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NBCU launches UK-based unscripted unit
NBCUniversal International Television is launching an unscripted development division. Senior VP of factual and entertainment,…
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US and Canadian broadcasters team for comedy series first
NBC and Shaw are joining forces to make single-cam comedy series Working the Engels, marking…
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Shine sells Clash of the Choirs into Ukraine
Shine International has shopped its Clash of the Choirs (pictured) format into Ukraine. The deal took…
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Spain’s drama producers look to go global
Spain’s crisis has forced TV producers to seek international business. Local fiction continues to dominate…
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Reality round the clock
NBC’s large scale live event gameshow Million Second Quiz has ended after nearly 12 days…
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News brief: NBC resurrects Murder, She Wrote
US broadcaster NBC is bringing back classic crime drama Murder, She Wrote. The original show…
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Telemundo launches TV Everywhere app
US Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo has launched a new TV Everywhere service Telemundo Now. The free…
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Power Play: why celebs are becoming execs
As the global media superpowers march into ever more sectors, A-list actors, musicians, fashion gurus…
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Rewriting The Bible
Television’s most consistent independent producer Mark Burnett tells Jesse Whittock about the success of History…
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Burnett, Branson go to space with NBC
NBC is continuing to bet big on primetime with the commission of a competition reality…
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The Blacklist beats Hostages in season launches
The first episode of buzzy US drama The Blacklist has performed well for NBC, winning…
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NBC launches new-look TV Everywhere app
US broadcast network NBC is relaunching its TV app and said the new version will…
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Alfred Haber takes Golden Globes
Alfred Haber Distribution has once again taken international TV rights to coverage of the Golden…
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Electus poaches Henson for unscripted role
Ben Silverman’s multimedia studio Electus has hired ABC Entertainment alternative entertainment exec Corie Henson to…
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Bellon sells American Ninja Warrior, introduces Super Boyz
US-based Bellon Entertainment has licensed NBC entertainment series American Ninja Warrior series to European and…
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MTG Studios makes its move
MTG rebranded Modern Studios and created MTG Studios two years ago with little fanfare. However,…
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Gaumont poaches FremantleMedia exec, renews CEO deal
Gaumont International Television has hired Sam Semon from FremantleMedia North America and renewed the contract…
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NBC, ITV follow Prince Harry’s South Pole challenge
The UK’s ITV has commissioned a 2x60mins series in which Prince Harry and wounded servicemen…
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NBCU hires international scripted boss
NBCUniversal International Television Production has hired JoAnn Alfano as executive VP, scripted programming. Alfano will…
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Mark Burnett plots third-party sales, Beyond the Bible follow up
Mark Burnett’s prodco One Three Media is moving into third-party sales for the first time,…
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News brief: NBC has another Hollywood Game Night
US broadcaster NBC has ordered a second season of Hollywood Game Night, a game show…
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Sendokai Champions a win for KidsCo
International children’s channel KidsCo has acquired CG-animated series Sendokai Champions from Spanish distributor Nottingham Forest….
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Oppenheimer to helm Carnival US push
NBCUniversal International has handed Deborah Oppenheimer a new role that will see her helm a…
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Million Second Quiz App for would-be contestants
The creators of The Million Second Quiz have launched an app that allows would-be contestants…
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Ryan Seacrest to present, produce Million Second Quiz
Ryan Seacrest has cemented his place at the top of the presenting tree on US…
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Gaumont hires three for TV division
Gaumont has hired a trio of executives for its international TV division. Carol Trussel has…
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NBC preps miniseries slate including Clinton bio, Rosemary’s Baby
NBC is working on a slate of miniseries that includes a biopic of Hilary Clinton…
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Checking up on US-Israeli TV at The Operating Room
LA-based prodco The Operating Room was founded by businessman Roby Freireich and filmmaker Oded Turgeman…
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Sky Living subscribes to Blacklist
UK pay TV channel Sky Living HD has secured rights to air NBC’s upcoming drama…
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Mike Darnell lands top Warner Bros. unscripted role
Former Fox reality guru Mike Darnell has joined Warner Bros. in a wide-ranging role that…