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TV2 orders crime drama from Those Who Kill prodco
TV2 in Norway has put a character-driven crime series from Those Who Kill writer Siv…
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News brief: Peace Point shifts 120 hours
Canadian distributor Peace Point Rights has sold more than 120 hours of factual and lifestyle…
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Dutch M&A firm hires Hegedus to launch UK office
A Dutch management consultancy credited as a key player in Warner Bros.’ 2010 acquisition of…
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Nordic World adds to distributor stable
Distribution group Nordic World has agreed a deal with Denmark’s TV2 and will sell the…
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Nordic World seals indie first-look deals
Nordic World has agreed first-look deals with four indie producers in Denmark and Sweden. The…
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MIPTV to launch Kids TV Summit
Reed MIDEM will hold a one-day summit focusing on how digital disruption is effecting both…
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RTL readies its own Big Class Reunion
German broadcaster RTL has struck a deal for a local version of Mastiff Denmark’s classic…
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News brief: Broadcasters discover Victoria’s Secret
Broadcasters around the world have acquired the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The 2013 fashion…
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Hungary’s TV2 shoots for Keshet’s Rising Star
The number of channels picking up Keshet International’s new talent format Rising Star has grown…
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Escape Artist emerges at Scandi channels
New David Tennant-starring BBC drama The Escape Artist has sold into Scandinavia, with a pair…
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Broadcasters get treatment from Indian Doctor
BBC One drama The Indian Doctor has sold to four major broadcasters, including a multi-territory…
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CEE format deals for Endemol
Endemol has sold its Next One and Unbeatable (pictured) formats into the CEE region for…
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Twofour secures Scandinavia sales
Twofour Rights has sold several of its factual and fact ent titles to broadcasters in…
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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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TVNZ shutters loss-making youth net
New Zealand public broadcaster is closing its loss-making youth network TVNZ U after two years….
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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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Formats to see in CEE
As NATPE Budapest gets underway, TBI speaks to the main players about selling formats into…
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Beyonce concert to broadcast in 150 territories
A concert in aid of female empowerment starring singer Beyoncé Knowles will broadcast in 150…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Özlem Özsümbül, Kanal D
Özlem Özsümbül is head of sales and acquisitons at Kanal D. With a shopping list…
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News brief: Banijay’s Stars in Danger dives into Denmark
Banijay International has shopped its Stars in Danger: The High Dive series to TV3 in…
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Raft of broadcasters buy Gabriel Byrne drama Secret State
Numerous international broadcasters have acquired Secret State, the political drama that stars Gabriel Byrne and…
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MTG Studios options Scandi formats in France, UK and Germany
MTG Studios’ has secured options for key formats from its production company Strix, with producers…
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Broadcasters flock to A+E’s Duck Dynasty
Broadcasters in Europe, Asia and North America have acquired A+E Networks’ series Duck Dynasty. The…
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Banijay renews format distribution deal with DR
DR and Banijay International have renewed their formats distribution deal. Under the terms of the…
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Zodiak reels in Minnow for first-look
Zodiak Rights has inked a first-look deal with UK indie producer Minnow Films. The distributor…
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Rovio unveils Angry Birds TV, VOD launch plan
The long awaited Angry Birds Toons series has secured carriage on 14 broadcasters and a…
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Embarrassing sales for Zodiak
Zodiak Rights has sold fact-ent series Embarrassing Bodies to a raft of broadcasters. Broadcasters including…
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Spain’s Telecinco takes the plunge with diving format
Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Telecinco has ordered a local version of Banijay International’s diving format Stars…
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TVNZ buys a package of Endemol shows
Kiwi public broadcaster TVNZ has bought a package of shows from Endemol for its TV1,…
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Miami Five-O: NATPE 2013
Miami Beach-based programme market NATPE celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. And all the indications…