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TVI
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News round-up: Hat Trick sells its ‘Dinner’; Alchime’s 1500-hour deal; TVI extends Chilean drama
Hat Trick sells its Dinner UK-based distributor Hat Trick International has struck a raft of…
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‘Big Brother’ returns to Portugal after 14-year absence
Endemol Shine Group’s reality format Big Brother is returning to Portuguese screens after a 14-year…
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Endemol Shine sends Stripped to Portugal
Endemol has sent prime-time social experiment Stripped to Portugal. Portuguese terrestrial broadcaster TVI has commissioned an eight-part…
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Altice in talks over TVI owner Media Capital
Cable and telecom group Altice is in ‘exploratory discussions’ with Iberian media group Prisa to…
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B’casters check into Hotel Hell, have Nightmares
All3Media International has shopped local versions of its Kitchen Nightmares and Hotel Hell formats to…
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Ken Burns cancer series finds buyers
Four channels have taken on a PBS documentary series from filmmaker Ken Burns about cancer….
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Broadcasters make Journey Through an Invisible War
Four broadcasters have acquired Journey Through an Invisible War, a documentary billed as an “in-depth…
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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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Broadcasters probe United States of Secrets
Eleven broadcasters have acquired new Frontline series United States of Secrets from PBS International. ZDF…
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Broadcasters learn Secrets of the Vatican
A trio of broadcasters has acquired PBS Frontline documentary Secrets of the Vatican. The networks…
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1+1 claims Ukrainian special forces tried to shut it down
Ukrainian free-to-air broadcaster 1+1 says that the country’s special forces planned to close it down…
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News brief: Java’s Mobile Revolution will be televised
France’s Java Films has presold a documentary about the mobile phone’s impact on history to…
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Globosat buys eight-film Java package
Brazilian satnet has acquired an eight-title package with Paris-based documentary distributor Java Films. The deal…
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Rising Star sold to Portugal
Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI has become the latest broadcaster to acquire Rising Star. The Keshet…
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News brief: Portuguese net bags banking pre-sales
Portugal’s TVI has acquired 14 titles from French distributor Java Films following MIPCOM last week….
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Global nets board animal extinction doc
Eleven international broadcasters have pre-bought Gambling on Extinction, a new 1x52mins doc about illegal endangered…