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Bertelsmann confirms RTL stake sale
German publishing company Bertelsmann has confirmed that it plans to reduce its holding in broadcaster…
Rive Gauche secures crime sales
Broadcasters in Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific have acquired more than 300 hours of crime series…
Power sells event drama package to RTL
UK sales house Power has shopped a package of its event dramas to Croatian free-to-air…
Crime, seen investigation
As factual crime shows go from strength to strength, TBI takes witness statements from channel…
RTL welcomes The Audience
Germany’s RTL has commissioned a local version of UK format The Audience. ITV Studios Germany…
Embarrassing sales for Zodiak
Zodiak Rights has sold fact-ent series Embarrassing Bodies to a raft of broadcasters. Broadcasters including…
Sky Vision hires Karen Wise
Sky Vision, the distribution arm of UK pay TV operator BSkyB, has hired Karen Wise…
Broadcasters jump at Felix Baumgartner doc
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired Space Dive, the one-off documentary about Felix Baumgartner’s…
Yves Bigot to be named as TV5 chief
The French government has decided on former RTL programming director Yves Bigot as its preferred…
FremantleMedia helps offset ad revenue declines at RTL
RTL said that the strong performance of its content division FremantleMedia and its German channels…
Reliance, RTL launch action channel Thrill in November
Indian media company Reliance and European broadcaster RTL are to launch action channel BIG RTL…
Global Screen picks up German disaster movie for MIPCOM
Global Screen, the sales and distribution joint venture by Bavaria Media and Telepool, has acquired…
Turner’s EMEA staff at risk of redundancy as Gerhard Zeiler’s restructuring gets underway
Turner Broadcasting’s international boss Gerhard Zeiler has appointed a five-strong management team that will conduct…