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Eight European pubcasters launch co-commissioning group New8
Eight public broadcasters across Europe including Germany’s ZDF and the Nordic five have joined forces…
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‘Fifteen-Love’ & ‘Nolly’ bound for Nordics as pubcasters pick up ITVS drama package
Five Nordic public broadcasters, including SVT in Sweden, NRK in Norway, YLE in Finland, DR…
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Kids round-up: ‘Moominvalley’ lands in Nordics; Super RTL orders monster comedy; ‘Rainbow Rangers’ travels; and more…
Moomins return to the Nordics SF Studios in the Nordics, NRK in Norway and RÚV…
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Nordic pubcasters combine to fight SVOD threat
Public broadcasters in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland are forming an alliance to combat…
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Broadcasters find C4’s National Treasure
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired National Treasure, the Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters…
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BBCWW takes Bowie film global
HBO has bought David Bowie: The Last Five Years, the BBC feature doc about the…
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Sky and Scandis buy Babylon Berlin
Beta Film has sealed a raft of deals for Babylon Berlin, the upcoming €40 million…
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Buyers queue up for Grizzy and the Lemmings
The first free TV sales of French CGI toon Grizzy and the Lemmings have been…
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BBC First, CBC hear The A Word
BBC First is Australia and CBC in Canada are the latest buyers of Keshet International-sold…
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News brief: Chinese VOD net add Turtles
Chinese on-demand video site Tencent has acquired seasons one and two of Viacom’s Tenage Mutant…
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Nordic pubcasters urges UK gov’t to back BBC
Director generals from the Nordic region’s pubcasters have warned the British government not to weaken…
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NHK buys BBC One Agatha Christie drama
Japanese pubcaster NHK is one of a batch of networks to acquire BBC One period…
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Trapped marks Icelandic drama first for the BBC
UK public broadcaster the BBC has bought Trapped, the upcoming Icelandic drama from local filmmaker Baltasar…
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Scandi nets travel to Deutschland 83
Five north European channels have prebought buzzy German Cold War drama Deutschland 83. SVT in…
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German net joins BBC’s Hunt
Germany’s NDR Naturfilm has become a coproduction partner on the BBC’s new Alastair Fothergill natural…
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Buyers embark on Indian Summers ahead of UK TX
A raft of international broadcasters have picked up big-budget UK drama Indian Summers ahead of…
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Nordic fund invests in TV4 drama copro
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has invested NOK2 million (US$260,000) in a Swedish drama coproduction…
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SBS Discovery joins Nordisk Film & TV Fund
Norway’s second-largest commercial broadcaster SBS Discovery and its flagship channel TVNorge are joining the Nordisk…
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Kids nets catch Little Nutbrown Hare
Channels in the Middle East, central Europe and Iceland have acquired preschool toon series Guess…
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Euro pubcasters back Icelandic crime series
German pubcaster ZDF and its commercial subsidiary will coproduce Icelandic crime drama Trapped, while five…
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Fortitude pre-buyers revealed
Canal+ in France and TV2 in Denmark are among the pre-buyers of big-budget Sky Atlantic…
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News brief: The Returned goes back to Scandinavia
A trio of Scandinavian broadcasters has bought French paranormal drama The Returned (Les Revenants) from…
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Wallander III sells worldwide
The third season of Wallander has sold to various territories worldwide including the UK, Australia,…
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Euro pubcasters slam ‘excessive’ cuts
Europe’s public broadcasting body has issued a statement slamming funding cuts across the continent as…
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BBC buys new Swedish drama as SVT unveils int’l unit
The BBC is hoping it has found the latest hot Scandinavian drama with a new…
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CBeebies buys Tilly and Friends for international nets
The BBC has acquired animated series Tilly and Friends for its international CBeebies channels. The…
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International broadcasters place bets on House of Cards
A host of TV channels around the world have bought Netflix’s Kevin Spacey-fronted drama House…