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Drive sells more than 50 hours of factual content worldwide
Multiple networks in Europe and Australasia have picked up a range of factual content after…
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Kids round-up: ‘Moominvalley’ lands in Nordics; Super RTL orders monster comedy; ‘Rainbow Rangers’ travels; and more…
Moomins return to the Nordics SF Studios in the Nordics, NRK in Norway and RÚV…
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Deals round-up: Eleventh Hour strikes Chris Atkins deal; NRK format extended in US; Amazon adds Spanish titles
Eleventh Hour picks up Chris Atkins’ rights Sony Pictures Television (SPT)-backed Eleventh Hour Films has…
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SBS, NRK among first buyers of DRG’s ‘My Grandparents’ War’
DRG has unveiled the first international sales for Channel 4 documentary series My Grandparents’ War….
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Kids round-up: eOne’s ‘Ricky Zoom’ heads to Nordics; Dansschool hires ODMedia for expansion
Ricky Zoom lands in Nordics NRK in Norway and SVT in Sweden have struck deals…
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European networks land on BBC’s ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet’
SVT in Sweden, Denmark’s DR, Telefonica in Spain and Norway’s NRK are among a raft…
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Exclusive: HBO strikes overall deal with ‘Skam’ creator
HBO has struck an overall deal with the creator of hit Norwegian TV show Skam,…
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Social content the ‘next leap’ in programming: Facebook’s Henick
Social content should prioritise personal connections, be responsive to the audience, and will be the…
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NRK prepares for big-budget Atlantic Crossing with Beta & Cinenord
Norwegian producer Cinenord and Germany’s Beta Films will partner to produce World War II drama…
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Nordic pubcasters combine to fight SVOD threat
Public broadcasters in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland are forming an alliance to combat…
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Starz secures US deal for NRK mystery drama
Starz has secured exclusive US premium pay TV rights for Norwegian mystery drama Monster. The…
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Netflix nabs Swedish original from The Bridge scribe
Netflix has commissioned its first original series from Sweden, which has the head writer from…
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UK remake for Nordic drama Valkyrien
High concept NRK drama Valkyrien looks set for a UK remake. Liza Marshall’s Hera Pictures…
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Broadcasters find C4’s National Treasure
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired National Treasure, the Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters…
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US Nordic noir remake cancelled
TNT will not take its remake of Eyewitness into a second season. The US crime…
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BBCWW takes Bowie film global
HBO has bought David Bowie: The Last Five Years, the BBC feature doc about the…
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Sky and Scandis buy Babylon Berlin
Beta Film has sealed a raft of deals for Babylon Berlin, the upcoming €40 million…
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Buyers queue up for Grizzy and the Lemmings
The first free TV sales of French CGI toon Grizzy and the Lemmings have been…
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Nobel drama win for Canal+
French pay TV operator Canal+ has acquired Scandi thriller series Nobel. DRG sells the show…
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Walter Presents nabs new Nordic noir
Nordic noir Valkyrien is headed for Channel 4’s foreign-language on-demand service, Walter Presents, in the…
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New deals for controversial Banijay format
All Against 1, the Banijay format at the centre of an IP dispute with FremantleMedia,…
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DRG ties with Duck Quacks prodco ahead of market
DRG has struck a first-look deal with Duck Quacks Don’t Echo prodco Magnum Media. The…
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New German VOD net buys NRK drama
A new German VOD platform, Canal+’s SVOD service in France and Channel 4’s Walter Presents…
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Nebout’s indie developing Swedish thriller for TV
Patrick Nebout’s Dramacorp is developing Swedish novelist Jan Guilou’s Hamilton books for television. Hamilton will…
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Discovery Norway hires ex-NRK digital chief
Discovery Networks Norway has hired the head of new media at pubcaster NRK to take…
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Netflix enters CNN’s Race For the White House
Netflix, DR and Foxtel are among international buyers of a CNN original docuseries about famous…
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Televisa SVOD net takes Imira package
Televisa’s Latin American SVOD service, Blim, has bought eight children’s series from Spanish distributor Imira…
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DRG binds with Screen Glue in first-look deal
Britain-based distributor DRG has scored first-look rights to shows from UK-based producer Screen Glue, TBI…
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RTÉ, NRK pitch winner is Bucking the Trend
The national broadcasters of Ireland and Norway have handed Dublin-based Sideline Productions €10,000 (US$11,275) after…
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Norwegian format given life at Channel 4
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a local version of Norwegian format Born On following…