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Scorpion spotlights Paedophile Hunter
UK indie distributor Scorpion TV has acquired rights to controversial Channel 4 documentary The Paedophile…
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BBCWW, FremantleMedia team for food format
BBC Worldwide and FremantleMedia are joining forces to make Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook Melbourne, the…
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Huge cuts confirmed at ABC, SBS
Australian pubcasters the ABC and SBS face budget cuts of a combined A$308 million (US$265.9…
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Broadcasters want the Truth about Tutankhamun
Australian pubcaster SBS and Discovery Asia have both acquired factual special Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered….
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SBS inks Wildest Weather presale
SBS in Australia has boarded three-part unscripted series Richard Hammond’s Wildest Weather. The show is…
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Euro nets bag Scandi drama Mammon
Beta Films has secured sales of Scandinavian drama Mammon with a number of European, Middle…
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Discovery weighs SBS Netherlands move
Discovery is understood to be considering a move for the SBS free-to-air broadcast business in…
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Discovery pre-buys Tsunami feature doc
Discovery Networks Western Europe has pre-bought feature documentary After the Wave, for a number of…
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Networks combine to construct Berlin Wall
Networks in the US, UK and Australia are coproducing a documentary about the construction of…
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Dutch broadcasters take on Netflix with SVOD service
A new Dutch subscription video-on-demand service, NLziet, has launched, with a range of programmes from…
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SBS pay channel captivated by Hostages
Australian pay TV channel STUDIO has acquired Israeli drama Hostages. The 10x60mins drama will launch…
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Broadcasters probe United States of Secrets
Eleven broadcasters have acquired new Frontline series United States of Secrets from PBS International. ZDF…
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HBO Europe to remake Aussie crime comedy
HBO Europe has acquired production rights to Australian crime comedy Small Time Gangster and is…
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Job cuts loom as the ABC faces budget cuts
Mark Scott, the managing director of the ABC, has said that there will be a…
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News brief: SBS, Viasat pre-buy Own Rainforest
SBS in Australia and European broadcaster Viasat have prebought eco-themed factual entertainment series I Bought…
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News brief: JimJam goes wild with Big Media series
Multi-regional children’s channel JimJam has acquired My Animal Friends, a 26x13mins from US-headquartered producer-distributor Big…
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Broadcasters learn Secrets of the Vatican
A trio of broadcasters has acquired PBS Frontline documentary Secrets of the Vatican. The networks…
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Viewpoint, Gary Lico: Guess what? Everyone was right
Sorry for the old school rant here, but everything industry pundits said would happen a…
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Willems out and Heuten in at FremantleMedia Belgium
FremantleMedia has hired Dave Heuten (pictured) as co-managing director of its production business in Belgium…
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SBS and Foxtel make new acquisitions
SBS in Norway and Foxtel in Australia have acquired My Dream Derelict Home from DCD…
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Globosat learns Cumming’s Urban Secrets
Brazilian satellite channels operator Globosat has bought Urban Secrets, a UK-produced series in which actor…
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News brief: Terranoa notches doc sales
French distributor Terranoa has sold a range of its docs to broadcasters in Europe and…
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International deals for That Awkward Moment comedy format
German broadcaster WDR, part of pubcaster ARD, and SBS in the Netherlands have picked up…
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International broadcasters mark the death of Nelson Mandela
International broadcasters have moved swiftly to unveil special programming to mark the death of Nelson…
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ABC Commercial appoints sales chief
The commercial arm of Australian public broadcaster the ABC has appointed Sharon Ramsay-Luck head of…
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Escape Artist finds path to SBS schedule
Australian pubcaster SBS has acquired UK crime drama The Escape Artist from distributor Red Arrow…
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HBO, Discovery, SBS deals for eOne dramas
Indie studio Entertainment One has sold a batch of scripted series including Discovery drama Klondike…
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FremantleMedia hires Stefan De Keyser as Belgian boss
FremantleMedia has appointed Stefan De Keyser co-managing director of its Belgian division. He joins after…
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Oz nets bag RTÉ lifestyle, factual series
Australia’s leading pay operator Foxtel and pubcasters ABC and SBS are among others of factual,…
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The War Report
With the 100th anniversary of the most terrible conflict in world history coming in 2014,…