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TV4
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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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Sweden’s TV4 recruits digital content boss
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has hired Anna Rastner as head of…
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News brief: NBC set for another stay in Sweden
NBC has ordered a second season of comedy series Welcome to Sweden. The half-hour comedy…
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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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Ex-MTG boss resurfaces at C More
TV4 Group-owned Swedish pay TV channel provider C More has named former Modern Times Group…
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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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Wiernik to lead restructured TV4 formats division
Cathrine Wiernik has been named at the head of a restructured formats and acquisitions division…
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Karsberg, Yeter make US formats switch at Zodiak
Swedish execs Joel Karsberg and Cem Yeter will move to the US to become joint…
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TV4 poaches E4, More4 channel manager
Swedish pay and free TV broadcaster TV4 has named Channel 4 executive Karolina Stallwood as…
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First original Polish drama for AXN
Sony Pictures Television channel AXN Central Europe is getting its first local production for the…
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FremantleMedia drama prodco opens Swedish wing
A day after FremantleMedia revived one of its oldest drama prodcos, the superindie has unveiled…
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BBC crafts swathe of format deals for Sewing Bee
BBC Worldwide has agreed deals for local versions of its Sewing Bee format in France,…
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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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ITV shops magic and wedding series
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has agreed deals for its factual titles with broadcasters around the…
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BBC’s Musketeers swashbuckles into new territories
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired BBC drama swashbuckler Musketeers. The show launched this…
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Polish programming deal for Power
UK-based indie producer and distributor Power has sold a package of its miniseries to Polskie…
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Management rejig at Sweden’s TV4
Swedish broadcaster TV4 has reorganised its management team as part of its drive to refocus…
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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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Bonnier acquires Scandi prodco
Bonnier Growth Media has acquired 90% of the shares in Tre Vänner, the Swedish producer…
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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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Australia’s Surveillance sells to BSkyB, Mediaset
Australian factual entertainment and CCTV series Surveillance has found its way to BSkyB in the…
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DRG sells comic science factual series back to NRK
MTG Studios-owned UK distributor DRG has sold the Canadian remake of an NRK comic science-themed…
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Magine accelerates expansion plans with $19m injection
Magine has secured $19 million in extra funding from Swedish and international investors and said…
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Former Friday TV chief to revamp American Idol
Swedish reality TV executive Per Blankens is heading to the US to become an executive…
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Magine expands with German launch
Cloud-based TV operator Magine has launched in beta in Germany, its first European expansion since…
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Discovery buying another Scandi channel
SBS Discovery Media had inked a deal for Swedish channel TV11 from the TV4 Group….
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Sweden’s TV4, Amy Poehler hook up for comedy
Swedish network TV4 has hooked up with Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler to produce…
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FremantleMedia hires Swedish boss
FremantleMedia has recruited Magnus Karlsson-Lamm as the managing director of its Swedish division. He will…
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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…