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DR, Arte back Borgen creator’s drama
European channels DR and Arte have partnered with Borgen creator Adam Price on a character-driven…
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BBC Follows the Money with Danish drama deal
Follow the Money (Bedraget) has become the latest foreign-language drama acquired by UK public broadcaster…
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HBO picks up Lanzmann doc
US premium cable channel has acquired a 40-minute documentary that looks into the making of…
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Warner picks up Red Arrow’s Real Men
Warner Bros. International Television Production has acquired production rights in Belgium and the Netherlands to…
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Airport, Brothel sell for Hat Trick
Hat Trick International heads into MIPTV on the back of sales of new factual pair…
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Broomfield’s Sleeper awakens channels
Nick Broomfield’s latest documentary, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, has sold to broadcasters in Australia,…
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Scandi nets travel to Deutschland 83
Five north European channels have prebought buzzy German Cold War drama Deutschland 83. SVT in…
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Networks visit Branson’s Necker Island
Five broadcasters have acquired Billionaire’s Paradise: Inside Necker Island, a one-hour documentary about Richard Branson’s…
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Buyers embark on Indian Summers ahead of UK TX
A raft of international broadcasters have picked up big-budget UK drama Indian Summers ahead of…
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WDR doping doc finds int’l homes
A German documentary about alleged wide-scale doping among Russian Olympic athletes has sold to seven…
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SBS Discovery joins Nordisk Film & TV Fund
Norway’s second-largest commercial broadcaster SBS Discovery and its flagship channel TVNorge are joining the Nordisk…
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Antiques Road Trip travels
Australian and Danish broadcasters have acquired antiques trading format Antiques Road Trip. In Australia, Foxtel’s…
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News brief: DR Sales hires formats exec
The sales division of Danish pubcaster DR has hired a formats sales executive. Louise Juel…
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Cult director von Trier plans DR drama
Controversial film director Lars von Trier to readying an English-language TV series for Denmark’s DR…
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DRG sells current affairs docs for Hardcash
International distributor DRG has completed sales for a number of factual and current affairs programmes…
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Globosat, DR among buyers of SVT’s Avicii doc
Globosat in Brazil and Danish pubcaster DR have acquired a doc about Scandinavian superstar DJ…
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Broadcasters probe United States of Secrets
Eleven broadcasters have acquired new Frontline series United States of Secrets from PBS International. ZDF…
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Miso makes a splash
Danish drama specialist Miso Film is spreading its wings following investment from FremantleMedia. Jesse Whittock…
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Netflix US buys Welsh drama series
Netflix has acquired Welsh drama series Hinterland for its North American streaming service. The cop…
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Zodiak seals Czech pubcast deal for Nation’s Brightest
Czech pubcaster CT has ordered a local version of quiz format The Nation’s Brightest, TBI…
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Danish format set for Canada’s CBC
Canadian national broadcaster CBC has commissioned a local version of Danish entertainment format Comedy on…
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DR Killing exec adds fiction role as Kløvedal Reich exits
The head of fiction at Danish pubcaster DR has resigned, with The Killing producer Piv…
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FremantleMedia drama prodco opens Swedish wing
A day after FremantleMedia revived one of its oldest drama prodcos, the superindie has unveiled…
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Scandi broadcasters buy World Cup doc
Sweden´s SVT, Finland’s YLE, and Denmark’s DR have acquired World Cup documentary special Mata Mata….
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Nordic World seals indie first-look deals
Nordic World has agreed first-look deals with four indie producers in Denmark and Sweden. The…
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MIPTV to launch Kids TV Summit
Reed MIDEM will hold a one-day summit focusing on how digital disruption is effecting both…
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ORF seals German Screenings deals
ORF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the Austrian pubcaster, has announced a raft of documentary…
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Scorpion gets Legally High with sales
UK indie distributor Scorpion TV has sold documentaries, including one about the booming legal drug…
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WOWOW: from Japan to LA to the world
Kayo Washio runs the LA office of Japanese pay TV channel operator WOWOW. She set…
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The War Report
With the 100th anniversary of the most terrible conflict in world history coming in 2014,…