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News round-up: Viaplay greenlights Covid-19 drama; Discovery UK’s lifestyle orders; NHK’s Coronavirus cruise doc
Viaplay orders social distancing drama Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group has ordered a drama produced under…
Fremantle takes global rights to Icon’s Okavango doc
UK indie Icon Films’ documentary Okavango – A Flood Of Life has been picked up…
Kids round-up: ‘Octonauts’ expands in LatAm, MENA; NHK adds ‘Find Me In Paris’; Corus exec joins Wildbrain
Silvergate’s Octonauts travel to LatAm, MENA Sony Pictures Television-owned Silvergate Media’s preschool animation Octonauts is…
European & Asian networks adapt amid Coronavirus pandemic
Broadcasters and streamers around the world have unveiled a raft of changes to their regular…
TVF extends co-pro pact with Tokyovision, sells to NHK and Animal Planet
Factual distributor TVF International has struck a raft of sales with Japanese broadcasters and agreed…
Blue Ant scores Japanese sales with NHK, FNG Japan
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has swooped for Blue Ant International’s blue chip natural history doc…
Discovery, NHK acquire from TVF’s expanded APAC team
Discovery Asia and NHK in Japan are among broadcasters to have picked up programming from…
ZED, CuriosityStream reveal ‘Prehistoric Worlds’
French independent producer/distributor ZED has revealed a first look at Prehistoric Worlds, its 90-minute special…
Japan’s NHK acquires UK kids show ‘The Worst Witch’
Japanese broadcaster NHK has struck a deal with ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) for UK children’s live-action…
BBC’s ‘The Planet’ lands in Japan, US
The series, which finished airing on BBC2 in the UK this week, is fronted by…