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News brief: Sky Arte and VRT are drawn to Picasso doc
Italian arts and culture channel Sky Arte and Belgian free-to-air broadcaster VRT have acquired Picasso,…
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English-language broadcasters buy French drama The Returned
Broadcasters in Australia and Canada have acquired French-language drama series The Returned. The show is…
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Australia’s SBS buys pair of Nordic comedies
Australian channel SBS has acquired two foreign language comedies, one from Norway and one from…
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Australia’s Surveillance sells to BSkyB, Mediaset
Australian factual entertainment and CCTV series Surveillance has found its way to BSkyB in the…
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Discovery prepares for Doomsday
Discovery Networks International EMEA is among pre-buyers of a major Franco-German coproduction that looks at…
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Vikings drives MGM growth as Tellem joins board
Strong worldwide sales of scripted drama Vikings helped Hollywood studio MGM report revenue growth of…
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Peace Point, Muse enter distribution pact
Peace Point Rights will represent programmes from Canadian compatriot Muse Distribution International’s catalogue in Latin…
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Australian immigration format lands on German TV
Australia’s SBS has shopped a local version of its Go Back to Where You Came…
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News brief: Belgian dating app deal for Red Arrow
SBS Belgium-owned broadcaster VIJF has acquired a Facebook-based dating application from Red Arrow International. The…
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Discovery acquires sex therapy doc
Discovery Fit and Health in the US is among the buyers of Real 40 Year…
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Broadcasters bag IFC’s Bang Bang and Bunk
Canadian distributor Tricon has sold a pair of comedy shows to The Comedy Network. The…
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SBS Oz poaches Ten exec for programming role
Australian multicultural pubcaster SBS has raided commercial terrestrial Network Ten for its network programme manager….
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Haslingden tunes up a new super indie
Until September last year, David Haslingden was Fox’s top channels executive, running its US and…
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French documentaries singled out
Despite European public channels closing documentary slots and growing competition from hosted factual and reality…
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Global nets board animal extinction doc
Eleven international broadcasters have pre-bought Gambling on Extinction, a new 1x52mins doc about illegal endangered…
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ABC Oz catches MTV’s Catfish
Australian public broadcaster ABC has bought MTV reality series Catfish. The show, based on the…
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Sharman relocates to SBS
Australian multicultural broadcaster SBS has appointed former ITV director of daytime Alison Sharman to the…
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Comedy Central shows head Down Under
Several Australian free and pay TV broadcasters have picked up comedy series from the Comedy…
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Discovery buying another Scandi channel
SBS Discovery Media had inked a deal for Swedish channel TV11 from the TV4 Group….
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FremantleMedia hires Swedish boss
FremantleMedia has recruited Magnus Karlsson-Lamm as the managing director of its Swedish division. He will…
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Factual sales for Tricon
Canada’s Tricon Films & Television has sold more than 100 hours of factual and documentary…
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Twofour sells 100 hours into Australia
Twofour Rights has sold more than 100 hours of programming to various Australian broadcasters. SBS,…
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The new super groups: Red Arrow Entertainment
In the second part of our two-part report on emerging international production groups, TBI talks…
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First Hand scores doc, factual sales
Switzerland-based First Hand Films has scored deals for its documentary and factual content with broadcasters…
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Discovery diversifying beyond factual to become ‘broader media company’
Discovery Communications will become a broader based media company, moving beyond the factual content on…
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ABC poaches SBS exec for top TV role
Australia’s ABC has appointed the COO of the country’s other pubcaster, SBS, to become its…
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BBC Worldwide poaches FremantleMedia boss
BBC worldwide has hired Jon Penn as managing director of its Australasian operation. Penn is…
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Raft of extra carriage for Denmark’s free-TV channels
Modern Times Group (MTG) has inked new carriage deals for its free-to-air channels TV3 and…
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Sierra/Engine bringing Korean drama to the West
US producer and distributor Sierra/Engine Television has picked up rights to hit Korean drama Cruel…
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Banijay wins Popstars format dispute with Talpa
A court in the Netherlands has ruled that Talpa cannot launch ‘The Next Popstar’ format…