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WE TV sextuplets series to screen on Sky Real Lives
Sky Real Lives has acquired an observational documentary series about a couple with sextuplets.
NewsYounge slams diversity in TV industry
Pat Younge, incoming head of BBC Vision Productions, has claimed the TV industry is still disproportionately dominated by the white, middle and upper classes - and singled out ITV for criticism.
NewsDoctor Who "most successful" sci-fi series
Doctor Who has been recognized as the most successful sci-fi series of all time by the Guinness Book of World Records.
NewsOcto-Mom signs reality deal
Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman has signed an exclusive deal with Eyeworks for each of her 14 children to star in a reality series.
NewsIt's Me or the Dog goes global
Outright Distribution has sold the US version of Channel 4 reality show It’s Me or the Dog to a plethora of international broadcasters, including Network 10 in Australia.
NewsDCD Rights snaps up BBC dramas
The distribution rights to the BBC’s upcoming dramas Land Girls and Breaking the Mould have been snapped up by DCD Rights (DCDR), after it invested in both series using its new £10m Acquisition Fund.
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Canal+ picks up oldies’ tale with slew of UK films
Walker George’s More 4 documentary Young@Heart is heading to French TV screens after broadcaster Canal+ picked up the rights.
NewsMackin to quit BBCW for acquisitions role at UKTV
BBC Worldwide executive Catherine Mackin will have the job of finding the next Extreme Makeover: Home Edition after being named head of content acquisition at UKTV.
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Monster’s Fluffy animation series gets GMTV slot
GMTV has picked up the UK terrestrial rights to an animated pre-school series that originally aired on RTE 2 in Ireland.
NewsBoy Meets Girl heads to Oz
ITV Global Entertainment has sold more than 40 hours of scripted content to public broadcaster ABC in Australia, including ITV1 comedy Boy Meets Girl.
NewsSci-Fi acquires US fantasy drama
Sci-Fi channel has snapped up the UK, pay-TV rights to ABC Studio’s Legend of the Seeker, a fantasy drama series executive produced by Spider-Man director Sam Raimi.
NewsBBC channels to launch in South Korea
BBC Worldwide Channels is to launch two of its new channels - BBC Entertainment and BBC Lifestyle - on South Korea’s SK Broadband platform.
NewsSky1 and Five preparing Jackson tributes
Sky1 and Five are to air special tributes tonight on the life of music icon Michael Jackson, who died suddenly yesterday.
NewsTV’s week of woe as indies face up to survival battle
Town House TV and Distraction Formats have joined Setanta as the latest victims of the financial crisis in TV, as exclusive research by Broadcast paints a gloomy picture of the production sector.
NewsFX UK buys HBO’s Eastbound for its comedy push
FX UK, winner of channel of the year in last week’s Broadcast Digital Awards, has picked up the first two seasons of HBO comedy Eastbound & Down following the LA Screenings last month.
NewsBBC adaptation heads to the US
The BBC’s adaptation of award-winning novel Small Island will air in the US following a move by PBS, a key investor in UK drama, to come on board as co-producer.
