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PBS to air Egypt football doc
PBS is to broadcast American Pharaoh, a one-hour doc that goes behind the scenes of…
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Pioneer gets pair of PBS commissions
US broadcaster PBS has ordered two shows from UK indie producer Pioneer Productions. Six-parter Secrets…
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FremantleMedia takes rights to Irish genealogy series
FremantleMedia has picked up format rights to Genealogy Roadshow. The show was created by Irish…
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News brief: Bravo adds Farrell, Oliver to current team
NBCUniversal-owned Bravo Media has hired doc maker Leslie Farrell and former Food Network executive Jeffrey…
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BBC buys Martin Luther King doc for anniversary tribute
The BBC has acquired one-off doc MLK: The Assassination Tapes, a one-off documentary about iconic…
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Reinventing the classics
Children’s TV is something that binds and defines peer groups. With new versions of Thunderbirds,…
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C4, PBS order Nutopia terrorist drama doc
Channel 4 and PBS have co-commissioned Terror in the Desert, a one-hour documentary about the…
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News brief: Cyber Group takes Zou to PBS Kids Sprout
French producer and distributor Cyber Group Studios has sold its preschool series Zou to the…
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PBS orders new Mr. Selfridge range
US public broadcaster PBS has come onboard a second season of its period drama Mr….
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Aereo sued in Boston
US channels retransmission service Aereo is being sued in Boston, following its launch in the…
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OWN buys Kate and Wills Royal Baby doc
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has acquired one-off doc William, Kate and the Royal Baby, as…
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PBS, BBC, France 3 partner for civil rights march doc
Pubcasters PBS, BBC Three and France 3 are all onboard a new documentary honoring the…
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ABC Oz ‘will turbo charge natural history and can rival the BBC’
Phil Craig, the head of documentaries at Australian public broadcaster the ABC, says that a…
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News brief: Nova’s Oklahoma tornado doc goes global
The international sales arm of US pubcaster PBS has launched an updated version of NOVA…
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PBS buys BBC dramas
PBS has acquired US rights to British dramas Last Tango in Halifax and Call the…
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Robert Weiss on the future for Ovation
Robert Weiss was appointed chief creative officer of Ovation TV late last year and the…
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Epic drama for factual channels
The last decade saw the big factual channels move from documentary led schedules to grids…
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PBS America makes first third-party programme acquisitions
The international PBS channel has acquired a raft of documentaries from distributor Off the Fence,…
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DLT Entertainment hires US sales boss
DLT Entertainment has hired Greg Rocco as its US director of sales. Rocco will be…
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Amazon nets online rights to Downton Abbey
Amazon has inked a deal that gives it exclusive streaming rights to period drama Downton…
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US syndication deal for BBC cop show DCI Banks
BBC Worldwide has sold DCI Banks into US syndication with a deal that will see…
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PBS orders Neanderthal doc from Arrow
US public broadcaster PBS has ordered a one-off doc Decoding Neanderthals from Arrow Media, the…
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Hulu launches Kids on subscription service
US streaming service Hulu has launched a dedicated kids section on its Hulu Plus premium…
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9 Story sells Arthur to CBC and ABC ahead of MIPCOM
Canadian producer and distributor 9 Story Entertainment has agreed a raft of deals for kids…