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All3Media posts profit ahead of takeover

All3Media Holdings, the parent company that houses All3Media and its production companies, posted turnover of £507.6 million and EBITA of £60.5 million for the year to August 31, 2013. This compares with with £473 million and £64.1 million the previous year. All3 said the earnings figure reflected investments in digital producer Little Dot Studios and […]

Discovery, Liberty set for $933m All3Media takeover

Discovery Communications and Liberty Global have reportedly paired up to acquire UK production powerhouse All3Media for around £550 million (US$933 million). Discovery and Liberty, which are both backed by US cable TV mogul John Malone, are due to formally announce the deal tomorrow, according to Sky News, which broke the news this morning. It is […]

News brief: Discovery, ABC get Officially Amazing

Discovery Networks Asia and ABC in Australia have acquired season two of children’s series Officially Amazing. Discovery’s deal is for more than 25 territories, including India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Singapore. This comes as the Zodiak Kids-distributed and Lion Television Scotland-produced landed a third 13x30mins season at UK channel CBBC.

News brief: BBC Two visits Tudor Abbey Farm

UK terrestrial BBC Two has commissioned a six-part series looking at rural life in 16th century Britain. Tudor Abbey Farm will follow archaeologist Peter Ginn and historian Ruth Goodman as they explore the medieval landscape of Weald and Downland Open Air Museum and piece together day-to-day life at the monastic farmlands of Britain in 1500. […]

All3Media cuts first format deal for MTV’s Money From Strangers

Turkish broadcaster Star is taking All3Media-distributed Money From Strangers. It will transmit a local primetime version of the hidden-camera format, which was originally made for MTV in the US. The US version was made by Lion Television and the distribution arm of its parent group, All3Media, closed the format deal. The Turkish adaptation will be […]

MIPTV News: ABC finds Zodiak record breakers series Officially Amazing

Australian pubcaster ABC has acquired Zodiak Kids’ new series Officially Amazing. The show, which explores the wacky world of record breaking, will launch at MIPTV. Produced by All3Media prodco Lion Television, the 13x30mins series debuted in the UK on March 11 on CBBC and is currently stripped across the week at 7.45pm. ABC plans to […]