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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 taking the series to Cannes next week. Belgium’s VRT, Sweden’s SVT and Portugal’s RTP have all picked up the first and second season of the drama series. Kiwi channel Rialto has also bought both seasons on the show. In Germany, […]

French doc sales for Terranoa

Terranoa, the distribution arm of French prodco Gedeon, has sold a raft of docs to public broadcasters in Iberia. Spanish pubcaster RTVE has acquired an 11-hour package from Paris-based Terranoa. It has taken three-parters Water: H20 Stories and Secrets of the Moon. It also bought 4x52mins Paris-Berlin: Shapes and Shades of History (top). Portugal’s RTP […]

Broadcasters line up for Peg + Cat

RTP in Portugal and MBC Kids in the UAE are acquiring Canadian-produced preschool cartoon Peg + Cat. TFO in French-speaking Ontario in Canada and Télé-Québec are also buying the show, which debuted on PBS Kids in the US last year. Peg + Cat comes from 9 Story Entertainment and The Fred Rogers Company. 9 Story […]

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 Do That!. RTP has produced the series in association with Endemol Portugal and the remake will launch this Saturday under the title of Desafio Total. TV presenter Sílvia Alberto and comic Marco Horacio will host the series, in which celebrities […]

Shine cuts format deal with Talpa

Shine and Talpa will jointly produce formats including The Voice in Spain and Portugal after the pair agreed a programming deal. Under the terms of the agreement, Shine Iberia has taken exclusive rights to jointly make shows from John de Mol’s Talpa in the region. The first show out of the deal will be The Voice […]

News brief: Broadcasters buy Cloudbabies

Broadcasters in Europe, the Middle East and Korea have acquired preschool toon Cloudbabies from producer and brand owner Hoho. The CBeebies series will launch later this year on RTP in Portugal, Al-Jazeera Children’s Channel (aka JCC) in the Middle East and Kenny & Co in Korea following the agreements with Hoho Entertainment’s sales arm Hoho […]

EBU: Portugal pubcaster underfunded despite deal

The European Broadcasting Union has voiced concerns Portugal’s public broadcaster remains “underfunded” despite a new deal protecting it from privatisation. RTP has secured a new contract that comes into force in January and will run until 2030, which will end a dispute over the future of broadcaster. In May last year, a government minister said […]

News brief: New broadcasters for Wild Grinders

Animated series Rob Drydek’s Wild Grinders has found new broadcast partners as it gears up for a Halloween special. Canada’s Teletoon has acquired Horrorland Zombie Activity 3, a comic two-part spoof on the undead, which will broadcast multiple times on the channel and include extra online and multiplatform content from show producer Home Plate Entertainment. […]

Lagardère sells JFK doc across Europe

Lagardère Entertainment Rights has sold its one-off doc Inside JFK’s Assassination to a host of broadcasters. LER launched the doc at MIPTV earlier this year. It has now been picked up by broadcasters including RTV in Slovenia, Multicanal in Spain, RTP in Portugal, YLE in Finland, MBC in the Middle East and Globosat in Brazil. […]