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TVF International
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TVF rejigs European team & reveals sales after record year in CEE & CIS
UK-based distributor TVF International has rejigged its sales team in Europe and struck a raft…
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Show of the week: Me And My Penis
Don’t be mistaken by its title, because this special is in no way a flippant…
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TVNZ dives into mental health with local version of Oz ‘Man Up’ format
New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ has greenlit a local version of Movember’s Man Up format. Wellington-based…
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TVF adds 150 hours ahead of MIPCOM Online+
Unscripted distributor TVF International has struck a raft of deals ahead of MIPCOM Online+ that…
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News round-up: eOne sells ‘Nurses’; NENT’s ‘Farm’ opens in Netherlands; TVF sales; AMC strikes C5 deal
Foxtel & NBCU among networks to take eOne’s ‘Nurses’ Foxtel in Australia, NBCUniversal International Networks…
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Rai & Mediaset in Italy snag raft of factual deals with distributor TVF
Italian pubcaster Rai and commercial rival Mediaset have struck deals for a raft of programming…
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News round-up: Eccho snags Korean drama deal; Scorpion’s ‘Seahorse’ sells; TVF joins Netflix-bound David Foster doc
CJENM’s Eccho expands SBS scripted format deal Eccho Rights, the Nordic-based distributor backed by CJENM,…
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News round-up: Zinc adds Jago Lee, strikes sales; Vice TV to air DC Sniper doc; Britbox adds Shakespeare
Global sales for Zinc Media docs; new creative director appointed Two new factual programmes, produced by…
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News round-up: Amazon adds Brook Lapping’s Cuba doc; Sky returns to ‘Breeders’; Scorpion, TVF updates
Amazon, Nat Geo Mundo bag Brook Lapping’s Cuba doc Amazon Prime in the US, TV…
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Show of the week: Tony Robinson’s VE Day: Minute By Minute
This special has been commissioned by Discovery and will be of interest to acquisition execs…
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Slate round-up: Rai reveals virtual offerings; TVF unveils Covid-19-driven shows
Rai rides Piaggio onto virtual portal Rai Com, the distribution division of Italian pubcaster Rai,…
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Dealing with Covid-19: From the distributor’s point of view
As part of TBI’s continuing coverage of the impact of Covid-19 on the content business,…
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Factual round-up: TVF tackles Coronavirus; Reelz marks VIS UK first; Red Arrow, Blue Ant add to slate
TVF working on Coronavirus specials UK-based independent distributor TVF International is working on two investigative…
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TBI Roundtable: Deal makers
No other sector has had to adapt as quickly to the rapidly changing content market…
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Deals round-up: TVF sells Arrow’s Boeing 737 Max doc; Twofour Rights secures deals across Asia
TVF sells Arrow’s Boeing 737 Max doc Factual distributor TVF International has struck a number…
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TVF extends co-pro pact with Tokyovision, sells to NHK and Animal Planet
Factual distributor TVF International has struck a raft of sales with Japanese broadcasters and agreed…
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How US consolidation is shaking up APAC
Tectonic shifts within the US market have long seen global reverberations in the TV industry,…
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Sales round-up: Chinese streamers strike TVF deals; Primitives takes ‘The Battle’ into Lat Am; Sky orders ‘Domina’
Chinese SVOD trio strike TVF deals Chinese online platforms iQiyi, Bili Bili and BesTV have…
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Channel 4 preps doc on Boeing 737 Max disaster from Arrow
Channel 4 has commissioned Arrow Media for a doc on the Boeing 737 Max disaster….
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Deals round-up: TVF scores MENA sales, Quintus strikes Maximus pre-sales
TVF scores sales in MENA London-headquartered specialist factual distributor TVF International has sold a slate…
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Discovery, NHK acquire from TVF’s expanded APAC team
Discovery Asia and NHK in Japan are among broadcasters to have picked up programming from…
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Sales round-up: Steve Backshall’s ‘Expedition’ goes global; Discovery takes ‘India on Film’
Expedition with Steve Backshall goes global Broadcasters and platforms including Youku in China, DR in…
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Sales round-up: Euro nets take TVF titles; Foxtel claims ‘Deadly Deception’; Starzplay reels in ‘Ramy’
Arte, France TV takes TVF series European broadcasters including Arte, France TV and cablenet Planete+…
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Wild Money: The new rules of play in distribution
Distributors are under greater pressure than ever, needing to be nimble, innovative and cash-rich –…
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For My Next Trick: TVF International’s Harriet Armston-Clarke
Each day this week, in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on Friday (8 March),…
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UK Screenings: TVF gets up close and personal with Icons
From Raffles to Richard Branson, TVF International goes inside storied institutions and meets global icons…
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TVF inks first-look deal with Mediacorp
Factual distribution firm TVF International has inked a first-look, two-year, deal with Singapore’s Mediacorp. In…
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CBC picks up TVF’s Hardline Buddhists
TVF International has licensed Channel NewsAsia’s Myanmar’s Hardline Buddhists to Canadian pubcaster CBC at MIPCOM (pictured)….
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Ex-TCB exec in as Reel One adds two
Reel One Entertainment has bolstered its international distribution team with the appointment of former TCB…
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TVF secures swathe of deals in Australia and New Zealand
London-based factual distributor TVF International has sold a slate of shows to broadcasters in Australia…