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Globosat
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Factual round-up: Smithsonian taps Two Rivers for Ali doc; Lat Am buyers land Blue Ant shows; TF1 takes Costa Concordia doc
Smithsonian taps Two Rivers for Muhammad Ali doc Smithsonian Channel has greenlit a feature length…
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Round up: BBC revives ‘Weakest Link’; Rocket launches Firecrest obs-docs; Prime scores twice for Olympic doc
BBC revives ‘Weakest Link’ UK pubcaster the BBC is reviving gameshow format Weakest Link. BBC…
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Globosat’s children’s channels boost content and programming investment
Globosat’s kids channels Gloob and Gloobinho have launched two new departments for content and programming. …
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Alberto Pecegueiro to step down as chief at Brazil’s Globosat
Alberto Pecegueiro is to step down as chief of Brazilian pay TV operator Globosat after…
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Globo unveils restructure and management rejig as part of digital focus
Brazilian media giant Globo has unveiled a restructure that will see the company re-organising its…
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‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ heads to Brazil
Brazil’s Globosat has commissioned the first local adaptation of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Globosat’s pay-TV…
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Sales round-up: SBS6 orders dementia format, ‘Van der Valk’ travels Europe, Globosat buys ‘Keeping Faith’ S2
Talpa to open The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes Talpa TV in the Netherlands has ordered…
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Media I.M.’s Sunny Bunnies lands in Canada, Brazil
Media I.M. has licensed hit Belarus pre-school animation series Sunny Bunnies to broadcasters in Canada…
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Globosat buys into Vice Brazil in expansion push
Vice Media and Globosat will partner to expand the Vice brand’s local presence across online,…
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BBC First among nets hearing A Word
BBC First in the Benelux region is among five buyers of Keshet International’s British drama…
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Globosat, RTVE, TVN locate Bin Laden doc
A trio of broadcasters has acquired a ZDF documentary profiling notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden….
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NATPE: Discovery takes Blue Ant factual
Discovery Networks Latin America and Brazil’s Globosat have bought factual programming from Canada’s Blue Ant…
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Fremantle strikes Lat Am deals
FremantleMedia’s sale arm has shopped 400 hours of programming into Latin America in a series…
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News brief: Movie Net, Globosat buy Rock Icons
The Movie Network and Movie Central in Canada and Brazil’s Globosat are among buyers of…
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NBCU creates Lat Am channels JV
NBCUniversal International has partnered with Ole Communications to create a joint venture business in Spanish-speaking…
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Scripps UK & EMEA begins Restaurant Takeover
Scripps Networks UK & EMEA has acquired the 26x60mins eating house makeover series Restaurant Takeover…
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News brief: Globosat buys Tricon docs
Brazil’s Globosat has acquired Tricon Films & Television’s doc series Rock Icons. The 10x30mins series…
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Ken Burns cancer series finds buyers
Four channels have taken on a PBS documentary series from filmmaker Ken Burns about cancer….
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Sky Vision’s What Went Down generates sales
More than 60 territories have taken on user-generated content clip show What Went Down since…
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Attenborough’s Kingdom to Lat Am
Sky Vision-distributed shows including the David Attenborough-fronted Kingdom of Plants and Galapagos are heading to…
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Euro nets buys ORF docs, crime series
Pubcaster France 5 is among buyers of documentary and crime programming from Austria’s ORF. The…
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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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News brief: Discovery picks up Strange Addiction, Illegal Eater
Discovery Networks in Latin America has acquired several series from LA-based distributor Rive Gauche Television….
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News brief: Sales are Cake Walk for Distribution 360
Canadian sales house Distribution360 has sold catalogue programming to broadcasters including Globosat, Foxtel and TVNZ….
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News brief: Braquo gets new homes, third season pick-ups
All three seasons of French drama Braquo have sold to broadcasters K+ in Vietnam, Croatia’s…
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Servus, Globosat investigate Planet Ice
Austria’s Servus TV and Brazil’s Globosat have prebought Planet Ice from Zodiak Rights. The doc…
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Globosat learns Cumming’s Urban Secrets
Brazilian satellite channels operator Globosat has bought Urban Secrets, a UK-produced series in which actor…
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Passion cuts pre-NATPE Latin deals
Ahead of the upcoming NATPE programming market in Miami, Passion Distribution has closed a raft…
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Globosat buys eight-film Java package
Brazilian satnet has acquired an eight-title package with Paris-based documentary distributor Java Films. The deal…
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Pair of Brazilian deals for Keshet
Brazilian pay TV operator Globosat has picked up two shows from Keshet International. It has…
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