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DCD Rights
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DCD Rights launches four MIPCOM titles under Producer Support Initiative
DCD Rights has helped to finance a slate of four factual projects heading to MIPCOM…
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Sales round-up: DRG strikes ‘Remarkable’ deals in Europe; DCD secures UK sales for Oz drama
DRG serves up sales for ‘Remarkable Places To Eat’ BBC Two’s Remarkable Places To Eat…
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The ascent of Aussie drama
Drama from down under is enjoying a watershed moment as productions attract the attention of…
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DCD secures US presale for FirstLook TV’s Nurses Who Kill
DCD Rights has pre-sold FirstLook TV’s Nurses Who Kill to the Justice Network as the…
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Acorn TV secures US rights to DCD drama My Life is Murder
Acorn TV has secured US rights to DCD Rights’ primetime drama My Life is Murder,…
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Show of the week: James Martin’s American Adventure
British celebrity chef James Martin has seen his international profile significantly expand through James Martin’s…
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TBI Weekly: The billion dollar US pay TV drop
This week, damning numbers hinting US pay TV may face significant trouble in its near…
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Viewpoint: A Romper Stomper route to television
Film director Geoffrey Wright explains the process of how his cult Australian feature film Romper…
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TBI weekly round-up: Diana doc, Silverman’s Jamaican drama
TBI’s latest news round-up takes a look over some of the biggest deals, hires and…
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Sundance takes Acceptable Risk with DCD
The international SundanceTV channel has acquired international drama series Acceptable Risk ahead of its distributor…
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BBCWW, Foxtel go on James Martin’s French Adventure
BBC Worldwide and Foxtel are among the buyers of celebrity chef James Martin’s latest TV…
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Fremantle adds ex-Hoho sales chief
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has hired former Hoho Rights boss Danielle Davies on an…
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DCD delivers David Bowie doc sales
DCD Rights has shopped a remastered David Bowie concert film to various broadcasters, as intrigue…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Copwatchers – Policing the Police
American police officers are constantly in the headlines – and often for the wrong reasons….
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BBC in Deep Water with Australian drama deal
BBC Four has prebought Australian crime drama Deep Water. The four-parter launches on SBS as…
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DCD renews Open University deal
UK-based distributor DCD Rights has renewed a deal with the Open University and will continue…
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DCD Rights adds Passion exec in drama plan
DCD Rights has hired Philippa Chuter, who was working at rival UK-based distributor Passion, as…
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Real Detective
True crime programming is increasingly informed by the pacing, tone and production values seen…
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Sony Crime channel, Nine get Real Detective
Sony’s new UK crime net, True Crime, and Australian free-TV broadcaster Nine have both acquired…
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US SVOD service lands Oz drama, Brit comedy
Acorn TV has picked up Australian legal drama Janet King: The Enemy Within and UK…
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TV’s Big Questions: are the main markets still relevant?
Distribution is changing. The Frank brothers have created a digital rights trading platform, TRX, which…
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Mumbai Railway journeys to global nets
British documentary series Mumbai Railway has been acquired by broadcasters around the world. Distributor DCD…
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Exporting in Asia
ATF is the biggest TV market in Asia. Ahead of the trip to Singapore, TBI…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Deals in the Desert
It is fair to say Bahraini television documentaries are not ten a penny, and also…
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US net prebuys South African cooking show
DCD Rights will head into MIPCOM with a presale of its new South African culinary…
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DCD launching Hendrix doc at MIPCOM
DCD Rights is launching a new Jimi Hendrix special in Cannes. It will give a…
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Fox UK prebuys Aussie procedural
Pay TV channel Fox UK has prebought primetime drama Jack Irish from distributor DCD Rights….
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Channel 5 buys Penn & Teller Vegas series
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Penn & Teller: Fool Us in Vegas from DCD…
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DCD staffs up, raids IMG and Endemol Shine
DCD Rights has hired former IMG and Endemol Shine execs for regional sales roles. The…
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DCD plans to Fool Us again
DCD Rights is taking the US version of Penn & Teller: Fool Us to MIPTV,…