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Network Ten
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Ten could sell after strategic review
Network Ten’s parent Network Ten Holdings has confirmed it has hired Citi bank to assess…
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Australian order for I’m A Celebrity…
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Ten has ordered a local version of reality competition show I’m…
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New Dragons’ Den remakes in Europe, Africa
Broadcasters in Sweden, Portugal and South Africa are launching their own versions of the Sony-distributed…
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Ten plunges into Shark Tank
Australia’s Network Ten is creating its own version of Shark Tank, the American series based…
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News brief: Atlantyca sells Geronimo to Ten
Producer and distributor Atlantyca Entertainment has sold its animated series Geronimo Stilton to Australia’s Network…
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Seven, Ten legal spat rumbles on
Australia’s Network Ten has vowed it would not be “bullied” by Network Seven after a…
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Ten loses Seven programmer legal bid
Australia’s Network Ten has been dealt a blow after a judge rejected the broadcaster’s bid…
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First sale for Prince Harry spoof series
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Ten has acquired the upcoming reality series I Wanna Marry Harry….
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21st Century Fox to delist in Oz
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is delisting shares from the Australia Stock Exchange after regulators…
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Network Ten: Seven has ‘case to answer’ over exec u-turn
Network Ten in Australia has accused rival channel Seven of having “a case to answer”…
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Scripps buys Oz vet series
Scripps has taken EMEA rights to Travels with the Bondi Vet, an Australian series that…
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News brief: 9 Story Gets Ace series
9 Story Enterprises has picked up international rights to Get Ace, the new 52x11mins animated…
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Channel 5 buys another Aussie drama
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Australian drama Secrets & Lies from distributor Cineflix Rights….
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ABC goes straight-to-series with Secrets & Lies remake
An upcoming Australian crime drama is being remade for US broadcast net ABC, which has…
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Electus promotes Farrokh, sells 150 hours
Ben Silverman’s studio Electus has promoted international sales executive Cyrus Farrokh to VP, distribution, and…
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MasterChef Australia finale ratings hit all-time low
Three years after MasterChef Australia posted a record-breaking four million viewers, the Shine-produced show has…
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SBS Oz poaches Ten exec for programming role
Australian multicultural pubcaster SBS has raided commercial terrestrial Network Ten for its network programme manager….
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Netflix inks exclusive kids deal with ZDF
Netflix has picked up exclusive rights to kids series Mako Mermaids from ZDF Enterprises, the…
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Under the Dome breaks out with 200 int’l deals
Under the Dome, the CBS miniseries based on the Stephen King novel of the same…
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UK channel goes Under the Dome with CBS
Channel 5 in the UK has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the buzzy CBS miniseries…
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Beyonce concert to broadcast in 150 territories
A concert in aid of female empowerment starring singer Beyoncé Knowles will broadcast in 150…
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Mr & Mrs Murder strikes for DCD
Broadcasters including pay TV operator Viasat have acquired DCD Rights-distributed Australian drama Mr & Mrs…
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Bachelor looks for love with Oz commission
Network Ten has commissioned an Australian version of The Bachelor after licensing the format from…
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International broadcasters buy Ben Silverman’s Bet on Your Baby
The sales arm of US producer and distributor Electus has shopped gameshow Bet on Your…
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G.U.N.K. Aliens land on Network Ten
Australian commercial channel Network Ten has commissioned a 26-part animated comedy from US toon house…
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Kids producer SLR hires ABC commissioner Helen Thwaites
Helen Thwaites, a longstanding commissioner and buyer at Australian public broadcaster the ABC, has joined…
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Screen Australia backs raft of TV drama
Screen Australia is investing A$11.4 million in a raft of new TV series and features….
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Girls want toons!
Commissioners want more girl-skewed animation and say there is not enough coming their way. Producers…