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Nat Geo
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Fox hires Bekker replacement for Africa
Fox International Channels has recruited Ratna Siriah (below left) as general manager of its operations…
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News brief: Alfred Haber lands Wicked Tuna
Alfred Haber Television has picked up international rights to Nat Geo reality series Wicked Tuna….
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Nat Geo buys Hitler’s Last Year
National Geographic Channels International has acquired WWII special Hitler’s Last Year. NGCI will put the…
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Fox strikes Nat Geo deal with China’s Tencent
Fox International Channels has agreed a deal with Chinese online video site Tencent, which will…
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News brief: GRB snags train and drinking show Chug
GRB Entertainment has taken international rights to Chug, the upcoming National Geographic Channel travel series….
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Comet of the Century impacts Nat Geo schedule
National Geographic has ordered Comet of the Century, a one-off doc about the Ison comet,…
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BSkyB adds 14 channels to mobile service
BSkyB has added 14 entertainment channels to its Sky Go mobile TV service. New channels…
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News brief: Nat Geo Kids YouTube channel buys 9 Story shows
Canada-based producer and distributor 9 Story has sold three shows to Nat Geo Kids. The…
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Nordic Discovery exec jumps ship to Nat Geo
Fox International Channels has hired Christian Mörner as commercial director of its Swedish business. The…
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Nat Geo launches pan-Asian ghost series
National Geographic Channel Asia is launching paranormal series I Wouldn’t Go in There across its…
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UK indie Tern hires former Zodiak exec, preps US expansion
UK independent producer Tern TV has recruited Ed Crick as its new creative director. Crick…
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Nat Geo goes to UK producers for brain shows
National Geographic Channels International has ordered a new series and four special about the human…
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Executive moves at wellness firm Veria
Zee-backed health and wellbeing TV firm Veria has upped a key programming executive and hired…
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Ridley Scott making Killing Jesus drama for Nat Geo
Ridley Scott’s TV production firm is making a feature length version of upcoming Bill O’Reilly…
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Nat Geo orders Okies vs. Aliens
National Geographic is teaming with Shark Teeth Films to make a pilot of a new…
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Latin Media Leaders: Powwow
MOST INFLUENTIAL PRODUCTION COMPANY POWWOW LA, Miami and Buenos Aires-based producer Powwow bridges the Latin…
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Latin Media Leaders: Fox’s Billion-Dollar Man
MOST INFLUENTIAL INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE HERNAN LOPEZ, PRESIDENT AND CEO, FOX INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS Hernan Lopez is…
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Broadcasters jump at Felix Baumgartner doc
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired Space Dive, the one-off documentary about Felix Baumgartner’s…
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Tom Hanks comes on board Nat Geo’s Killing Lincoln
Tom Hanks has come on board National Geographic Channel’s Scott Free Production series Killing Lincoln….
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ZDFE picks up Nat Geo’s Rocket City Rednecks
International distributor ZDF Enterprises has taken global sales rights to Nat Geo factual series Rocket…