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DRG launches dedicated formats division
UK-based distributor DRG is launching a dedicated formats business that will tap into the resources…
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Red Arrow places faith in Ireland’s Lie
Germany-based Red Arrow International has acquired rights to Irish quiz show The Lie. The show…
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News brief: Shopping Monsters hit the high street in Latvia
Viasat’s Latvian channel TV3 has launched a local version of Global Agency format Shopping Monsters….
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FremantleMedia seals new X Factor deals
The X Factor has been renewed by several key free-to-air broadcasters and the show’s distributor,…
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TV3 learns How to Be
Swedish channel TV3 has commissioned an eight-part remake of How to Be, an Israeli celebrity…
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Int’l orders, Rai recommission for volleyball toon
Italian public broadcaster Rai has ordered a second season of Spike Team, the animated series…
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Irish broadcaster reaches for Gong’s Pressure Point
Irish broadcaster TV3 has commissioned a daily access primetime format from Nordic producer Gong Media….
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Nickelodeon sells toons to China
Viacom International Media Networks has sold several Nickelodeon animated series to broadcasters in China. The…
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News brief: Zodiak Kids scores TV3 package deal
Zodiak Kids has sold a package deal of 125 hours to children’s programming to Spanish…
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Filmax’s cancer drama being remade in Italy
Spanish producer and distributor Filmax has inked a deal with Rai for a local version…
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Murphy goes one step beyond
The new general manager of Australia-based Beyond Television tells TBI about changing international perceptions of…
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Red Bull’s ServusTV buys Hell on Wheels
ServusTV has acquired three seasons of US Western series Hell on Wheels. The German channel…
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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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Endemol sells Happily Divorced to German Turner channel
Turner’s female-skewed German channel Glitz has acquired comedy series Happily Divorced. It has picked up…
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Christie out, Coupland and Heathcote in as Eyeworks NZ bosses
Ashley Coupland and Greg Heathcote have been appointed joint managing directors of producer and distributor…
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BBC sells Bake Off to Discovery in Italy
The show tests the skills of amateur chefs in various challenges to find the country’s…
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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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Fiona Crago out and Michael Murphy in at Beyond
Fiona Crago has resigned as boss of Beyond Distribution and will be replaced by Michael Murphy….
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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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Twofour Rights shops Storage Hoarders around the world
UK-based distributor Twofour Rights has sold fact-ent series Storage Hoarders to a host of international…
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Raft of extra carriage for Denmark’s free-TV channels
Modern Times Group (MTG) has inked new carriage deals for its free-to-air channels TV3 and…
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Banijay and Eyeworks announce new deals for diving shows
Banijay and Eyeworks have both sealed new deals for their respective diving formats Stars in…
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Banijay sells Stars in Danger diving format into China
Banijay has shopped Stars in Danger: High Diving into China. The format, part of a…