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Free TV deals for Zak Storm
A raft of free-TV broadcasters in Europe have acquired Zak Storm, the new pirate action…
Spanish net settles under Wishing Tree
A Spanish broadcaster has become the latest to acquire a local version of Talpa Media…
TVE names new acquisitions chief
Spanish pubcaster TVE has confirmed the appointment of Milagros Mayi as director of acquisitions. This…
Globosat, RTVE, TVN locate Bin Laden doc
A trio of broadcasters has acquired a ZDF documentary profiling notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden….
China’s Schindlers set for RTVE, ORF
Broadcasters in Europe have bought China’s Schindlers, a New Zealand-produced documentary about two Chinese men…
Blim takes 300 hours from RTVE
New Latin American SVOD service Blim has acquired more than 300 hours of programming from…
RTVE names new TV chief
Spain’s pubcaster, RTVE, has named the head of its Catalonia division has its overall television…
RTVE takes ‘extensive’ ZDFE package
Spanish pubcaster RTVE has purchased an “extensive” package of telemovies from German distributor ZDF Enterprises….
RTVE reduces losses to €33.6m
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has posted a 2015 loss of €33.6 million (US$37.5 million), though…
More sales for Zip Zip
Popular animated series Zip Zip has been picked up by broadcasters in Spain and Central…
TVE brings Spanish period drama to market
The sales arm Spanish public broadcaster RTVE will launch Victor Ros (pictured), the series based…
Chairman of Spain’s RTVE steps down
RTVE chairman Leopoldo Gonzalez-Echenique has resigned. José Manuel Penalosa, a board member at RTVE, will…
News brief: RTVE order TCB’s Mega Food
Spanish pubcaster RTVE is among buyers of factual content from UK-based indie distributor TCB Rights….
Endemol poaches RTVE online boss
Production and distribution giant Endemol has named an RTVE exec at the top of its…
Matt Hatter travels to Italy, Turkey
Platinum Films has sealed new deals for its boy-skewed action series Matt Hatter Chronicles. Italian…
Spain’s drama producers look to go global
Spain’s crisis has forced TV producers to seek international business. Local fiction continues to dominate…
News brief: FilmOn cuts live cage fighting deal
FilmOn has cut a deal for live cage fighting. The over the top service, run…
Alki David’s FilmOn inks deal with Spain’s RTVE
Over the top service FilmOn has inked a deal with RTVE and will stream the…
Euro pubcaster chiefs demand ERT is restored
Fifty European pubcaster bosses have demanded the Greek government reverses its decision to shutter national…
PGS sells Robin Hood to raft of b’casters
PGS Entertainment has shopped its new Robin Hood animated series to a raft of broadcasters….
New broadcast deals for Pac-Man toon
Spain’s RTVE has picked up free-to-air rights to new animated series Pac-Man and the Ghostly…
News brief: Al Jazeera Children’s Channel and V&S coproducing more Everything’s Rosie
V&S Entertainment and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) are coproducing a third season of preschool…
Turner Lat-Am buys shows from Nottingham Forest
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) in Latin America has picked up a pair of shows from…