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TV2
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Exclusive: TV2’s Anette Rømer on “business as usual” in Denmark
All this week, TBI is hearing from broadcasters around the world about the impact that…
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News round-up: True Royalty cuts prices, adds shows; ‘Denmark Stands Together’ on TV2; Autentic, Drive deals
Royal streamer picks up Harry & Meghan docs Streaming service True Royalty TV has acquired…
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News round-up: ‘Five Guys A Week’ goes global; Smithsonian lands ‘Lost Ships’; Fugitive moves into readymade
Five Guys A Week format goes global TV2 in Denmark, and unannounced channels and platforms…
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Denmark’s TV2 names new acquisitions chief as Anette Romer steps down
TV2 Denmark’s long-serving exec Anette Romer is stepping down as head of acquisitions this summer,…
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Hulu Japan gets ‘Filthy Rich’ from Newen Distribution
Hulu Japan has bought two seasons of New Zealand family drama Filthy Rich from Newen…
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YLE, SVT, TV2 among buyers acquiring BBC Studios’ Mallorca Files
YLE in Finland, Sweden’s SVT and AXN Mystery in Japan are among international buyers of…
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Exclusive: Beta Film’s ‘Agent Hamilton’ picked up across Nordics
Nordic broadcasters TV2 Norway, DR in Denmark and MTV3 in Finland have all boarded Beta…
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DR names TV2 exec as drama chief after Bernth exit
Danish pubcaster DR has named a TV2 producer has its new drama chief after the…
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Ex-int’l Warner TV chief invests in Nordic World
Former Warner Bros. International Television (WBITV) president Michael Jay Solomon (pictured) has bought a stake…
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Italy & Russia latest to Guess My Age
Broadcasters in Italy and Russia have become the latest to remake French game show Guess…
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CEE nets gobble up All3 factual
Hungary’s TV2 has become the new local home of Gordon Ramsay series The F Word,…
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ITV expands This Time Next Year franchise
ITV has greenlit two more seasons of This Time Next Year. This Time Next Year…
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Worldwide touts drama sales ahead of Showcase
BBC Worldwide has shopped several of its drama series to buyers, including SS-GB to RTL…
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Nice names new CEO as Aass makes MTG switch
Nice Entertainment Group has hired a new CEO after incumbent Morten Aass was named at…
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Viewpoint: factual TV in a post truth world
Twenty-sixteen saw some fascinating and somewhat worrying developments in terms of truth and the media…
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Russian remake for NZ drama Step Dave
A Russian network is getting a remake New Zealand drama Step Dave. Distributor All3Media International…
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Ronnigen returns as TV2 Norway chief exits
Trygve Rønningen is returning to Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 to replace Trond Kvernstrøm as channel…
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DR docs and copros chief exiting
Mette Hoffman Meyer, DR’s docs and copros, is leaving the Danish public broadcaster. She will…
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MBO for Nordic World
Espen Huseby has completed a management buy-out of Scandinavian distributor Nordic World for an undisclosed…
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RTL, TV2 remaking Twofour format
Germany’s RTL and Denmark’s TV2 are to remake Twofour primetime ‘time-travel’ format This Time Next…
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Norway’s TV2 ‘plots record cuts restructure’
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 is reportedly planning to make record cuts of NOK350 million (US$42.7…
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NZ net latest to go on Warner’s First Dates
New Zealand commercial broadcaster TV2 is the latest channel to remake UK reality series First…
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TV4 recruits Finnish Nurses for format
Swedish commercial channel TV4 is to remake Finnish drama Nurses following a deal with distributor…
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Viacom keeps up Lip Sync momentum
Viacom’s popular entertainment format Lip Sync Battle has sold to six new territories. Season one…
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Investors circle Nordic World
The owners of Nordic World are looking for a new partner in the distribution firm…
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Former RTL exec to run rival TV2
Dirk Gerkens will become the new boss of Hungarian commercial broadcaster TV2, returning to the…
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Nordic World adds Monday, Feelgood shows
Distributor Nordic World has scored representation deals with pan-Scandinavian producer Monday Media and Norway’s Feelgood…
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NHK, Canal+ buy Escape From ISIS doc
NHK in Japan and France’s Canal+ are among buyers of Escape From ISIS. ZDF (Germany),…
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Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy travels the globe
Broadcasters from around the world have bought four-part series Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy from UK-based…
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NHK buys BBC One Agatha Christie drama
Japanese pubcaster NHK is one of a batch of networks to acquire BBC One period…