Japanese public broadcaster NHK is preparing to air a local version of Lineup Industries’ documentary format Emergency Call, marking its second show from the Dutch firm. The Japanese version will broadcast on NHK in January and is based on the De Chinezen show, which was created for Belgium broadcaster VRT Eén. The format follows the […]
Japan’s NHK takes ‘Wanted’ doc Japan’s NHK has taken free TV rights to one-off doc Wanted: Women In Science (1 x 52 minutes). The show, produced by distributor APC Studios and j2f Production for France Télévisions, has also been acquired by RTL for Belgium and Téléquébec for Canada. It debuted on France 2 in October […]
AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV has ordered a second season of UK crime drama Whitstable Pearl, while the first run has been picked up by broadcasters in Italy, Japan and across Africa. The show, from Cineflix-backed UK producer Buccaneer Media, is based on Julie Wassmer’s novels The Whitstable Pearl Mysteries and will again explore the […]
France Télévisions, Yandex in Russia and Movistar+ in Spain are among buyers of BBC Studios (BBCS) science series Universe and natural history show The Mating Game. Universe, from BBCS Science Unit, reveals awe-inspiring wonders from space and recreates dramatic moments that defined Earth’s destiny using CGI imagery and archival footage. Pre-sale deals have been struck […]
Hollywood Suite to debut ‘No Roses On A Sailor’s Grave’ Canadian broadcaster Hollywood Suite has acquired Go Button Media’s documentary No Roses On A Sailor’s Grave for its global TV debut. CBC & Radio-Canada Distribution has also taken global distribution right for the 1 x 80-minute film, which tells the story of a lost World […]
Belgium’s VTM embraces ‘The Traitors’ Belgian broadcaster VTM has ordered a local version of Idtv reality entertainment format The Traitors. The deal marks distributor All3Media International’s first format licence agreement for the show, whose original version was produced by Idtv and All3Media, and debuted under the local title De Verraders on RTL4 in the Netherlands last […]
NHK plans earthquake anniversary shows Japanese broadcaster NHK is to air a number of special shows looking back on the Great East Japan earthquake in 2011, ranging from drama and documentaries to music programmes. The service will also place programmes on this topic on streaming service NHK Plus from across the past decade. Throughout the […]
Acorn TV & TVNZ reveal romcom order AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and TVNZ have joined up to co-commission a New Zealand romantic comedy. Under The Vines is being produced by Libertine Pictures and EQ Media Group, and has been created and co-written by Erin White. The six-part series stars Rebecca Gibney (Wanted) and Charles Edwards (The […]
Historian Olusoga to deliver Edinburgh TV Festival keynote speech British-Nigerian historian and broadcaster David Olusoga will deliver the keynote speech at the Edinburgh TV Festival, The MacTaggart Lecture, next month. Known for presenting shows including A House Through Time, Black And British: A Forgotten History and Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners, Olusoga is a professor of public […]
Salto gets ‘Happily Married’ New French streaming platform Salto has picked up dark comedy drama series Happily Married (C’est Comme Ça Que Je T’aime) as one of its first programme acquisitions. The 10-part first season was produced by Montreal-based Productions Casablanca for Radio-Canada Télé and Tou.Tv Extra. Set in the 1970s, it recounts the “almost true” story […]
