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Lifetime confirms UK launch, expected to replace Bio

US cable network Lifetime has confirmed it will launch in the UK this autumn. The female-skewing channel is operated by A+E, which back in April told TBI it would roll out the channel in the UK this year. It officially announced the launch this morning. A spokesman declined to comment, but TBI understands that it […]

Zodiak picks up and sells 10 Stone Testicles

  Zodiak Media has taken international rights to one-off documentary The Man with the 10-Stone Testicles. Zodiak Rights, the international division of Zodiak, has picked up the rights to the 1x60mins doc from Tinopolis-owned UK producer Firecracker Films (Big Fat Gypsy Wedding). It has already secured its first sale for the show, with Discovery’s female-skewing […]

Oprah Winfrey launching in Australia

Oprah Winfrey’s cable channel will get a branded block in Australia, starting later this year. OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is a joint venture between the talk TV star’s Harpo and Discovery. The OWN branded block will be carried on Discovery’s Home and Health channel in Australia. The block will feature the network’s top shows including […]

Discovery buys Disney dramas for TLC UK

Discovery has bought several US scripted series for the soon-to-launch UK version of TLC. It has picked up ABC Studios-produced US dramas Mistresses (pictured) and Devious Maids from Disney’s distribution arm. Female-skewing TLC launches on BSkyB in the UK at the end of the month with a launch party in London tonight. Discovery has also […]

BBC sells Bake Off to Discovery in Italy

The show tests the skills of amateur chefs in various challenges to find the country’s best home baker. It has been a big hit for the BBC in the UK on BBC Two. It is made by UK indie Love Productions, the UK indie set up by Richard McKerrow, a former commissioning editor at Channel […]

Discovery 2013 Upfront report

Discovery unveiled a new scripted show and a raft of reality and doc series at its annual Upfront in New York, which was attended by Oprah Winfrey, William Hurt, Tyler Perry and reality child star Honey Boo Boo among others. Discovery boss David Zaslav told the assembled ad buyers that across all of its networks […]

Discovery launching Oprah block on TLC

A block of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network programming will be carried on soon-to-launch UK cablenet TLC. OWM management has told TBI they plan similar block launches in other international markets. OWN co-presidents Erik Logan and Sherri Salata said that they would ultimately like to see full OWN linear channels in international markets. The network, a joint […]

TLC to launch in the UK

Discovery Networks is to launch its female-oriented lifestyle channel TLC in the UK and Ireland at the end of April. The channel will be carried by BSkyB and cable operator Virgin Media, as well as BT Vision and TalkTalk’s YouView platform. TLC will also be available in HD on the Sky and Virgin Media platforms […]

ITV Studios’ Four Weddings gets hitched in Germany, Russia and Romania

ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold its Four Weddings format into several European territories. The show, which was originally produced by ITV Studios for Sky Living in the UK, sees couples compete for prize of a dream wedding. In Germany, ITV Studios is making Hochzeiten und eine Traumreise for Vox and it will debut in […]

PBS America makes first third-party programme acquisitions

The international PBS channel has acquired a raft of documentaries from distributor Off the Fence, marking its first major deal for programming from outside the core PBS catalogue. The shows will go out on PBS America, the UK version of the US not-for-profit channel, which is run as a joint venture between David Lyons and […]