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3D takes a hit as Foxtel closes dedicated channel

A “worldwide lack” of content is behind the closure of Australian pay TV platform Foxtel’s dedicated 3D channel. Foxtel has announced the channel will cease broadcasting and be removed from its EPG slot, 201, on both onscreen and online TV guides on Tuesday 27 August, 2013. This was “due to a worldwide lack of 3D […]

NBCU in South Africa Real Housewives format row

NBCUniversal’s formats team has told TBI it is in no way connected with a South African woman who has claimed in a press report to be producing a local version of the Real Housewives… franchise. South Africa’s City Press yesterday published a story claiming a woman named Barbie Brazil (birth name Tembi Ennie Tshabalala) had […]

News brief: GRB shops crime dramas to broadcasters

Distributor GRB Entertainment has concluded a raft of sales for its crime and investigation programming. Broadcasters including Foxtel (Australia) and Planete (France) have bought American Greed while Fox International Channels and TVN (Poland) have both picked up Police Women: Broward County and Police Women: Cincinnati. Pan-regional European broadcaster Viasat has bought FBI Criminal Pursuit, as […]

News brief: CABLEready secures 220 hours of sales

US-based distributor CABLEready has secured deals with global broadcasters totaling more than 220 hours. Included in the deals are ones with Discovery Turbo and Discovery Science in Latin America for reality series Saw Dogs and season two of Oddities, respectively. Elsewhere in Latin America, NBC has licensed Hollywood-themed Focus On. Asian Food Channel, Australia’s Foxtel, […]

Second season of Prisoner: Cell Block H reboot locked in

Wentworth, the series based on cult Australian prison drama series Prisoner Cell Block H, has won a second season order. The first season of the FremantleMedia Australia-produced series is half way through its run. The drama series has been a huge hit for pay TV operator Foxtel’s SoHo channel and the opening episode generated the […]

Oz, Euro broadcasters tap Cineflix third-party series

Broadcasters in Australia, the UK and Italy have acquired a total of more than 120 hours from UK-based distributor Cineflix Rights. Foxtel’s deal in Australia gives it LMNO Productions’ 6x60mins series Hollywood & Crime, 3x60mins series Cheating Vegas and the 13x60mins fourth season of Unusual Suspects; Like a Shot Entertainment and Definition Media’s 6x60mins Instruments […]

Wentworth locks down Oz’s best-ever pay TV ratings

The inaugural episode of Prisoner Cell Block H reboot Wentworth has become the most-watched show ever on Australian pay TV aside from sport. The series airs on pay TV operator Foxtel’s SoHo channel. The opening episode went out on May 1 and, factoring in all airings, notched an average audience of 631,000. The ratings make […]

News brief: Australia checks out Embarrassing Bodies

Shine Australia will produce the local series, titled Embarrassing Bodies Down Under, for Foxtel-owned channel LifeStyle YOU. It will feature Dr. Christian Jessen from the original UK series that broadcasts on Channel 4 (above). The format sees Jessen diagnose the ailments of embarrassed patients. Production on the Australian version begins next month. Hannah Barnes, Foxtel’s […]

Killer Karaoke hits right note for Euro broadcasters

Zodiak Media’s extreme singing competition format Killer Karaoke has sold to broadcasters in the Netherlands and Czech Republic soon after launching in Russia. The format, billed as “the evil adaptation of Zodiak’s Sing if You Can”, will launch in the Netherlands on RTL5 tomorrow produced by Zodiak Nederland, while the Czech version comes from Real […]

Factual sales for Tricon

Canada’s Tricon Films & Television has sold more than 100 hours of factual and documentary content. Among the sales, ZDF in Germany and SBS’s Australian arts channel Studio have bought the 11x60mins Metal Evolution, with the latter also buying 2x60mins Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, which is about the titular cult rock band and one-hour doc […]