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Nat Geo, PBS order Stephen Hawking series
The international National Geographic Channel and US broadcaster PBS have ordered Genius by Stephen Hawking,…
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News brief: BBC buys Lockerbie bombing series
The BBC has acquired UK rights to a new PBS documentary series that sheds new…
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PBS fosters New York origin book as drama
US pubcaster PBS is working with Scott Free Productions and Malaysia’s Ideate Media to bring…
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HBO strikes five-season Sesame Street deal
HBO and Sesame Workshop have agreed a five-season deal for iconic kids series Sesame Street….
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Ken Burns cancer series finds buyers
Four channels have taken on a PBS documentary series from filmmaker Ken Burns about cancer….
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ITV’s Downton Abbey shutting down
UK broadcaster ITV is to end its cash-spinning period drama Downton Abbey after its sixth…
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Channel 4, PBS plan more Indian Summers
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a second season of period drama Indian Summers. The…
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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…
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Scorpion spotlights Paedophile Hunter
UK indie distributor Scorpion TV has acquired rights to controversial Channel 4 documentary The Paedophile…
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Small Town America: don’t ignore local TV
British drama is currently the toast of Los Angeles and New York, with shows like…
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PBS, BBC in ‘ambitious’ factual partnership
Pubcasters from both sides of the Atlantic Sea have com together to coproduce a slate…
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Ridley Scott Civil War drama for PBS
A six-part American Civil War drama with Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker attached is…
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FremantleMedia kids toon flies to Asia
Preschool series Kate & Mim-Mim will broadcast on two Asian channels following deals closed with…
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PBS prepares Great British Bake Off
US pubcaster PBS has acquired The Great British Bake Off as it cements its place…
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British drama features on expanded Masterpiece
PBS will launch several new scripted series from the UK in its winter/spring schedules. The…
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Carnival King
Gareth Neame’s Carnival Films was bought by NBCUniversal in 2008 for about £30 million (US$49…
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Nat Geo and PBS producer joins NHNZ
NHNZ has brought on veteran producer, director and writer Sue Houghton who will work on…
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BBC, BBC America order horror series from Life on Mars Team
BBC1 and BBC America are coproducing The Living and the Dead, a new period ghost-hunter…
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Channel 4, PBS order Sex in the Wild
The UK’s Channel 4 and US pubcaster PBS have jointly ordered a four-part wildlife series…
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Thrones most illegally shared US show, CBS hardest hit network
New research into illegal file sharing shows that over the course of one week a…
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Broadcasters learn Secrets of the Vatican
A trio of broadcasters has acquired PBS Frontline documentary Secrets of the Vatican. The networks…
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Oz net joins Time Scanners team
Australia’s ABC has become the first prebuyer of upcoming history and science series Time Scanners….
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Sky1, PBS chase Typhoon Haiyan answers
UK satellite channel Sky1 HD and US pubcaster PBS are to get a documentary charting…
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International broadcasters mark the death of Nelson Mandela
International broadcasters have moved swiftly to unveil special programming to mark the death of Nelson…
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VIMN scores Asian broadcasting deals
Broadcasters across Asian have bought animated Nickelodeon programming from Viacom International Media Networks. TianJin Shi…
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Japan’s WOWOW in crowdsourced copro with PBS
Japanese pay TV platform WOWOW has continued its push into international coproduction with a crowdsourced…
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Kids TV seriously
Today’s kids have an endless array of entertainment choices. From Disney, Nickelodeon and Turner Broadcasting…
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Comet of the Century impacts Nat Geo schedule
National Geographic has ordered Comet of the Century, a one-off doc about the Ison comet,…
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NBCU acquires full ownership of Sprout
NBCUniversal has acquired the shares in US preschool channel Sprout it didn’t already own to…
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News brief: PBS buys Shine’s Vicious
US broadcaster PBS has acquired British comedy series Vicious. The 6x30mins show, which stars Ian…