package of…
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China: taking care of business
Pukeko Pictures’ CEO Andrew Smith questions how well international executives understand the Chinese film and…
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ZDF sells 200hr docs package into China
ZDF Enterprises has cut a two-year deal with Chinese programmer and distributor LIC for two…
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CCTV explores Wild Germany with ZDFE package deal
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has closed a deal to take a major 18-hour factual programming…
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ABC Oz ‘will turbo charge natural history and can rival the BBC’
Phil Craig, the head of documentaries at Australian public broadcaster the ABC, says that a…
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Sunny Side reveals 2013 attendance numbers
The Sunny Side of the Doc documentary festival and market taking place in La Rochelle…
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More nets experience Magnificent Century
Broadcasters in China, Italy and Lithuania have licensed Turkish drama Magnificent Century. The show, will…
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Factual sales for Tricon
Canada’s Tricon Films & Television has sold more than 100 hours of factual and documentary…
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Australia, China pubcasters partner on preschooler
Australian’s ABC and China’s CCTV have come together on a new non-verbal preschool children’s comedy….
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BBC and CCTV cut another coproduction deal
UK and Chinese public broadcasters the BBC and CCTV have agreed a coproduction deal for…
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China’s CCTV buys more WotWots
Chinese public broadcaster CCTV has acquired more episodes of The WotWots, the preschool series produced…
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Red Arrow sells You Deserve It into China
German-based distributor Red Arrow has sold its gameshow You Deserve It into China. State broadcaster…
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China’s CCTV to remake Sony’s Dancing Nation
Chinese broadcaster CCTV is launching a local version of Sony’s dance competition format Dancing Nation….