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Croatia’s HRT to remake Norwegian youth drama ‘Skam’
HRT in Croatia has ordered a local version of NRK’s groundbreaking youth-skewing format Skam. The…
News round-up: Yesterday visits ‘Retro Electro Workshop’; VOYO Bulgaria drama deals; Dandelooo takes’ Super Heroes of Nature’ rights
Yesterday visits ‘Retro Electro Workshop’ UKTV’s factual channel Yesterday has commissioned a new UKTV original…
Croatia’s HRT to ‘Beat The Chasers’ & extends ‘The Voice’ in ITVS deal
Croatian pubcaster HRT has struck a multi-format and multi-series deal with ITV Studios for local…
Exclusive: Scripted production to return to Ukraine as HRT, HBO Max & ZDF drama heads for Kiev
Ukraine’s embattled production sector is showing green shoots after it emerged that The Silence, a…
CEE nets gobble up All3 factual
Hungary’s TV2 has become the new local home of Gordon Ramsay series The F Word,…
Broadcasters find C4’s National Treasure
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired National Treasure, the Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters…
New director-general for Croatia’s HRT
Croatia’s parliament has named Kazimir Bacic as the new director-general of public broadcaster HRT. Bacic…
Croatian pubcaster names acting general manager
Croatia’s parliament has named Blago Markota as the new acting general manager of public broadcaster…
BBC First, CBC hear The A Word
BBC First is Australia and CBC in Canada are the latest buyers of Keshet International-sold…
CEE nets bag All3 factual
All3Media International has closed its first deals since announcing former chief Louise Pedersen was returning…
NHK buys BBC One Agatha Christie drama
Japanese pubcaster NHK is one of a batch of networks to acquire BBC One period…
Nat Geo buys Cindy Crawford eye hospital doc
National Geographic Channels International is among buyers of The Hospital in the Sky, a documentary…
Broadcasters get Banished
BBC Worldwide has sold drama series Banished to various broadcasters. Deals have been closed with…
TF1, Channel 5 experience 10.0 Earthquake
France’s TF1 and Channel 5 in the UK have bought disaster movie 10.0 Earthquake. They…
Euro nets buys ORF docs, crime series
Pubcaster France 5 is among buyers of documentary and crime programming from Austria’s ORF. The…
Appetite for Kerridge cooking shows grows in Oz, US
Broadcasters in Australia and the US are among buyers of British cooking series from celebrity…
Talpa cuts international deals for The Voice
John de Mol’s Talpa has inked a raft of new deals for its singing format…
CEE Euro nets tread The Road to War
Broadcasters across central and eastern Europe have acquired World War I documentary The Road to…
ITV Studios locks in CEE format deals
ITV Studios has struck several format deals in the Central and Eastern Europe region, including…
BBC Worldwide conducts Maestro format deal
BBC Worldwide has struck a deal for a new, local version of its conducting format…
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…
ITV Studios sells The Chase format
ITV Studios has shopped local versions of The Chase into Serbia and Croatia. In Serbia,…
Raft of broadcasters buy Gabriel Byrne drama Secret State
Numerous international broadcasters have acquired Secret State, the political drama that stars Gabriel Byrne and…