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National Geographic Channels International
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Beach House goes global
Donovan Chan, creative director of Blue Ant Studios-backed Singaporean production powerhouse Beach House Pictures, tells…
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Fox reshuffles Nat Geo Partners pack
Several National Geographic Partners executives will change roles after an international restructure. This follows 21st…
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Nat Geo buys ORF national park doc
National Geographic Channels International has acquired ORF Universum documentaries Making an Ancient Forest – Kalkalpen…
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Nat Geo buys France 3 Hitler doc
National Geographic Channels International has acquired worldwide rights to Hitler’s Death Army: Das Reich. The…
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Nat Geo buys Cindy Crawford eye hospital doc
National Geographic Channels International is among buyers of The Hospital in the Sky, a documentary…
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Quick-turnaround Nepal doc for Sky 1, Nat Geo
The UK’s Sky 1 and National Geographical Channels International are getting a quick turnaround doc…
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Nat Geo hires London content exec
National Geographic Channels International has hired Simon Young to commission and exec produce series from…
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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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Nat Geo orders ITV Studios Norway ob doc
National Geographic Channels International has commissioned an ob-doc about Scandinavian tow truck drivers from ITV…
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Nat Geo performs Dino Autopsy, revives Explorer
National Geographic Channel has commissioned a two-hour special that will see scientists, anatomists and vets…
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Nat Geo hires international commissioner from Fox
National Geographic Channels International has recruited Mark Francis to commission original factual content for its…
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BBCWW adds two commissioning execs
BBC Worldwide has appointed executives formerly of National Geographic and Viacom respectively to its global…
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Pastore completes new-look Nat Geo Channels top team
Tim Pastore has been named president, original programming and production at National Geographic Channel. This…
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Nat Geo commissions specials out of London hub
National Geographic Channels International has greenlit ‘90s Greatest, 9/11 Rescue Cops and Rosetta: Comet Landing,…
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Fox to launch Cosmos on all major US channels
Fox in the US has followed suit from its international channels business by planning to…
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Major international lift-off for Fox’s Cosmos
Fox plans to give a day-and-date launch to its upcoming factual series Cosmos: A Spacetime…
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Oldroyd upped in Nat Geo Channels International reshuffle
Jules Oldroyd (pictured) has been promoted to senior VP, programming strategy and development at National…
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Oz net joins Time Scanners team
Australia’s ABC has become the first prebuyer of upcoming history and science series Time Scanners….
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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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News brief: NGCI, New Zealand net experience Terror in the Skies
National Geographic Channels International and Sky TV in New Zealand are acquired a 4x60mins series…
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Nat Geo replacing Adventure with culture-themed net
National Geographic Channels International is replacing its pay TV channel Adventure with one themed around…
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Broadcasters buy new David Attenborough series
Atlantic Productions has sold its two-part documentary David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the…
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Pioneer gets pair of PBS commissions
US broadcaster PBS has ordered two shows from UK indie producer Pioneer Productions. Six-parter Secrets…
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Nat Geo preps reboot of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos
National Geographic Channels International will launch a modernised version of iconic space series Cosmos across…
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FIC Asia adds syndication chief
Fox International Channels Asia has appointed a head of affiliated partnerships and syndication to work…
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FIC promotes Platt to NGCI top job, Gandevia takes Asia
Fox International Channels has promoted its Asia Pacific boss Ward Platt to FIC COO and…
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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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Epic drama for factual channels
The last decade saw the big factual channels move from documentary led schedules to grids…
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Nat Geo coproducing Jesus miniseries with Sky Vision
National Geographic Channels International and Sky Vision are joining forces to make a miniseries about…