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Smithsonian Channel
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Smithsonian goes Inside Buckingham Palace
US cable channel Smithsonian Channel has bought two-part royal documentary Inside Buckingham Palace. Smithonian struck…
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Smithsonian aims for Survival in the Skies
US cable network Smithsonian Channel has commissioned three-part factual series Survival in the Skies, with…
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Smithsonian buys Irish music special
Smithsonian Channel has acquired the latest special of Irish music series Other Voices. The one-hour…
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News brief: Zodiak recalls The Day They Dropped the Bomb
Zodiak Rights has acquired sales rights to Finestripe Productions’ upcoming doc The Day They Dropped…
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BBC Two, Smithsonian, Discovery board Jumbo
A trio of broadcasters from the UK, US and Canada have co-commissioned a documentary about…
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Smithsonian, Earth Touch get wild with one-offs, series
US cable net Smithsonian Channel is to coproduce three one-off wildlife specials and a 3x50mins…
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CBS, Time Warner end bitter carriage row
The month-long blackout of US broadcast network CBS on Time Warner Cable is over, after…
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Smithsonian Channel gets first int’l launch
The Smithsonian Channel will launch in Canada this autumn, marking the first time the factual…
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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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Channel 4, Smithsonian prepare for Terror in the Skies
UK terrestrial Channel 4 and US net Smithsonian Channel have ordered local indie Arrow Media…
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PBS America makes first third-party programme acquisitions
The international PBS channel has acquired a raft of documentaries from distributor Off the Fence,…