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TV2
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Millionaire, Weakest Link execs draw Shortest Straw
Norway’s TV2 is attached the first major format pilot from UK-based development firm Boxatricks, with…
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TV2 plans to Love it Or List it
Norwegian broadcaster TV2 has acquired 100 hours of property programming from Beyond Distribution. The deal…
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Scripps, VRT buy Travel Channel’s Breaking Borders
Scripps Networks Asia Pacific and Belgium’s VRT have acquired the US version of TV2 conflict…
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CBS’s Zoo opens around the world
James Patterson’s CBS drama Zoo has sold to international broadcasters around the world. Sky 1…
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Networks Escape to the Wild with McCloud
Six overseas channels have acquired Channel 4 factual series Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild….
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TV2 bags Spike series
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired a number of Spike series from Viacom International Media…
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Hulu goes to Wonderland with Beta
US streaming service Hulu is among buyers of the Beta Film-sold drama Wonderland. Beta has…
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Airport, Brothel sell for Hat Trick
Hat Trick International heads into MIPTV on the back of sales of new factual pair…
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Denmark’s TV2 plays Happy Families
Danish broadcaster TV2 has commissioned a local version of Happy Families, a format from Twofour…
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Kids TV first for Denmark’s Funny Shorts
Danish distributor The Funny Shorts Company is expanding into children’s TV for the first time…
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Nordic World’s Absolutely files for bankruptcy
Absolutely Independent, the Amsterdam-based formats business owned by Nordic World, has filed for bankruptcy in…
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News brief: Timber Kings falls in France
French channel RMC Decouverte has acquired titles including Timber Kings and Dynamo: Magician Impossible from…
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Sky Vision’s What Went Down generates sales
More than 60 territories have taken on user-generated content clip show What Went Down since…
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Miss Universe Pageant entices FIC, Turner
Fox International Channels in Southeast Asia and Japan and Turner International in Latin America are…
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Nordic fund invests in TV4 drama copro
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has invested NOK2 million (US$260,000) in a Swedish drama coproduction…
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SBS Discovery joins Nordisk Film & TV Fund
Norway’s second-largest commercial broadcaster SBS Discovery and its flagship channel TVNorge are joining the Nordisk…
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Nordic World ‘disagreement’ leads to Geneste exit
Nordic World has terminated a consultancy agreement with Patty Geneste just weeks after completing a…
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CBS inks volume deal with TV2
CBS Studios International has widened the terms of its programming deal with TV2, which will…
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Liberty of London in pre-Cannes sales
DCD Rights’ doc series about a London department store has sold to broadcasters in Europe…
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News brief: Israel’s BOOM! sell to Kazahkstan
Keshet International game show BOOM! has sold to Kazakhstani net Channel Seven. Arai Production will…
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Fortitude pre-buyers revealed
Canal+ in France and TV2 in Denmark are among the pre-buyers of big-budget Sky Atlantic…
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Scandi nets pre-buy ITVS-sold Swedish drama
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold upcoming Swedish mystery thriller Jordskott – the Tales of…
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Sewing Bee heads to Denmark
Danish terrestrial broadcaster TV2 Fri has ordered its first BBC Worldwide-sold format. The network has…
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Buyers descend on Scandinavian Screenings
More than 80 international buyers have this week travelled to Denmark to check out the…
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CEE pay TV broadcaster nabs ex-HBO Europe exec
Poland’s SPI International has appointed a former HBO Europe country manager to take on the…
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TF1 buys UK drama The Missing
France’s leading commercial broadcaster TF1 has prebought The Missing, the upcoming UK drama about a…
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Trio of Scandi format deals for ITV Studios
The Nordic division of ITV Studios has sealed three format deals with broadcasters in the…
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Miso makes a splash
Danish drama specialist Miso Film is spreading its wings following investment from FremantleMedia. Jesse Whittock…
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Popstars returns to Denmark after a decade
Music reality format Popstars is returning to Danish screens after ten years away. SBS Discovery…
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More deals for Keshet’s Boom! Format
Keshet International has shopped its new gameshow format Boom! to TV2 in Hungary and VTM…