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World Media Rights
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Sky History & The History Channel order WW2 doc ‘U-Boat War Gamers’
A+E Networks UK and ZDF Studios have partnered on U-Boat War Gamers (working title), to…
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Curiosity Stream scopes out wartime docudrama ‘War Gamers’
Global factual outfit Curiosity has acquired War Gamers, a new six-part docudrama for its streaming…
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Curiosity Stream & ZDFE set up female-driven WW2 docuseries ‘War Gamers’
Curiosity Stream and Germany’s ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) have linked up on a six-part docuseries exploring…
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Deals round-up: NENT extends Danish drama; Netflix adds World War II docuseries; ABC renews ‘Rookie’
NENT returns to Those Who Kill Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has commissioned a second…
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Deals round-up: Discovery UK cooks up Oz culinary show; DRG strikes US sales; RTL4 extends ‘All Together Now’
Discovery UK orders Ainsley Harriott series Discovery in the UK has ordered a culinary travelogue…
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WMR moves into scripted with Frank Warren drama
UK-based factual specialist World Media Rights (WMR) is developing a scripted drama about English boxing…
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ZDF buys into UK indie World Media Rights
ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has made its first investment in the UK production market, taking a…
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ITVS to take first-look at World Media Rights
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has scored first-look rights to programming from UK indie World Media…
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WMR’s Evolution of Evil heads to US cable
Discovery’s American Heroes Channel has ordered Evolution of Evil, a ten-part series from UK indie…
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Blue chip to new chip: natural history with bite
Stewart Clarke speaks to commissioners, producers, distributors and digital pioneers about their efforts to reimagine…
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ITV to sell Discovery’s Animal Black Ops
ITV Studios has taken international rights to Animal Black Ops, the spin-off of the successful…
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The truth about storytelling
I was meeting a factual commissioner whose ratings were rubbish. It soon became clear that…
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Discovery, Foxtel chart Rise of the Nazi Party
Discovery Networks Western Europe and Australian pay platform Foxtel are among buyers of a new…
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Viewpoint: Terrestrial commissions? Not for me
My friend, a commissioner at a prestigious terrestrial channel, was mystified. Why weren’t the top…
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The War Report
With the 100th anniversary of the most terrible conflict in world history coming in 2014,…
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Military Channel to reveal hidden CIA history
Discovery Communications’ US cable channel Military Channel has ordered a 10-part series that will delve…
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Epic drama for factual channels
The last decade saw the big factual channels move from documentary led schedules to grids…
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Discovery buys mafia series
Discovery’s US network The Military Channel in the US has picked up crime series The…