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Sky, Scandi nets join Attenborough’s Conquest

Sky’s Italian business and a pair of Scandinavian pubcasters have acquired David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies from the UK’s Atantic Productions. Following the deals, the 3x60mins doc series, which looks at the beauty and science of flight, will air on Italian pay TV and on NRK in Norway and SVT in Sweden. ABC in Australia […]

France Télévisions, Clan make Doozers play

France Télévisions and Spain’s TVE Clan are among buyers of The Jim Henson Company cartoon Doozers. Dreamia in Portugal and another Spanish network, AMC Networks International-owned Canal Panda, have also bought show in Europe, while the Okto channel in Singapore and TVNZ in New Zealand have also acquired it. In Israel, kids channel Hop! has […]

Foxtel, Seven, ABC feel factual Passion

Major Australian television groups have acquired content from Passion Distribution. Pay TV operator Foxtel has bought 200 hours, including Charlie Luxton’s Homes By the Sea (pictured). Pubcaster the ABC has taken docs such as Britain’s Poshest Nannies and The Batman Shootings. Seven network, meanwhile, has taken shows such as World’s Angriest, while Nine Network has […]

Nets buy Bejuba!’s Buzz Bumble

A trio of broadcasters have acquired Bejuba! Entertainment-sold animated comedy Buzz Bumble. In the UK kids channel Pop, part of the Sony Pictures Television Networks-owned CSC Media Group, has acquired the Nine Network Australia-commissioned show, with Israel’s Zoom and TVNZ in New Zealand also buying. The show is follows the titular Buzz Bumble and his […]

French telco tracks down BBC’s Intruders

French telco operator OCS has acquired the BBC’s new mystery drama Intruders following MIPCOM. The 8x43mins series, penned by horror writer and producer Glen Morgan, comes from the UK’s BBC Two, US cable net BBC America and LA-based BBC Worldwide Productions. The BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, distributes it and has closed the sale following […]

Kiwi pubcaster opens up to indies

New Zealand’s public broadcaster TVNZ will open up production of local Maori and Pacific programming to indie producers. The content in question – production of which is part of TVNZ’s public service broadcasting commitments – has hitherto been largely produced in-house. TVNZ chief executive Kevin Kenrick said the move will create a new opening for […]

TVNZ plans DIY series

New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ has commissioned a Eyeworks DIY-themed format. Our First Home is billed as an “entertaining new spin on the competitive DIY reality format”. Each episode will see three Kiwi families – comprising parents and their first-time buyer children – buying, renovating and then selling properties. “Our First Home is sure to strike […]

Canal+, ABC visit BBC’s Happy Valley

French pay TV platform Canal+ and Australian pubcaster ABC are among buyers of the BBC’s acclaimed crime drama Happy Valley. Sweden’s SVT, Norway’s NRK, Finland’s YLE and New Zealand’s TVNZ have also acquired the six-part series, which BBC Worldwide distributes internationally. BBC director of television Danny Cohen recently singled the series out as a sign […]

News brief: BBC Worldwide cuts Kiwi deal

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has licensed a raft of titles to Kiwi pubcaster TVNZ. The New Zealand broadcaster has bought comedy series Uncle and Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off. On the factual front, it has picked up Inside the Animal Mind, post weight-loss doc My Baggy Body (pictured) and […]

TVNZ melts Igloo pay TV investment

New Zealand pubcaster has written down its investment in low-cost digital pay TV service Igloo. TVNZ had operated the service with pay TV provider Sky TV following its December 2012 launch. Last year, TVNZ – which operates TV One and TV2 – sold 15% of its 49% minority stake to Sky for NZ$5.75 million (US$4.8 […]