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International Studios: Drama Studies
For a week in May the attention of the TV world is focused on Hollywood…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Sena Argun, SinemaTV
Sena Argun is in LA this week buying for a SinemaTV’s bouquet of Turkish pay…
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LA Screenings: Broadcast Strikes Back
With US cable series such as Hatfields & McCoys gaining traction with key demographics in…
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Fox mulls 24 return but loses Touch
Kiefer Sutherland-starring action thriller series 24 could be returning to US network Fox, though Sutherland’s…
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Gavin & Stacey US remake among Fox pick-ups
The Sony Pictures Television-produced remake of BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey is among five comedies…
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Fox’s Cops shifts gear with cable move
Long-running Fox series Cops is moving to Viacom-owned cable channel Spike TV after almost a…
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Nielsen launches online TV ratings pilot
US-based ratings agency Nielsen has launched a pilot programme that will measure audiences for TV content…
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CBS makes tech investment as retrans row continues
CBS Corp. has acquired a minority stake in a content distribution tech company – a…
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FX employs syndie model for George Lopez sitcom
Fox-owned channel FX has ordered a new 10-part sitcom from comedian George Lopez that will…
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News Corp ents biz named 21st Century Fox
The entertainment and media arm of News Corp will be called 21st Century Fox. The…
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Ridley Scott making Killing Jesus drama for Nat Geo
Ridley Scott’s TV production firm is making a feature length version of upcoming Bill O’Reilly…
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Netflix’s Killing deal helps prolong the life of the series
Netflix has snagged exclusive UK and Ireland rights to the third season of the The…
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Julia Stiles partners with WIGS on second web series
Fox-backed YouTube drama channel WIGS has ordered a new four-part series from actress Julia Stiles,…
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Rive Gauche secures crime sales
Broadcasters in Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific have acquired more than 300 hours of crime series…
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Embarrassing sales for Zodiak
Zodiak Rights has sold fact-ent series Embarrassing Bodies to a raft of broadcasters. Broadcasters including…
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David Haslingden buys NHNZ and starts building factual super indie
David Haslingden, the former boss of Fox’s Networks division, has bought Kiwi natural history producer…
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Fox inks digital deal with YouTube channel WIGS
US broadcaster Fox has inked a deal with YouTube drama channel WIGS. The pair will…
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Spain’s Telecinco takes the plunge with diving format
Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Telecinco has ordered a local version of Banijay International’s diving format Stars…
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Broadcasters take The Simpsons short film
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has made The Simpsons spin-off short film The Longest Daycare…
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NATPE News: Sony inks Lat-Am deal for Idol
FremantleMedia Enterprises has inked a raft of programming deals with buyers in Latin America, including…
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Shine recruits Palacio to run new Latin division
Shine has hired Cristina Palacio to run a new division that will make content for…
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Banijay and Eyeworks announce new deals for diving shows
Banijay and Eyeworks have both sealed new deals for their respective diving formats Stars in…
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CTV buys ABC version of The Taste
CTV has acquired The Taste, the cooking competition format fronted by Nigella Lawson and Anthony…
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Off the Fence to sell Fox lifestyle shows internationally
Off the Fence has inked a deal with Fox International Channels and will distribute over…
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Netflix inks ’unprecedented’ Warner Bros. TV deal
Netflix has bagged rights to eight series distributed by Warner Bros. The deal between the…
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Hulu CEO Kilar to leave this quarter
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and chief technologyofficer Rich Tom are to leave the US online…
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Netflix and Warner Bros. ink UK TV deal
Netflix has secured a raft of TV series from Warner Bros. after inking a multiyear…
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Banijay sells Stars in Danger diving format into China
Banijay has shopped Stars in Danger: High Diving into China. The format, part of a…
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FX UK rebrands as Fox, acquires Louie
Fox International Channels has rebranded its UK pay TV channel FX to Fox and has…
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C More snags Miramax programming deal
Nordic pay TV platform C More has inked a content deal with Miramax. The agreement…