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Formats Ireland
Ireland is emerging as a solid format creating hotspot, as its small local market forces…
Formats remain in focus as DRG drops label
DRG has discontinued its DRG Formats label, but the Nice Entertainment Group distributor remains a…
Destination America takes slow train
US cable channel Destination America is the latest network to get in on the slow…
BBC Brit, NRK grapple with UFC doc series
BBC Brit and Norwegian pubcaster NRK are among buyers of RTÉ Global’s 6x30mins UFC-themed doc…
Kabo asks Who’s Who? with format revival
France-based Kabo International has acquired worldwide sales rights to game show Who’s Who?, which comes…
French, Scandi nets buy CBeebies series
Gulli and Tiji in France are among the latest buyers of DHX Media-sold CBeebies kids…
BBC, NRK buy citizens festival special
Pubcasters in the UK and Norway have acquired a special of the 2015 Global Citizens…
AMCNI buys Benelux teen drama
AMC Networks International – Central Europe has acquired live-action teen series Ghost Rockers. AMCNI has…
ITV greenlights Belgian sport-themed format
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a British version of Belgian sporting reality competition format Eternal…
CBBC welcomes Odd Squad
UK kids broadcaster CBBC has acquired Sinking Ship Entertainment’s daytime live-action series Odd Squad and…
NRK, TVO add Doki
Norway’s NRK and Canada’s TVO and Knowledge Network have acquired an animated series from Toronto-based…
BBC Follows the Money with Danish drama deal
Follow the Money (Bedraget) has become the latest foreign-language drama acquired by UK public broadcaster…
More4 wades into Heavy Water War noir
Channel 4’s UK digital network More4 has acquired The Heavy Water War, a Norwegian noir…
DRG secures HBO Europe dramas
Nice Entertainment Group-owned distributor DRG has acquired rights to a pair of HBO Europe dramas…
Travel Channel brings Slow TV to US
Cable channel Travel Channel plans to combat the frenetic madness of Black Friday by bringing…
News brief: NRK wonders How to Be
NRK in Norway has licensed a local remake of Israeli celebrity interview format How to…
NRK, DRG attached to political thriller
Norwegian pubcaster NRK is working up a political mystery drama for autumn 2016, which DRG…
News brief: North Europe, Belgian nets go Deep
A pair of Scandinavian channels, one from Finland and one from Belgium have boarded Technicolor’s…
Nordic World’s Dictator conquers Europe
Edgy social experiment format Dictator has been picked up by NRK in Norway and SBS…
HBO remaking Scandi drama in Europe
HBO Europe is making two local versions of Nordic Noir hit Mammon. The European arm…
BBC Four embraces slow TV
UK public service arts and culture channel BBC Four is embarking on a season of…
Scandi nets travel to Deutschland 83
Five north European channels have prebought buzzy German Cold War drama Deutschland 83. SVT in…
German net joins BBC’s Hunt
Germany’s NDR Naturfilm has become a coproduction partner on the BBC’s new Alastair Fothergill natural…
Sky, Scandi nets join Attenborough’s Conquest
Sky’s Italian business and a pair of Scandinavian pubcasters have acquired David Attenborough’s Conquest of…
Buyers embark on Indian Summers ahead of UK TX
A raft of international broadcasters have picked up big-budget UK drama Indian Summers ahead of…
Robin Hood completes Euro roll-out
Toon series Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood has now secured 100% carriage on free TV…
Nordic fund invests in TV4 drama copro
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has invested NOK2 million (US$260,000) in a Swedish drama coproduction…
$1.5m presales for Zed’s Annihilation
A doc series that sheds new light on the rise of Hitler has secured US$1.5…
New Witnesses come forwards in Europe
More channel groups in Europe have acquired French drama Witnesses from Newen Distribution. Following a…
Raft of presales for French WW2 doc
A raft of international broadcasters have prebought World War II feature doc Surrender. The 1x90mins…