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Mediaset takes ‘The Vow’ for Italy’s Canale 5 as Spain’s TVE orders second season
Italy’s Mediaset has acquired Spanish daily drama The Vow for its Canale 5 channel, following…
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LatAm scripted: The end of telenovelas?
For decades, the telenovela has been Latin America’s flagship TV genre, seducing audiences around the…
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BBCWW takes Dancing with the Stars to Spain
BBC Worldwide (BBWW) has taken its Dancing with the Stars format to Spain via public…
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TBI Weekly: What happens to The Weinstein Company?
This week was undoubtedly dominated by news that Harvey Weinstein has been fired from the…
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Captive audience: the Spanish SVOD boom
Spain’s drama production sector is moving swiftly towards international television’s top tier, fuelled by the…
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ProSiebenSat.1, TVE check in to Hotel Römantiek
Major European broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and TVE have ordered remakes of Belgian format Hotel Römantiek. Both…
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Globomedia co-founder creates drama unit
A cofounder of Globomedia, Daniel Écija, is creating a ‘fiction factory’ within the Spanish-language production…
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TVE names new acquisitions chief
Spanish pubcaster TVE has confirmed the appointment of Milagros Mayi as director of acquisitions. This…
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Televisa SVOD net takes Imira package
Televisa’s Latin American SVOD service, Blim, has bought eight children’s series from Spanish distributor Imira…
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Foxtel buys doc from rebranded Espresso
Australia pay TV service Foxtel has acquired space documentary Is Anybody Out There? from the…
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Global Screen shops wartime series to b’casters
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired Naked Among Wolves, the German TV movie is…
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Turtles, Dora spread in Lat Am, Europe
Viacom International Media Networks properties Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Dora the Explorer: Into the…
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Three to watch from Spain
A trio of Spanish primetime dramas are set to make international headlines. Spain’s TV advertising…
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VIMN scores Americas, Euro sales
Viacom International Media Networks has closed a batch of deals in North and Latin America…
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News brief: Broadcasters undertake Gaumont’s Quest
A number of pay and free TV channels have acquired Gaumont Animation’s 26x30mins action toon…
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News brief: Sendokai Champions wins for Cartoon Network
New episodes of animated toon series Sendokai Champions are to run on Cartoon Network across…
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Euro pubcasters stock up on Earth Touch docs
Wildlife producer and distributor Earth Touch has sold a raft of its docs to public…
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News brief: Teenage Fairytale Dropouts finds homes
Animated pre-teen series Teenage Fairytale Dropouts has sold to five channels around the world. Distributor…
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News brief: TVE purchases Java docs
Spanish public broadcaster TVE is among buyers of current affairs and documentary programming from France’s…
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News brief: Bat Pat takes off with RAI, TVE
European pubcasters RAI and TVE have come on board Spanish-Italian-Malaysian coproduction Bat Pat. Following investment…
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News brief: TVE gets Legally High
Spanish pubcaster TVE has acquired UK documentary Legally High. The doc, which comes from filmmaker…
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BBC nets Japan’s Giant Squid film
The BBC has acquired one-off documentary film Legends of the Deep: Giant Squid from its…
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Nottingham Forest sends Sendokai into Saban’s Vortexx
Spanish indie producer Nottingham Forest has sold its animated series Sendokai Champions to Vortexx, the…
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Teletoon swings in for George of the Jungle
Canadian children’s broadcaster Teletoon has commissioned another season ofGeorge of the Jungle, the most recent…
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MIPTV News: First Hand sends docs to US, Europe
Swiss-based documentary sales house First Hand Films has closed deals for its documentaries in the…
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Turner Lat-Am buys shows from Nottingham Forest
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) in Latin America has picked up a pair of shows from…
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Turtle Power
Viacom acquired the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment in…