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Zodiak Rights
A+E poaches Glen Hansen from Zodiak
A+E Networks has recruited Glen Hansen as vice president of programme sales for Asia Pacific….
Ardaban pair in Zodiak partnership, Gamson upped
A pair of top creative executives from Shine America-owned producer Ardaban are setting up shop…
Italian, Russian nets to remake The Returned
Sky Italia’s new pay TV channel Sky Atlantic is one of two channels who will…
Sky Vision poaches Zodiak Rights’ Shingleton
UK-based distributor Sky Vision has hired Barnaby Shingleton from rival Zodiak Rights. Shingleton will become…
Zodiak poaches All3Media digital boss
Zodiak Media’s sales division has poaches senior digital exec Gary Woolf from rival All3Media International….
TV3, RDF are Sitting on a Fortune
Ireland’s TV3 is coproducing its latest gameshow, Sitting on a Fortune, with Zodiak Media-owned UK…
A&E takes US version of The Returned to series
A&E has ordered a ten-episode US version of hit French drama series The Returned. The…
Zodiak buys French film catalogue
Zodiak Rights has acquired rights to the movies of French movie director Jean-Pierre Mocky. The…
Ovation buys Content’s Royal doc series
US arts cable channel Ovation has returned from MIPTV having secured a programming deal for…
Europe’s most valuable formats
The UK is the most lucrative formats market in Europe, while TF1 is the leading…
Zodiak seals Czech pubcast deal for Nation’s Brightest
Czech pubcaster CT has ordered a local version of quiz format The Nation’s Brightest, TBI…
Zodiak Rights collars CB Films first-deal
Zodiak Rights has secured a first-look development deal with UK indie CB Films. Zodiak Media’s…
MIPTV 2014: Zodiak picks up 9/11 doc
Zodiak Rights has acquired worldwide distribution to a new UK documentary about the forensic recovery…
Mid East nets to perform Killer Karaoke
Broadcasters across the Middle East have ordered local versions of Zodiak Rights’ comic singing format…
News brief: The Returned goes back to Scandinavia
A trio of Scandinavian broadcasters has bought French paranormal drama The Returned (Les Revenants) from…
News brief: Zodiak recalls The Day They Dropped the Bomb
Zodiak Rights has acquired sales rights to Finestripe Productions’ upcoming doc The Day They Dropped…
News brief: Horrid Henry heads for Hulu
US on-demand service Hulu has acquired another season of Horrid Henry and another UK kids…
RTL readies its own Big Class Reunion
German broadcaster RTL has struck a deal for a local version of Mastiff Denmark’s classic…
News brief: Braquo gets new homes, third season pick-ups
All three seasons of French drama Braquo have sold to broadcasters K+ in Vietnam, Croatia’s…
Zodiak Rights scores UK indie deals, renewals
Zodiak Rights has scored first-look development deals with a pair of UK indies and renewed…
Wallander III sells worldwide
The third season of Wallander has sold to various territories worldwide including the UK, Australia,…
Servus, Globosat investigate Planet Ice
Austria’s Servus TV and Brazil’s Globosat have prebought Planet Ice from Zodiak Rights. The doc…
Steve Macallister in as Zodiak Rights CEO, Matthew Frank exits
Former Disney and BBC Worldwide sales boss Steve Macallister has been appointed CEO of Zodiak…
Passion ignites Firecracker deals
Passion Distribution has cut international deals for several shows from UK producer Firecracker Films. Firecracker…
Killer Karaoke in tune with Indian channel
Zodiak Media format Killer Karaoke is being produced for a Tamil-language channel in India. Zodiak-owned…
TVFI awards Zodiak, PGS and France Télévisions
French TV exporters group TVFI has bestowed its annual awards for most successful TV export…
Zodiak sells The Returned into Asia
Zodiak Rights has cut the first Asian deals for hit French-language drama The Returned. The…
Carl Hall to exit Sky Vision
Carl Hall is exiting his position as managing director of BSkyB-owned distributor Sky Vision, with…
Zodiak in tune with Susan Boyle doc
The distribution arm of Zodiak Media Group has acquired rights to a new ITV documentary…
Zodiak hires new entertainment VP
Zodiak Rights has recruited Andrew Sime as its new VP, entertainment. Sime joins from Turkey-based…