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News brief: Sales are Cake Walk for Distribution 360
Canadian sales house Distribution360 has sold catalogue programming to broadcasters including Globosat, Foxtel and TVNZ….
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TVNZ gets Breathless with ITV Studios output deal renewal
New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ has acquired period drama Breathless, as it renews its first look…
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Broadcasters buy new David Attenborough series
Atlantic Productions has sold its two-part documentary David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the…
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ABC Oz buys Mister Maker and Waybuloo
The ABC has acquired a 30-hour package of programming from Zodiak Kids. The Australian pubcaster…
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Electus promotes Farrokh, sells 150 hours
Ben Silverman’s studio Electus has promoted international sales executive Cyrus Farrokh to VP, distribution, and…
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TVNZ posts profit as revenue dips
New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ has posted an NZ$14.4 million profit despite revenue crashing nearly NZ$20…
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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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Russian channel to adapt NZ Cult drama
State broadcaster Rossiya 1 has commissioned a Russian version of Kiwi mystery drama The Cult….
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TVNZ shutters loss-making youth net
New Zealand public broadcaster is closing its loss-making youth network TVNZ U after two years….
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All3Media cuts first format deal for MTV’s Money From Strangers
Turkish broadcaster Star is taking All3Media-distributed Money From Strangers. It will transmit a local primetime…
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ABC Oz catches MTV’s Catfish
Australian public broadcaster ABC has bought MTV reality series Catfish. The show, based on the…
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Second season of Prisoner: Cell Block H reboot locked in
Wentworth, the series based on cult Australian prison drama series Prisoner Cell Block H, has…
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Wentworth locks down Oz’s best-ever pay TV ratings
The inaugural episode of Prisoner Cell Block H reboot Wentworth has become the most-watched show…
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Killer Karaoke hits right note for Euro broadcasters
Zodiak Media’s extreme singing competition format Killer Karaoke has sold to broadcasters in the Netherlands…
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Raft of broadcasters buy Gabriel Byrne drama Secret State
Numerous international broadcasters have acquired Secret State, the political drama that stars Gabriel Byrne and…
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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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MIPTV News: FremantleMedia takes Cell Block remake to Cannes
The new international arm of FremantleMedia is launching drama series including the Prisoner Cell Block…
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Hit secures Mike, Thomas sales
Broadcasters in Asia and Australasia have acquired more than 100 hours of Hit Entertainment’s children’s…
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Embarrassing sales for Zodiak
Zodiak Rights has sold fact-ent series Embarrassing Bodies to a raft of broadcasters. Broadcasters including…
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TVNZ buys a package of Endemol shows
Kiwi public broadcaster TVNZ has bought a package of shows from Endemol for its TV1,…
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France 2 orders local version of Jimmy McGovern Series Accused
French public broadcast channel France 2 has greenlit a local version of Jimmy McGovern-penned British…
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TVNZ acquires Red Arrow’s Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ has struck a deal with Red Arrow International to acquire US…