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France Televisions
MIPTV Hot pick: World Wars
Former UK Prime Minister John Major, his Italian counterpart Mario Monti, US general Colin Powell…
News brief: Global sales for new Jungle Bunch series
Broadcasters in Europe, the Middle East and North America have bought Tat Productions and Master…
France Televisions peers through Black Mirror
France Télévisions has acquired Charlie Brooker’s dystopian drama satire Black Mirror from Endemol Worldwide Distribution….
BBC crafts swathe of format deals for Sewing Bee
BBC Worldwide has agreed deals for local versions of its Sewing Bee format in France,…
Dutch broadcaster intent on Keeping the Netherlands alive
Dutch public broadcaster Ned 1 has ordered a local version of the Keeping The Nation…
France 5 prebuys Jason Donovan-voiced toon Boj
France 5 has become the latest broadcaster to prebuy Boj, an upcoming UK toon that…
Oz net joins Time Scanners team
Australia’s ABC has become the first prebuyer of upcoming history and science series Time Scanners….
France Televisions adds Zodiak Kids exec
France Television’s international distribution business has added a Zodiak Kids sales exec to its ranks….
DreamWorks into TV: Classic and Awesome
In diversifying away from movies, DreamWorks has made two key acquisitions, the multimillion dollar deal…
PGS takes rights to Playmobil series Super Four
PGS Entertainment has picked up rights to Playmobil-inspired series Super Four. The France-based distributor will…
Terry Thullier lands France 2 job, new top team for France 4
France Télévisions group news chief Terry Thullier will replace Philippe Vilamitjana at France 2, while…
Cyber Group announces raft of MIPCOM deals
France-based producer and distributor Cyber Group Studios has announced a raft of programme sales off…
The War Report
With the 100th anniversary of the most terrible conflict in world history coming in 2014,…
KiKA licenses second Spike telemovie
German children’s channel KiKA has licensed Christmas telemovie Spike 2 on the back of ratings…
DreamWorks buys Chapman TV library
DreamWorks has bought the Chapman Entertainment library giving it kids series Fifi and the Flowertots,…
France Televisions to shed 600 jobs
Pubcaster France Télévisions is cutting 600 jobs in a bid to reduce a massive budget…
Discovery prepares for Doomsday
Discovery Networks International EMEA is among pre-buyers of a major Franco-German coproduction that looks at…
Sony’s Toro taking the The Ultimate Music Battle into Italy
Sony-owned Italian production company Toro Produzioni has optioned music format Grande Battle (aka The Ultimate…
French documentaries singled out
Despite European public channels closing documentary slots and growing competition from hosted factual and reality…
France Télévisions preps wide-ranging transmedia projects
France Télévisions has unveiled plans for a two large-scale coordinated on-screen and online projects. Speaking…
Disney makes trip to Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood
Disney Channel in Russia and the Latin American and Southeast Asian feeds of stable mate…
Sony making gameshow for France Télévisions
Sony Pictures Television Productions France and SPT-owned producer Starling are making a new gameshow for…
Euro pubcaster chiefs demand ERT is restored
Fifty European pubcaster bosses have demanded the Greek government reverses its decision to shutter national…
France’s new wave
With shortform content, event TV and international copros, a new wave of French producers are…
Viacom cuts content deals with French broadcasters
Viacom international Media Networks has cut a raft of programming deals with French channels in…
News brief: Al Jazeera Children’s Channel and V&S coproducing more Everything’s Rosie
V&S Entertainment and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) are coproducing a third season of preschool…
Poirot star heads to MIPTV
ITV Studios Global Entertainment is bringing David Suchet, the star of long-running crime drama Poirot,…
Dailymotion looking at other SVOD launches following Turkish deal
Video sharing site Dailymotion plans to expand its premium offerings to other territories following its…
France Télévisions’ Pflimlin calls for review of ad rules
France Télévisions president Rémy Pflimlin has called for a fresh look at the rules governing…
Geronimo Stilton hits three
A third season of animated kids series Geronimo Stilton has been greenlit. Producers Atlantyca and…