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How the Rich Live Longer prospers
Channel 4’s How the Rich Live Longer has been picked up by a raft of…
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Amazon buys Red Rock soap opera
Amazon has picked up US rights to Red Rock, the soap opera that plays on…
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Lat Am, Euro nets coax Wild Things
Broadcasters in Argentina and Denmark are the latest buyers of Zodiak Rights-sold entertainment format Wild…
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Formats Ireland
Ireland is emerging as a solid format creating hotspot, as its small local market forces…
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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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Fox gets into UK free TV
Fox International Channels is getting into UK free TV for the first time with the…
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ITV in talks to buy UTV
UK broadcaster ITV is set to acquire UTV, the Northern Ireland broadcaster that owns the…
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TV3, NBCU plan wedding format
Latvian channel TV3 has partnered with NBCUniversal International Formats to create wedding format Wedlocked (WT)….
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Scorpion hires sales exec, closes deals
UK indie distributor Scorpion TV has added a sales executive to its ranks, while closing…
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Liberty’s UPC buys TV3 for €80m
Liberty Global subsidiary UPC Ireland has agreed to buy Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 for a…
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News brief: Asian nets bag 9 Story fare
Broadcasters in Thailand and Singapore are among buyers of kids programming from Canada’s 9 Story…
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MTG’s free TV, VOD arms join for drama
Modern Times Group’s free-to-air channel TV3 and online streaming service Viaplay are to coproduce a…
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Tex
Tex the donkey is billed as the worst trainee detective in the world. In Tex,…
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Sky Vision secures TV3 output deal
UK-based distributor Sky Vision has scooped rival DRG and secured an exclusive programme representation deal…
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TV3 names Jeff Ford replacement
Ireland’s TV3 has named Lynda McQuaid as its director of content to replace the Fox…
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Buyers Briefing: Vanda Rapti, MTG
Name: Vanda Rapti Title: VP of acquisitions, pay TV, VOD and new media, and acting…
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MTG launches online Gossip channel
The Modern Times Group has launched its online entertainment channel Gossip in Norway. The video-based…
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Euro channels add I’m a Celebrity
Denmark and Romania are the latest territories getting a local version of ITV Studios format…
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Job losses to follow MTG’s Swedish restructure
The Modern Times Group is restructuring its Swedish free TV operations with staff at the…
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Fox’s Red Band Society disbanded
Fox’s teen medical drama Red Band Society has been pulled from schedules, prompting questions over…
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Norway’s TV3 picks up NBC’s State of Affairs
Norwegian free-to-air channel TV3 has picked up State of Affairs, the political drama that airs…
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Dutch Fox orders Hounds, MTG builds production hub
The Fox channel in the Netherlands has ordered a Release the Hounds special, which will…
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All3Media calculating international launch for Algorithm
All3Media International is set to launch new gameshow Algorithm internationally after its commission by Ireland’s…
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Polish sale for Global’s Shopping Monsters
Global Agency format Shopping Monsters is getting a Polish remake. Polsat Café, which is part…
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Pact embarks on Russia mission amid tension, ad ban fears
UK producers association Pact will go ahead with a three-day trip to Russia amid political…
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Playmobil series Super 4 sales stack up
A range of broadcasters from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Canada have acquired the…
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DRG sells current affairs docs for Hardcash
International distributor DRG has completed sales for a number of factual and current affairs programmes…
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News brief: Euro broadcaster ask Java to Show Me Rio
Five European broadcasters have acquired Show Me Rio, a Portuguese-produced documentary about the Brazilian city…
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MTG appoints Scandi TV boss
Modern Times Group has recruited Anders Jensen as executive VP of Scandinavian free-TV operations. Jensen…
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TV3, RDF are Sitting on a Fortune
Ireland’s TV3 is coproducing its latest gameshow, Sitting on a Fortune, with Zodiak Media-owned UK…