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BBC in Deep Water with Australian drama deal
BBC Four has prebought Australian crime drama Deep Water. The four-parter launches on SBS as…
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TCB takes on food shows as SBS exits sales
UK-based distributor TCB Media Rights has taken on the food programming catalogue of Australian pubcaster…
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Pubcasters set off for The West
Public broadcasters in Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Australia are among channels that have acquired historical…
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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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Vice confirms 50+ channel launches
Vice Media’s programming has found distribution in 44 new territories, making a major step forwards…
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Rebranded MTG net takes factual from TCB
The recently rebranded MTG World channel has prebought a 10x60mins American Heroes Channel series from…
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Aussie pubcasters get budget boost
Australian public broadcasters the ABC and SBS have avoided further budget cuts. The organisations feared…
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Roots planted in 50 territories
The remake of epic miniseries Roots has sold into 50 territories. Distributor A+E Networks has…
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Ex-ITV exec exits SBS in restructure
Former ITV director of factual and daytime Alison Sharman is returning to the UK after…
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Pre-MIPTV presales for TCB Media
TCB Media Rights has presold a trio of its new shows ahead of MIPTV. The…
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Fox locates Last Panthers in Balkans, Bulgaria
Fox Networks Group Bulgaria and Balkans has acquired six-part crime thriller The Last Panthers. The…
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Twofour racks up Oz and Kiwi sales
UK-based Twofour Rights has shopped a raft of programming to buyers in Australia and New…
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ABC loses drama, children’s bosses
Two senior programming executives are leaving Australia’s pubcaster, the ABC. Head of fiction Carole Sklan…
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Content deals, new launch for Asian Netflix rival
Viu, the recently-launched OTT service from Hong Kong-based telco PCCW, has launched in Singapore, providing…
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SBS launches comedy series on Facebook
Australian pubcaster SBS has launched the first episode of its new comedy series The Family…
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SBS channel chief steps down
René Oosterman has resigned as channel manager of Dutch free-to-air channel SBS6. SBS confirmed the…
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SBS buys another Studiocanal drama
Australian pubcaster SBS has acquired another drama from French distributor Studiocanal. The deal comes after…
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SBS buys The Last Panthers
Australian pubcaster SBS has acquired buzzy drama series The Last Panthers. The crime series, which…
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News brief: BBC buys Lockerbie bombing series
The BBC has acquired UK rights to a new PBS documentary series that sheds new…
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SBS, Scripps launch Oz Food Network
Australian public broadcaster SBS has partnered with Scripps Networks Interactive to launch a version of…
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BBC Brit, NRK grapple with UFC doc series
BBC Brit and Norwegian pubcaster NRK are among buyers of RTÉ Global’s 6x30mins UFC-themed doc…
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Discovery “would love” to be on Apple platform
Discovery Communications is increasingly open to all forms of distribution including direct-to-consumer and would be…
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Former Worlwide exec to head ABC Oz sales
Former BBC Worldwide Australia boss Tony Iffland will run distribution at Australian public broadcaster the…
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Kabel Eins sets House Rules
German channel Kabel Eins has commissioned a local version of Red Arrow International’s home-makeover format…
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SBS gets Drunk from Comedy Central
SBS has picked up several Comedy Central titles, including the UK version of Drunk History….
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Endemol Shine remaking NBC format in Holland
Dutch free-TV broadcaster SBS has ordered a local version Lipstick Jungle, the US drama series…
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Amazon cop drama lands in Australia
Amazon Original drama series Bosch has been sold to SBS. The Australian pubcaster will air…
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Market digests Depardieu food doc series
A culinary-themed documentary series starring French actor Gerard Depardieu launches at MIPTV next week. Internationally…
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Nordic World’s Dictator conquers Europe
Edgy social experiment format Dictator has been picked up by NRK in Norway and SBS…
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SBS, Stan partner for Tim Kring’s Dig
SBS and Stan have joined forces to acquire broadcast and subscription on-demand rights to Tim…