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Warner Bros. International Television Production
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Warner Bros poaches BBCWW’s Blot for France
Warner Bros. has hired French TV veteran Jean-Louis Blot to run a new production business…
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Channel 4 courts First Dates spin-off
UK broadcaster Channel 4 is expanding its relationship with popular romance format First Dates. The…
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Warner hires ex-All3 veteran for unscripted sales
Warner Bros. International Television Production has hired long-serving All3Media International sales exec Liza Thompson to…
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Wowow opens Japanese Cold Case
Japanese premium cabler Wowow has ordered a local version of Cold Case, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced…
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ITV, Mediaset take Warner’s Little Big Shots
ITV in the UK and Mediaset in Spain have ordered local versions of breakout US…
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NZ net latest to go on Warner’s First Dates
New Zealand commercial broadcaster TV2 is the latest channel to remake UK reality series First…
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FremantleMedia poaches Warner Bros. sales exec
FremantleMedia International has hired Warner Bros. executive Al de Azpiazu to become its VP, sales…
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ITV brings Darnell-Burnett gameshow to UK
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned a local version of Mike Darnell and Mark Burnett’s…
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Amazon bags Lucifer, Badlands for UK
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive UK rights to new US dramas Lucifer and…
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Chef in town for Warner Bros. cooking format
Canadian chef and host Ricardo Larrivée (pictured) will be in Cannes to promote a new…
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Euro nets like Real Men
Germany’s VOX is among three buyers of Red Arrow Entertainment Group format Real Men. The…
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Tinopolis poaches Wall to Wall boss
Wales-based Tinopolis Group has poached Wall to Wall veteran Jonathan Hewes to become CEO of…
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Warner picks up Red Arrow’s Real Men
Warner Bros. International Television Production has acquired production rights in Belgium and the Netherlands to…
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Burnett, Darnell ask 500 Questions in Cannes
US production gurus Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell will be in Cannes next week at…
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Warner’s Asanger joins Sony
Warner Bros International Television Production executive Christian Asanger is joining Sony Pictures Television Germany in…
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Spanish net calls in Warner’s Cowboy Builders
Spain’s Atresmedia has commissioned its own version of Warner Bros. International Television Production format Cowboy…
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Warner sells first Eyeworks format post-takeover
Warner Bros. has made its first deals for Eyeworks-developed formats following its takeover of the…
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Warner Bros. completes Eyeworks deal
Warner Bros. has completed its multimillion dollar takeover of Netherlands-based production group Eyeworks. The US…
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Eyeworks’ Oerlemans recovering after heart attack
Eyeworks founder Reinout Oerlemans is in hospital after suffering a heart attack on Sunday. Oerlemans…
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Warner Bros. completes Eyeworks deal, Oerlemans exits
Warner Bros. International Television Production has paid a reported €200 million (US$273.3 million) to acquire…
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Colombian net, FIC prescribe ER remake
Colombia’s RCN has ordered a Spanish-language remake of NBC medical drama ER, which ran for…
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News brief: Warner Bros. renews Irish indie formats deal
Warner Bros. International Television Production has renewed its distribution agreement with Ireland’s Vision Independent Productions,…
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Brazilian Bachelor gets a date
Brazilian channel Rede TV! has ordered an eleven-part version of Warner Bros. International Television Production…
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Warner Bros. bags new RTL ents series
UK-based Warner Bros. International International Television Production has acquired format rights to RTL’s latest entertainment…
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WBITVP show is No Brainer for BNN
A Dutch broadcaster has commissioned a local version of TV Asahi and Warner Bros. International…
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Prisoners firm Keshet poaches BBC Worldwide executive
Keshet International has appointed a BBC Worldwide distribution exec to become a sales director. Cynthia…
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Banijay, Telemundo hit Reset with French format deal
Banijay and Telemundo Internacional have agreed a three-year format deal for the distribution of formats…
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truTV expands Jokers brand
US cable channel truTV has given the greenlight to a third season of its pranks…
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ProSieben buys Warner Bros. entertainment formats
ProSiebenSat.1 has picked up a pair of formats from Warner Bros. The German free-to-air broadcaster…
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Bachelor looks for love with Oz commission
Network Ten has commissioned an Australian version of The Bachelor after licensing the format from…