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Zodiak Rights
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A+E expands formats team
A+E Networks has brought on two new formats executives and promoted another as it expands…
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SundanceTV boards Irish drama
SundanceTV has become a coproduction partner on buzzy Irish drama Rebellion, TBI has learned. Rebellion…
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Zodiak brings Bikini Island to MIPCOM
Zodiak Rights will launch Scandi-originated format Bikini Island at MIPCOM. The show comes from Mastiff…
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Zodiak toasts chef Marco Pierre White at MIPCOM
Michelin star recipient Marco Pierre White plans to cook up a storm in Cannes. The…
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Sky Arts is Occupied with Scandi drama
UK pay TV channel Sky Arts has acquired Norwegian political thriller series Occupied. The deal…
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Sky, Movistar acquire The Returned
A host of international broadcasters and platforms, including Sky in Italy and Movistar in Spain,…
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Ovation crowns Portrait Artist of the Year
US channel Ovation has acquired seasons one and two of Portrait Artist of the Year,…
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News brief: Zodiak reveals Sex Confessions
Zodiak Rights has acquired distribution of Canadian format True Sex Confessions. The 13x30mins series from…
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ITV reveals My Garden Nightmare
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned Zodiak Media-owned RDF Television to produce a 1x60mins documentary looking…
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Woolf returns to All3 after Zodiak exit
Gary Woolf has returned to All3Media just a year after leaving to join Zodiak Media,…
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First Euro deals for Canal+’s Versailles
Zodiak Rights has sealed German and Spanish deals for epic Canal+ period drama Versailles. The…
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Zodiak brings Versailles to Cannes
Zodiak Rights is launching its big-budget period piece Versailles to MIPTV. The show, from David…
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Wild Things to roam in Cannes
Wacky UK gameshow Wild Things is set to hit the international market at MIPTV. The…
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MIPDoc Hot Pick: Rachel’s Tour of Beauty
“The move to acquire Australasian-produced Rachel’s Tour of Beauty came as demand for positive factual…
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TF1’s Dropped in helicopter crash tragedy
Ten people have died, including staff from Adventure Line Productions, after a pair of helicopters…
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Netflix nets exclusive global rights to The Returned remake
Netflix has acquired exclusive global rights to The Returned, the US remake of French drama…
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Turkey: imports and exports
Following this week’s Discop Istanbul event, TBI speaks to Turkey’s main distribution companies about how…
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UKTV’s Drama calls on Pinkertons
UKTV-owned channel Drama has acquired Zodiak Rights-sold drama The Pinkertons as its first exclusive US…
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Zodiak ups Andreas Lemos
Zodiak Rights has elevated Andreas Lemos to vice president, sales (North America), acquisitions and coproductions….
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Macallister to replace Pedersen at All3 Int’l
Sales veteran Steve Macallister is taking on the CEO job at All3Media International. The former…
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Zodiak hires Nordic World sales exec
Nordic World is saying goodbye to another sales executive following the departure of Patty Geneste….
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Mutimer replaces Macallister at Zodiak Rights
Tim Mutimer has replaced Steve Macallister as CEO of Zodiak Media’s sales arm, Zodiak Rights….
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Zodiak Rights poaches BBCWW drama chief
Zodiak Rights has hired BBC Worldwide’s head of drama Chris Stewart. He will take on…
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Antiques-themed game show tops Zodiak’s MIPCOM bill
A Swedish game show in which contestants pick out expensive items is heading to Cannes…
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Zodiak appoints French drama chief
Zodiak France has appointed Marc Nowak as chief operating officer, drama, in a move it…
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Zodiak Rights finds Memento
Zodiak Rights has scored a first-look deal with French prodco Memento. Factual-focused Memento is behind…
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Signs of the Zodiak
In his first interview since becoming Zodiak Media’s CEO, Marc-Antoine d’Halluin outlines his plan to…
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News brief: Zodiak extends StoryVault deal
The sales arm of Zodiak Media has extended its first-look deal with London-based factual specialist…
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Zodiak hires ex-Paramount exec in US scripted push
Zodiak Media has hired former Paramount digital programming chief Keith Quinn to take its European…
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FremantleMedia Kids poaches Asia boss from Hit
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has named Hit Entertainment’s Henry Or as head of a…