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Portugal’s RTP gets ‘Starstruck’ as Banijay format rolls out sixth adaptation
Portuguese pubcaster RTP has commissioned a local version of Banijay entertainment format Starstruck. Banijay Iberia…
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Round-up: Walter Presents among ‘Davos 1917’ buyers; Canal+, MHz round up ‘Reindeer Mafia’; C5 orders Yeti royal doc
Walter Presents among Davos 1917 buyers Walter Presents has picked up North American rights to…
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News round-up: CBC investigates ghostly series; Roku lands ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’; ViX shows head to Portugal
CBC investigates ghostly series Canadian broadcaster CBC has greenlit unscripted comedy series Ghosting With Luke…
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EBU members eye Nordic 12 expansion & highlight ‘pre-buy network’ as streamers face squeeze
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) members have urged producers to consider the organisation’s ‘pre-buy network’ when…
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AMC Lat Am’s Europa Europa picks up Iberian thriller ‘Sequía’
AMC Networks Latin America has picked up crime thriller Sequía for broadcast throughout Latin America…
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TBI Scripted: ‘Cuba Libre’ creator on show’s 20-year journey to screen
Henrique Oliveira, creator of Portuguese historical drama Cuba Libre, tells Mark Layton why good things…
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Endemol’s Family Food Fight heads to Portugal
Portugal is the latest territory to scoop up Endemol Shine Group’s Family Food Fight. Public…
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Global pubcasters prep online distribution platform
A group of public broadcasters from Europe, Asia and North America are joining forces to…
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The Story Lab staffs up, opens new offices
Production and distribution group The Story Lab has hired seasoned execs to run new international…
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eSports scripted series set to launch
Lisbon-based digital prodco BeActive has created what it claims to be the first scripted series…
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CuriosityStream strikes for Scorpion doc
Factual-focused SVOD net CuriosityStream has acquired a Scorpion TV documentary that looks at birth in…
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Federation opens The Bureau ahead of MIP
Federation Entertainment has sold Canal+ spy drama The Bureau to a raft of broadcasters before…
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French doc sales for Terranoa
Terranoa, the distribution arm of French prodco Gedeon, has sold a raft of docs to…
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Broadcasters line up for Peg + Cat
RTP in Portugal and MBC Kids in the UAE are acquiring Canadian-produced preschool cartoon Peg…
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News brief: Portugal’s RTP in for Armoza primetime format
Portuguese broadcaster RTP has commissioned a local version of Armoza Formats’ primetime show I Can…
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Shine cuts format deal with Talpa
Shine and Talpa will jointly produce formats including The Voice in Spain and Portugal after the…
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News brief: Broadcasters buy Cloudbabies
Broadcasters in Europe, the Middle East and Korea have acquired preschool toon Cloudbabies from producer…
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EBU: Portugal pubcaster underfunded despite deal
The European Broadcasting Union has voiced concerns Portugal’s public broadcaster remains “underfunded” despite a new…
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News brief: New broadcasters for Wild Grinders
Animated series Rob Drydek’s Wild Grinders has found new broadcast partners as it gears up…
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Lagardère sells JFK doc across Europe
Lagardère Entertainment Rights has sold its one-off doc Inside JFK’s Assassination to a host of…