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Will Hurrell

Will Hurrell is edtiorial assistant/junior reporter for Broadcast.

  • Jane Millichip, RDF Rights

    30-Jul-2009

    Making primetime shows a priority.

  • WE TV sextuplets series to screen on Sky Real Lives

    30-Jul-2009

    Sky Real Lives has acquired an observational documentary series about a couple with sextuplets.

  • Younge slams diversity in TV industry

    28-Jul-2009

    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.

  • Sally Miles, Passion Distribution

    27-Jul-2009

    On the lookout for more characters

  • Doctor Who "most successful" sci-fi series

    27-Jul-2009

    Doctor Who has been recognized as the most successful sci-fi series of all time by the Guinness Book of World Records.

  • Octo-Mom signs reality deal

    27-Jul-2009

    Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman has signed an exclusive deal with Eyeworks for each of her 14 children to star in a reality series.

  • It's Me or the Dog goes global

    22-Jul-2009

    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.

  • DCD Rights snaps up BBC dramas

    9-Jul-2009

    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.

  • Mackin to quit BBCW for acquisitions role at UKTV

    2-Jul-2009

    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.

  • Canal+ picks up oldies’ tale with slew of UK films

    2-Jul-2009

    Walker George’s More 4 documentary Young@Heart is heading to French TV screens after broadcaster Canal+ picked up the rights.

  • John Offord, Propellor TV

    2-Jul-2009

    A bigger platform for the short film

  • Monster’s Fluffy animation series gets GMTV slot

    2-Jul-2009

    GMTV has picked up the UK terrestrial rights to an animated pre-school series that originally aired on RTE 2 in Ireland.

  • Boy Meets Girl heads to Oz

    1-Jul-2009

    ITV Global Entertainment has sold more than 40 hours of scripted content to public broadcaster ABC in Australia, including ITV1 comedy Boy Meets Girl.

  • Sci-Fi acquires US fantasy drama

    1-Jul-2009

    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.

  • BBC channels to launch in South Korea

    30-Jun-2009

    BBC Worldwide Channels is to launch two of its new channels - BBC Entertainment and BBC Lifestyle - on South Korea’s SK Broadband platform.

  • Sky1 and Five preparing Jackson tributes

    26-Jun-2009

    Sky1 and Five are to air special tributes tonight on the life of music icon Michael Jackson, who died suddenly yesterday.

  • TV’s week of woe as indies face up to survival battle

    25-Jun-2009

    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.

  • FX UK buys HBO’s Eastbound for its comedy push

    25-Jun-2009

    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.

  • BBC adaptation heads to the US

    25-Jun-2009

    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.

  • Monica Galer

    25-Jun-2009

    Interest in classics means old is gold

  • Distraction goes under

    24-Jun-2009

    International TV format house Distraction has gone into liquidation after 12 years in operation.

  • Merlin's US debut watched by 5m

    23-Jun-2009

    Merlin failed to cast a spell on US viewers during its NBC debut on Sunday night when it was beaten by two repeats on rival network Fox.

  • Plans to revive Don't Forget Your Toothbrush in Holland

    23-Jun-2009

    Classic Channel 4 entertainment show Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush could soon be revived in Holland after Fremantle Media optioned the format rights in the country.

  • Norma Percy scoops One World award

    23-Jun-2009

    Norma Percy’s Iran and the West was named best TV Documentary at last night’s One World Media Awards.

  • BBCW sells Great format to Slovakia

    22-Jun-2009

    The Great Britons format is to be adapted for audiences in Slovakia following a deal between BBC Worldwide and free-to-air broadcaster Slovak TV.

  • Target backer plans fund of £150m for production

    18-Jun-2009

    A fund of up to £150m is being planned by the financial asset management company that backs Target Entertainment to help indies bridge production funding gaps.

  • US gears up for remake of Britain’s Worst Driver

    18-Jun-2009

    Mentorn’s Britain’s Worst Driver format, which aired on Five in the UK, is to be remade in the US.

  • Cake to produce cartoon comedy for Canadian TV

    18-Jun-2009

    Kids producer and distributor Cake Entertainment is co-producing a live-action comedy for Canadian kids broadcaster Teletoon.

  • Caroline Percy, ID Distribution

    18-Jun-2009

    Reality and lifestyle key to success

  • Target MD to step down

    17-Jun-2009

    Target Entertainment’s managing director Ian Jones is to leave the company as part of a management restructure designed to help “weather the economic recession.”

  • Eastern Europe falls under Merlin's spell

    16-Jun-2009

    Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME) has made a number of sales in Eastern Europe for three of its major drama series - Merlin, Satisfaction and 112.

  • Sky bags Madonna tour

    15-Jun-2009

    Sky has signed an exclusive deal to broadcast Madonna and Girls Aloud’s most recent tours: Sticky and Sweet and Out of Control respectively.

  • Celia Taylor lands Sky factual job

    12-Jun-2009

    Celia Taylor, who quit as director of programmes at Virgin Media TV last year, has resurfaced as commissioning editor of factual and features for Sky 1, 2 and 3

  • Really picks up Momma’s Boys dating series

    11-Jun-2009

    UKTV lifestyle channel Really has acquired the multichannel rights to a US reality series from Ryan Seacrest Productions.

  • Ullman show wins third run

    11-Jun-2009

    Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, produced by Allan McKeown Presents… has been commissioned for a third series by US cable channel Showtime.

  • MTV appoints Beaton to international sales role

    11-Jun-2009

    Caroline Beaton, the former managing director of Carlton format division Action Time, has been made senior vice president of programme sales at MTV Networks International.

  • New indie hunts UK partners

    10-Jun-2009

    A new indie with bases in Canada and Australia is looking to partner with UK production companies on multiplatform projects.

  • Fremantle unveils music fan site

    10-Jun-2009

    FremantleMedia, the company behind The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, has unveiled a new social networking site dedicated to music fans - who have already set up a Susan Boyle Fan Club.

  • Endemol's Torrance to step down; Payne handed top role

    10-Jun-2009

    Endemol exec Caroline Torrance is to leave the company later this year following a restructure of its distribution business, which will be run by former Southern Star International chief executive Cathy Payne.

  • ITV Global scores bumper US drama sale

    9-Jun-2009

    ITV Global Entertainment has sold a 50-hour package of drama, including Agatha Christie’s Poirot, into the US.

  • Brit shows rule at Banff

    9-Jun-2009

    British shows have won nine of the 23 prizes handed out at the Banff World Television Awards in Canada, including the best comedy gong for BBC2’s Beautiful People.

  • Shine to launch in France

    8-Jun-2009

    Shine Group is to establish a new division in France and has appointed Endemol executive Thierry Lachkar to head it up.

  • Five's Beast put down

    4-Jun-2009

    US cable network A&E has cancelled the Patrick Swayze crime drama Beast, which was acquired by Five earlier this year, according to reports.

  • The 100-Mile Challenge

    4-Jun-2009

    A whole town must change its international eating habits in this cookery format from Canada.

  • UKTV Eden buys as Off The Fence gets global deals

    4-Jun-2009

    Off The Fence (OTF) has completed a flurry of sales to broadcasters across Europe and Asia, including several to UKTV’s recently rebranded Eden.

  • Mark Lawrence, NBC Universal

    4-Jun-2009

    Director of global programme acquisitions, NBC Universal Global Networks

  • Solid debut for I'm a Celebrity US

    3-Jun-2009

    The US remake of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here debuted on the NBC network with a solid 6.5m viewers, but was beaten by three CBS drama repeats in the same slot.

  • Export revenues for UK indies near £400m

    3-Jun-2009

    TV export revenues for UK-based independent producers were the highest on record in 2008, according to a report commissioned by Pact.

  • Shine bags Good Food order

    2-Jun-2009

    UKTV has commissioned Masterchef producer Shine to make a new family cookery series for its soon-to-launch channel Good Food.

  • Oz gets wind of TV Burp

    1-Jun-2009

    Avalon Distribution has sold award-winning ITV1 format Harry Hill’s TV Burp to Seven network in Australia.

  • ITV2 buys I'm A Celebrity US

    1-Jun-2009

    ITV2 has acquired the UK premiere rights to the US version of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!

  • Fremantle’s FMX in global plan

    28-May-2009

    FMX, the new media division of Fremantle Media, has created a trio of senior roles to spear-head its expansion into production and roll out online content internationally.

  • LA feels the pinch as US buyers play it safe

    28-May-2009

    Frantic bidding wars for the latest US hits look unlikely after UK buyers said this week’s LA screenings were noticeably quieter than recent years.

  • Zephaniah teams with Leopard for murder drama

    28-May-2009

    Poet Benjamin Zephaniah is working with Leopard Films on his first TV drama project for 17 years.

  • Yvonne Body, Beyond Distribution

    28-May-2009

    Yvonne Body is head of co-productions and acquisitions at Beyond Distribution

  • BBCW gives Life to ABC

    26-May-2009

    BBC Worldwide has sold a package of natural history titles including BBC2’s up-coming HD series Life to Australian broadcaster ABC TV.

  • Twitter TV series in the works

    26-May-2009

    Shine-owned US producer Reveille is teaming up with Twitter to make a TV programme that incorporates the social networking site into the action of the show.

  • Animal Planet hooks second Icon fish series

    21-May-2009

    Bristol-based indie Icon Films has been commissioned by US cable channel Animal Planet to make a second run of its fishing adventure series, River Monsters.

  • DRG in deal with Motive TV to form sales division

    21-May-2009

    Digital Rights Group has created a new sales division it will operate alongside its other brands after signing an exclusive distribution deal with Motive Television.

  • UKTV Really buys Drew Barrymore TV dating show

    21-May-2009

    UKTV’s new lifestyle channel Really has acquired a reality dating show from Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore’s indie Flower Films.

  • Ali Hill, Target Entertainment

    21-May-2009

    Ali Hill is head of acquisitions, Target Entertainment.

  • New C4 acquisition axed

    20-May-2009

    Privileged, the US teen drama acquired by Channel 4 last week, has been axed after just one season - and before it has had a chance to air in the UK.

  • Zodiak promotes Jorg Roth

    20-May-2009

    Jorg Roth, the founder and former managing director of Bullseye Television, has been promoted to chief operating officer of Zodiak Group’s entertainment division.

  • FME hires Americas CEO

    20-May-2009

    Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME) has appointed Keith Hindle to the newly-created role of regional chief executive officer for the Americas.

  • CBS finds Undercover Boss

    19-May-2009

    US network CBS is believed to have picked up Stephen Lambert’s reality format Undercover Boss for its schedule next season.

  • Sky 1 Cilla dating format goes global

    19-May-2009

    Target Entertainment has sold dating format Loveland, which is fronted by Cilla Black in the UK, to Nine Network in Australia and a host of producers around the world.

  • ABC forgets Samantha Who

    19-May-2009

    US network ABC has cancelled its Christina Applegate-fronted sitcom Samantha Who, which aired in the UK on E4.

  • HBO orders Ricky Gervais animation series

    18-May-2009

    Ricky Gervais is creating an animated show for US cable channel HBO based on his hit series of podcasts.

  • Spike Jonze to star in C4 comedy

    15-May-2009

    Details have emerged of the cast list for Channel 4’s up-coming comedy pilot The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, which includes cult film director Spike Jonze.

  • Primeval movie deal confirmed

    15-May-2009

    Warner Bros. has confirmed it has signed a “high six-figure” deal for the screen rights to ITV1 sci-fi series Primeval and revealed some of the key people involved with the project.

  • Fox passes on Ab Fab

    14-May-2009

    The US remake of hit BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous has fallen at the first hurdle.

  • C4 buys in US teen drama Privileged for slot on E4

    14-May-2009

    Channel 4 has picked up the UK premiere rights to US drama Privileged, which airs in the US on the CW network.

  • Passion acquires global rights to CGI disaster doc

    14-May-2009

    Passion Distribution has picked up the global rights to C4/Discovery co-production Catastrophe.

  • Greg Roselli

    14-May-2009

    Greg Roselli is managing director of Body in Balance.

  • Nat Geo snaps up BBC Photography series

    13-May-2009

    Outright Distribution has sold BBC2 documentary series Genius of Photography to National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) as part of a raft of other post-MipTV sales.

  • Fremantle ups Rob Clark to global role

    11-May-2009

    Fremantle Media exec Rob Clark has been promoted to president of Worldwide Entertainment.

  • Former RDF exec joins Shine Reveille

    8-May-2009

    Former RDF Media exec Martin Rakusen has joined Shine Reveille International (SRI) as its senior vice president for business and operations.

  • Momedia clinches German VoD deal

    7-May-2009

    Digital producer and distributor Momedia International has secured a deal to supply a significant volume of music programming to German VoD service, Maxdome.

  • Fremantle and Magnum ink first-look deal

    6-May-2009

    C4's Chris Moyles' Quiz Night could be adapted for broadcasters around the world after Fremantle Media signed a first-look deal with the new indie behind the format.

  • Welsh indie Calon to list on AIM

    29-Apr-2009

    Calon TV, the Welsh indie behind Five’s Hana’s Helpline, is poised to float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

  • Electric Sky sells ITV's Fat Teens to NZ

    29-Apr-2009

    Electric Sky has sold ITV1 documentary Fat Teens in Love to Prime NZ in New Zealand, as part of a raft of deals done with cable and terrestrial broadcasters in the country.

  • RDF USA hires E! exec

    29-Apr-2009

    RDF USA, the US arm of RDF Media Group, has made a number of key appointments, including former E! Entertainment executive, Jennifer Danska.

  • FME plans US comedy push

    28-Apr-2009

    British comedies such as Toyboize could be set for US remakes following Fremantle Media North America's move to create a new senior vice president for scripted comedy.

  • Fremantle makes teen drama for MySpace

    22-Apr-2009

    Fremantle Media is producing a HD online drama for social networking site MySpace UK that is being sponsored by Red Bull and Tampax.

  • The Buyer: David Booth

    22-Apr-2009

    David Booth is vice president, programming, MTV Networks.

  • Coolabi signs Oz partner for Dead Normal

    22-Apr-2009

    Coolabi Productions has pre-sold CBBC teen drama Dead Normal to ABC TV Australia after striking a co-pro deal with a local indie.

  • UKTV eyes reality TV as it readies Really

    22-Apr-2009

    UKTV is looking to acquire ‘voyeuristic' ob-docs after picking up a US series for Really, the lifestyle channel that will replace UKTV Gardens next month.

  • Cowell hints at US X Factor

    22-Apr-2009

    American Idol judge Simon Cowell has hinted that he may be planning to launch The X Factor in the US.

  • Katy Brand and Inbetweeners to air in US

    21-Apr-2009

    BBC America has acquired the broadcast rights to ITV2 sketch comedy Katy Brand's Big Ass Show and E4 comedy The Inbetweeners.

  • Plans revealed for CSI movie

    21-Apr-2009

    Long-running US crime drama CSI is being set for a Hollywood remake, according to William Petersen, the show's former star and executive producer.

  • All3Media and BBCW win Queen's Award

    21-Apr-2009

    Distributors BBC Worldwide (BBCW) and All3Media International have each received a Queen's Award for helping increase UK exports.

  • UKTV will spruce up houses for Home

    15-Apr-2009

    UKTV has acquired two home improvement series for Home, the channel that is poised to replace UKTV Style.

  • Bravo beats Five in race for US bike drama

    15-Apr-2009

    Virgin Media TV's Bravo has beaten Five to pick up the UK premiere rights to critically acclaimed US motorcycle drama Sons of Anarchy.

  • ITV's Primeval to get Hollywood treatment

    14-Apr-2009

    Impossible Pictures has teamed up with US film studio Warner Bros to turn ITV1 dinosaur drama Primeval into a Hollywood movie.

  • MoMedia joins Lions' Tour

    9-Apr-2009

    Digital producer and distributor MoMedia International has won the mobile and online rights to rugby sporting event the British and Irish Lions' South African Tour.

  • The Buyer: Karrie Wolfe

    7-Apr-2009

    Karrie Wolfe is senior vice president of RDF USA.

  • Russia to air Hudson plane crash doc

    7-Apr-2009

    Darlow Smithson Production's (DSP) fast turnaround documentary Miracle of the Hudson Plane Crash has been sold to Channel One in Russia.

  • Parthenon wins myth series commission

    7-Apr-2009

    Parthenon Entertainment has won its biggest series commission to date, a 13 x 30-minute series for National Geographic Channels International that will debunk the myths surrounding famous historical figures.

  • Target takes Josef Fritzl doc global

    7-Apr-2009

    Target Entertainment has sold Sky 1 documentary Josef Fritzl: Story of a Monster to eight broadcasters around the world.

  • Fremantle: UK format dominance is waning

    2-Apr-2009

    FremantleMedia senior executive vice-president of entertainment Rob Clark has warned that the UK's dominance of the formats business will slip in the face of stronger competition from abroad.

  • Sky Real Lives to air US reality show Diet Tribe

    2-Apr-2009

    Sky Real Lives has acquired a reality weight loss series that originally broadcast on US cable network Lifetime.

  • The Buyer: Amanda Stevens

    2-Apr-2009

    Amanda Stevens is head of acquisition and digital media at Comedy Central

  • Revival planned for Don't Forget Your Toothbrush

    1-Apr-2009

    MipTV: Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, the classic ‘90s entertainment show, is being prepped for a revival around the world - although it is uncertain whether Chris Evans will return for a UK version.

  • ITV1 kids shows sold to Germany/Japan

    1-Apr-2009

    MipTV: RDF Rights has sold ITV1 kids shows Tricky TV and Finger Tips to broadcasters in a number of key territories, including Germany and Japan.

  • Fremantle's Cohen bullish about downturn

    30-Mar-2009

    MipTV: FremantleMedia chief executive officer Tony Cohen struck a positive note at a press breakfast in Cannes this morning saying that, despite the downturn, 2008 had been the company's best year ever.

  • ITV Global acquires doc from South Park creators

    30-Mar-2009

    MipTV: ITV Global Entertainment has picked up the distribution rights to a documentary series, featuring disabled reporters, from South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

  • Paul Abbott signs with FME

    30-Mar-2009

    MipTV: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has struck first-look deals with a host of international producers, including Shameless writer Paul Abbott's indie Abbott Vision.

  • High Point adds classic Brit films to line-up

    30-Mar-2009

    MipTV: Distributor High Point Television has picked up a library of classic British films, including Beat Girl, which it will distribute to broadcasters around the world.

  • Oz Clarke and James May go global

    30-Mar-2009

    MipTV: RDF Rights is serving BBC2 travel series Oz and James Drink to Britain to the international market for the first time and has already secured sales in six territories.

  • DRG acquires BBC dramas

    30-Mar-2009

    MipTV: Distributor Digital Rights Group (DRG) has swooped to snap up the distribution rights to three BBC dramas, including the second series of Criminal Justice and Five Days.

  • Bazalgette to chair SPT UK

    26-Mar-2009

    Former Endemol chief creative director, Peter Bazalgette, has become non-executive chairman of Sony Pictures Television's UK production business.

  • Heathcliff and Hannay go down under with ABC

    26-Mar-2009

    ABC Television in Australia has acquired BBC1's remake of spy story The 39 Steps and ITV1's yet-to-air Wuthering Heights from ITV Global Entertainment.

  • MipTV 09: Factual: Buyers: David Weiland

    26-Mar-2009

    Senior vice-president, programming, BBC Worldwide Channels

  • MipTV 09: Factual: Buyers: Thomas von Hennet

    26-Mar-2009

    Head of documentaries, ProSieben, Germany

  • MipTV 09: Factual: Buyers: Ken MacDonald

    26-Mar-2009

    Vice-President, Programming, Discovery Channel, Canada

  • MipTV 09: Factual: Buyers: Christine Cauquelin

    26-Mar-2009

    Head of documentaries, Canal+, France

  • MipTV 09: Factual: Buyers: Marijke Huijbregts

    26-Mar-2009

    Commissioning editor, AVRO Close Up, the Netherlands

  • MipTV 09: Factual: Buyers: Brian Walsh

    26-Mar-2009

    Deputy head of acquisitions, RTE Ireland

  • MipTV 09: Hot Picks: Entertainment

    26-Mar-2009

    Like it or not, the global credit crunch is likely to be the topic of conversation among TV execs at this year's MipTV.

  • MipTV 09: Hot Picks: Drama

    26-Mar-2009

    It's been a rocky two years for drama production on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • MipTV 09: Hot Picks: Kids

    26-Mar-2009

    The children's TV market is arguably the most competitive of all and broadcasters will be hunting as hard as ever for the next playground hit.

  • FME buys 20% share of Wide-Eyed

    25-Mar-2009

    Wide-Eyed Entertainment, the CGI-specialist indie set up by Impossible Pictures founder Jasper James, has sold a 20% stake in the company to Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME).

  • The Buyer: Jeff Ford

    25-Mar-2009

    Jeff Ford is Five's managing director, digital channels and acquisitions.

  • News Q&A: Steve Macallister

    25-Mar-2009

    Steve Macallister is managing director of BBC Worldwide sales and distribution.

  • Mentorn cuts to chase in cop show ‘coup' for Fox

    25-Mar-2009

    Mentorn USA has been commissioned by US cable network Fox Reality Channel to make a “high adrenaline” police car chase series.

  • Mediaset to make pilot of RDF's Perfect Recall

    25-Mar-2009

    Channel 4 daytime quiz Perfect Recall is being remade for a foreign market for the first time after RDF Rights sold the format to Mediaset in Italy.

  • Living plans Jade tribute

    23-Mar-2009

    Living will kick off a two-part tribute to Jade Goody this Thursday at 9pm.

  • Henry to be Horrid in Sweden

    20-Mar-2009

    Novel Entertainment has secured a number of new deals for its CITV kids series Horrid Henry, including a sale to Swedish terrestrial channel SVT1.

  • ShineReveille to sell US reality romance shows

    18-Mar-2009

    Distributor ShineReveille International has picked up a raft of network and cable programming from the US, including a reality series for CBS from the duo behind Project Runway.

  • The Buyer: Christine von Preyss

    18-Mar-2009

    Christine von Preyss is head of Parthenon Germany.

  • RDF fights slump by funding format pilot

    18-Mar-2009

    RDF Rights has begun fully funding pilots from its parent RDF Media Group as broadcaster funding dries up.

  • Love & Loathe

    18-Mar-2009

    Love: Comic Relief Does The Apprentice

  • Parthenon brings Armageddon to globe

    18-Mar-2009

    Producer and distributor Parthenon Entertainment has acquired the global rights to a documentary series on extinction currently airing on Animal Planet in the US.

  • Eleventh Hour comes for Living

    18-Mar-2009

    Living has acquired Jerry Bruckheimer-produced crime drama Eleventh Hour from Warner Bros International.

  • Belgium to Come Dine With Me

    17-Mar-2009

    Channel 4 cookery format Come Dine with Me is continuing to cook up a treat around the world with a new version being made for Belgian broadcaster RTL-TVI.

  • DRG swings Gorilla Media deal

    17-Mar-2009

    The Digital Rights Group (DRG) has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Gorilla Media, a recently-formed factual production company based in Toronto.

  • Cineflix signs first US primetime network deal

    16-Mar-2009

    Distributor Cineflix International has picked up the global rights to ABC series Border Security USA, marking the first time it has acquired a US primetime network programme.

  • Ex-BBCW exec joins DRG

    16-Mar-2009

    Distributor Digital Rights Group (DRG) has appointed a former BBC Worldwide exec to the newly created post of chief creative officer, entertainment.

  • Dramas are a hit for ITV1

    12-Mar-2009

    Despite ITV1's dismal annual results, its drama output seems to be in good shape.

  • The Buyer: Preena Bhatia

    11-Mar-2009

    Preena Bhatia is head of acquisitions and planning for international kids channel JimJam

  • BBC1 and Discovery take bird's eye migratory view

    11-Mar-2009

    Wildlife specialist John Downer Productions is producing a landmark documentary series for BBC1 and Discovery Channel that will show migration through the eyes of birds.

  • Ripping up the rulebook at ITV

    11-Mar-2009

    Following last week's dismal annual results, observers suggest that ITV needs to consider radical change - or it “could become the next Woolworths”.

  • Swiss channel rejects Fremantle copycat claim

    11-Mar-2009

    The Swiss broadcaster at the centre of a format copycat dispute has accused FremantleMedia of bullying tactics.

  • SPTI distribution boss predicts more gloom

    10-Mar-2009

    Keith LeGoy, Sony Pictures Television International's president of distribution, has admitted that the current downturn in the TV industry will “get worse before it gets better.”

  • Fremantle files lawsuit against Swiss channel

    10-Mar-2009

    FremantleMedia has filed a lawsuit against Swiss producer 3+ Group and the 3+ TV Network, over alleged 'confusion' with its Farmer Wants a Wife format.

  • Don't Forget the Lyrics set for African remakes

    10-Mar-2009

    RDF Rights has sold its Sky 1 entertainment format Don't Forget the Lyrics into two African territories, marking the first time the show has been sold into the continent.

  • Waybuloo goes global with CBeebies

    10-Mar-2009

    BBC Worldwide Channels has picked up a raft of kids titles for its international pre-school channel CBeebies, including RDF Media's new children's series Waybuloo.

  • ABC pulls BBC3 sitcom

    9-Mar-2009

    BBC3 comedy Pulling has become the latest British sitcom to be remade for the US market after ABC ordered an adapted pilot.

  • The buyer: Nick Ware

    4-Mar-2009

    Nick Ware is managing director of online documentary channel joiningthedocs.tv

  • Passion takes rights to BBC1 obesity doc

    4-Mar-2009

    Passion Distribution has picked up the worldwide rights to a BBC1 documentary about teenage obesity by Daisybeck Productions.

  • Thomas steams to Hollywood

    4-Mar-2009

    Thomas the Tank Engine is to get a Hollywood makeover following the launch of a new movie division at brand owner Hit Entertainment.

  • Julie Gardner heads to US

    3-Mar-2009

    BBC Worldwide has confirmed that Julie Gardner, the former head of drama at BBC Wales, is to join its US production arm to oversee all scripted projects.

  • Virgin Media beams up sci-fi dramas

    3-Mar-2009

    A swathe of sci-fi and fantasy dramas are heading for Virgin Media's VoD service following a deal with distributor Fireworks International.

  • Schneider-Sickert to leave FremantleMedia

    2-Mar-2009

    Christian Schneider-Sickert is to step down from his role as chief operating officer of FremantleMedia and is to leave the company.

  • UK indie to make Renaissance drama for Canal+

    27-Feb-2009

    UK producer Helion Pictures is to work with the man behind HBO's prison drama Oz on a new historical drama for Canal+ in France.

  • Fremantle ups its game with stake in Ludia

    25-Feb-2009

    Fans of The Bill could soon be using their Nintendo Wii to walk the streets of Sun Hill after Fremantle Media bought a minority stake in Canadian video game specialist Ludia.

  • The buyer: Kathryn Rice

    25-Feb-2009

    Kathryn Rice is senior vice-president, European sales and acquisitions, Fireworks International.

  • BBC America signs up for Kudos' Iraq war drama

    25-Feb-2009

    Kudos Film and Television's BBC1 Iraq drama Occupation is being part financed by BBC America and will star Murphy's Law actor James Nesbitt.

  • BBC Showcase Q&A's

    25-Feb-2009

    BBC Showcase: Broadcastnow spoke to key BBC Worldwide executives at its Showcase event in Brighton about how the distributor is coping with the economic downturn, their favourite new shows and what's in store for 2009.

  • Q&A: Susanna Pollack

    25-Feb-2009

    BBC Worldwide's senior vice president of Americas

  • Q&A: Tim Mutimer

    25-Feb-2009

    BBC Worldwide's senior vice president for EMEA

  • Q&A: Joyce Yeung

    25-Feb-2009

    BBC Worldwide's senior vice president for Asia

  • Q&A: Steve Macallister

    25-Feb-2009

    BBC Worldwide's managing director for sales and distribution

  • Living finds The Locator

    25-Feb-2009

    Living has acquired a US documentary series from distributor Off the Fence (OTF) about people in search of lost friends and family.

  • Digital deal for Target

    25-Feb-2009

    Myvideorights.com has signed a two year digital distribution deal with Target Entertainment Group to represent a range of entertainment titles from its catalogue.

  • Corrie goes digital in the US

    24-Feb-2009

    Long-running ITV1 soap Coronation Street is making its US debut today following a deal ITV Global Entertainment struck with Amazon Video On Demand.

  • Blog: BBC Showcase 09

    24-Feb-2009

    With BBC Showcase well underway, Will Hurrell takes a trip to the bustling event in Brighton under the watchful gaze of the BBC Worldwide PR machine.

  • Kiwis join the Survivors

    24-Feb-2009

    BBC Showcase: BBC Worldwide has sold its new post-apocalyptic drama Survivors to Prime TV in New Zealand.

  • Auf Wiedersehen Pet sold to Germany

    24-Feb-2009

    BBC Showcase: Classic ITV comedy Auf Wiedersehen Pet is to be screened in Germany for the first time after BBC Worldwide sold a significant package of programming to VoD service on T-Online.

  • BBCW plans China Showcase

    23-Feb-2009

    BBC Showcase: Steve Macallister, BBC Worldwide's managing director of sales and distribution, has told Broadcastnow he is planning to launch a Showcase-style event in China.

  • The Buyer: Pilar Perez

    18-Feb-2009

    Pilar Perez is senior vice-president of acquisitions at DCD Rights.

  • DRG agrees first-look deal with Talent TV

    18-Feb-2009

    Talent Television, the indie behind the BBC1 Test the Nation format, has signed a first-look deal with Digital Rights Group (DRG).

  • Distributors unite to fight for terms of trade

    18-Feb-2009

    Some of the UK's biggest distributors have responded to the government's Digital Britain report by banding together to protect the rights won by the indie sector in the 2003 Communications Act.

  • Roy Walker to host gameshow series

    18-Feb-2009

    Catchphrase presenter Roy Walker is to front a series about the greatest moments in gameshow history for Virgin Media Television's Challenge.

  • BBCW buys 25% stake in Sprout

    16-Feb-2009

    BBC Worldwide has bought a 25% stake in actor and QI presenter Stephen Fry's indie Sprout.

  • ITV Global picks up BBC4 drama

    13-Feb-2009

    ITV Global Entertainment has acquired the global TV distribution rights to an upcoming BBC4 drama pilot from the writer of Channel 4's The Book Group.

  • Blighty set for launch with the best of British

    11-Feb-2009

    Dom Joly will build on UKTV People's rebranding to Blighty with an irreverent tour of the British Isles in which he will restock his home with items made in this country.

  • The Buyer: Emmanuelle Namiech

    11-Feb-2009

    Emmanuelle Namiech is director of acquisitions and co-productions at ITV Global Entertainment.

  • Target to give Aussies taste of Boozed up Brits

    11-Feb-2009

    Bravo's observational documentary series Boozed Up Brits Abroad is heading Down Under as part of a significant slate of deals for Target Entertainment Group.

  • School format is sold to Spain in DRG triple deal

    11-Feb-2009

    Channel 4's historical re-enactment series That'll Teach 'Em is to be remade in Spain as one of three major format sales in the country for Digital Rights Group (DRG).

  • No Heroics to be remade for US audiences

    11-Feb-2009

    US network ABC has green-lit a new pilot based on ITV2 comedy No Heroics.

  • BBC takes Pryde in distribution

    10-Feb-2009

    Alix Pryde, chief advisor to BBC chief executive officer Caroline Thomson, has been named the new controller of BBC Distribution.

  • French kiss for Sky 1's Loveland

    9-Feb-2009

    Endemol is lining up a French version of Sky 1's new dating show Loveland after picking up the format rights from Target Entertainment Group.

  • Parthenon makes friends in Norway

    6-Feb-2009

    Parthenon Kids has picked up the worldwide distribution rights to animated preschool show City of Friends, one of the first children's series to be produced in Norway.

  • Rise to uncover Indian culture clash for More 4

    4-Feb-2009

    Factual indie Rise Films is making a feature-length ob-doc for More 4 about an indigenous Indian tribe facing up to the arrival of a large, multi-national company.

  • Julia Stuart, Sky 1

    4-Feb-2009

    Julia Stuart is senior acquisitions executive for Sky 1

  • Parthenon bids to profit from struggling market

    4-Feb-2009

    Parthenon Entertainment Group chief executive Carl Hall believes distributors will face a tough year and is on the lookout to acquire companies that have “hit the rocks”.

  • GTV's football rights set to be sold

    4-Feb-2009

    The African broadcast rights to the English Premier League, previously held by liquidated pan-African broadcaster GTV, are close to being sold to a new buyer.

  • Super Bowl breaks ratings record

    4-Feb-2009

    Nearly 100 million viewers tuned in to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday night, making it the most-watched sporting event in US TV history.

  • Thomas the Tank Engine steams ahead

    3-Feb-2009

    Thomas & Friends has stayed on track as the UK's top preschool license for the ninth year running, according to marketing group NPD.

  • Top Up TV buys Sex and the City

    3-Feb-2009

    Pay TV operator Top Up TV has picked up the broadcast rights to hit US series Sex and the City as part of a content deal with CBS Paramount International Television.

  • Raw Cut expands factual team

    3-Feb-2009

    Raw Cut TV has appointed one of the directors behind ITV1's Mums on Strike to spearhead the indie's expansion in to factual and popular factual programming.

  • GTV goes into liquidation

    2-Feb-2009

    UK-based Pan-African broadcaster GTV has gone into liquidation with the loss of all staff.

  • Scrase-Dickins takes buying role at BBCW

    29-Jan-2009

    BBC Worldwide Channels has appointed a former Paramount acquisitions executive as its new vice-president of acquisitions.

  • Distributors join forces to create export group

    29-Jan-2009

    The UK's biggest distributors are to work together on boosting the country's international television business through an advisory body supported by the government.

  • Parthenon takes stake in sea-faring Arcadia

    28-Jan-2009

    Parthenon Entertainment has acquired a 48% stake in a Canadian production company that specialises in ocean-related factual programming.

  • C4 acquires Generation Kill and True Blood

    27-Jan-2009

    Channel 4 has acquired the terrestrial rights to Golden Globe-winning vampire drama True Blood and Generation Kill, the Iraq war mini-series from the writer of The Wire.

  • Chello strikes Warner deal

    26-Jan-2009

    A miniseries of The Bourne Identity has formed part of a major sales deal between multichannel operator Chello Zone and Warner Bros International Television Distribution.

  • Change in the air for C4

    22-Jan-2009

    To survive, the broadcaster must find a place at the centre of a new PSB proposal.

  • Hirst joins FME drama project

    21-Jan-2009

    Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME) is working with Michael Hirst, the writer behind The Tudors, to develop one of 10 drama projects it is planning to launch to international broadcasters.

  • The Buyer: Lara von Ahlefeldt

    21-Jan-2009

    Lara von Ahlefeldt is director of programmes and acquisitions at 3DD.

  • DRG merges sales teams across its companies

    21-Jan-2009

    Digital Rights Group (DRG) is merging the sales teams of all its brands with the loss of around a third of its sales staff.

  • Americans to get spooked

    21-Jan-2009

    BBC Worldwide America (BBCWA) has struck a deal with multiple US public broadcasters that will see spy drama Spooks launched to 64% of the American market.

  • Disney appoints Toumazis replacement

    21-Jan-2009

    Disney has appointed former Aardman Animations executive Stephen Moore to take over the role departed by Tom Toumazis, who left to join Endemol last November.

  • Ultimate School Musical goes global

    20-Jan-2009

    Mentorn International has had its Ultimate School Musical format optioned in multiple territories after the show's launch at Mipcom last year.

  • 3DD signs IFC distribution deal

    15-Jan-2009

    Producer and distributor, 3DD Entertainment has signed an exclusive distribution deal with American cable channel IFC.

  • The buyer: Steve Cole

    14-Jan-2009

    Steve Cole is senior vice president of channels at Chello Zone.

  • DRG links up with former Five exec for co-pros

    14-Jan-2009

    DRG has teamed up with former Five head of co-productions Lilla Hurst in a bid to “significantly” increase co-production activity across the group.

  • Buyers to play it safe at Natpe as recession bites

    14-Jan-2009

    Distributors are predicting buyers will play it safe by looking for affordable, non-scripted formats at Natpe in Las Vegas later this month.

  • Japan takes a peep at Channel 4 comedy

    14-Jan-2009

    Japanese broadcaster Wowow has picked up the first three series of award-winning Channel 4 comedy Peep Show, from DRG-owned distributor C4i.

  • HBO lines up US version of Shameless

    6-Jan-2009

    ER showrunner John Wells has teamed up with HBO to adapt Channel 4 drama Shameless for US audiences.

  • Demon deal for BBC sitcoms

    19-Dec-2008

    The Mighty Boosh and Gavin and Stacy are heading to online comedy site Comedy Demon following a deal with BBC Worldwide.

  • The Buyer: Sarah Wright

    17-Dec-2008

    Sarah Wright is UKTV director of content acquisitions.

  • My Family heads to Latin America

    17-Dec-2008

    BBC1 sitcom My Family is to be introduced to Latin America for the first time after DLT Entertainment sold a package of shows into the continent.

  • All3I names acquisitions chief

    16-Dec-2008

    All3Media International has promoted acquisitions executive Maartje Horchner to the company's head of acquisitions.

  • Living to shape up with McKenna

    16-Dec-2008

    Living has acquired a Paul McKenna weight-loss show that originally aired on the TLC network in the US.

  • North One appoints Hornby

    15-Dec-2008

    North One Television has appointed Nick Hornby as executive producer in charge of factual programming.

  • Endemol goes Underground in Argentina

    15-Dec-2008

    Endemol has taken a minority share in the Argentine telenovela producer Underground.

  • SPTI promotes Newton

    5-Dec-2008

    Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Damian Newton to senior vice president of digital initiatives for the European distribution division.

  • The buyer: Amy Barham

    3-Dec-2008

    Amy Barham is Virgin Media Television head of acquisitions.

  • ITV Global nets first sales on Britannia High

    3-Dec-2008

    ITV Global Entertainment has secured its first finished programme sales for ITV1's musical drama Britannia High.

  • Showtime takes rights to Clerkenwell drama

    3-Dec-2008

    Clerkenwell Films has sold a high-tech sci-fi drama format that it originally developed for the BBC to US broadcaster Showtime.

  • 4Kids spreads Chaos in UK

    2-Dec-2008

    4Kids Entertainment has sold the first season of kids adventure series Chaotic into the UK and France.

  • Ramsay to cookalong with the Kiwis

    2-Dec-2008

    Optomen International has sold Channel 4's Gordon Ramsay's Cookalong Live into New Zealand.

  • Animal Planet goes organic

    28-Nov-2008

    Animal Planet International has commissioned producer Red Earth Studio to make a new observational documentary series set on an idyllic organic farm.

  • The buyer: George McGhee

    26-Nov-2008

    George McGhee is controller of BBC programme acquisition.

  • Sky Real Lives nets Canadian shows for HD

    26-Nov-2008

    Sky Real Lives has picked up around 50 hours of Canadian shows from distributor Cineflix International for its recently launched HD channel.

  • UK focus for De Agostini global ambition

    26-Nov-2008

    European media giant De Agostini Group is poised for an acquisition spree in the UK and the US, with a focus on companies with strong IP catalogues. Brands owned by troubled kids company Entertainment Rights are believed to be at the top of its shopping list.

  • Ramsay to cook up a storm in Mexico

    25-Nov-2008

    Optomen International has secured its first bulk deal in Latin America, selling four series of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares into Mexico.

  • ITV Global inks Foxtel deal

    25-Nov-2008

    Granada International Australia (GIA), part of ITV Global Entertainment, has sold a package of more than 100 hours worth of content to Australian pay TV operator, Foxtel.

  • Everybody's names operations head

    25-Nov-2008

    Creative media group Everybody's has appointed one of the key people behind the Make Poverty History campaign as its head of operations.

  • Endemol to animate Islamic superhero comic

    25-Nov-2008

    Endemol has partnered with Kuwait-based publishing group Teshkeel Media to turn superhero comic books The 99 into an animated series.

  • US launch for Spanish CBeebies

    21-Nov-2008

    BBC Worldwide Channels has unveiled its first Spanish language channel in the US, with the launch of CBeebies on the Dish Network.

  • Format Focus: Hell of a Life

    19-Nov-2008

    A chat show from Denmark is being billed as the stand-up equivalent of This is Your Life.

  • GMTV picks up Mip Jr kids hit from Inspire

    19-Nov-2008

    GMTV has struck a deal with Inspire GLG for its pre-school series Amber's Animals.

  • Living acquires ‘sexy' ice hockey drama

    19-Nov-2008

    Living has acquired a Canadian ice hockey drama inspired by ITV1's Footballers' Wives.

  • Challenge wins Miss World

    19-Nov-2008

    Entertainment channel Challenge has picked up the UK rights to Miss World for the third year running.

  • C4 plans festive Nokia Green Room special

    19-Nov-2008

    Whizz Kid Entertainment has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce an hour-long Christmas special of music show The Nokia Green Room.

  • Lost tribe's secrets to be revealed on Nat Geo

    19-Nov-2008

    Essential Film and Television has been commissioned to make a one-off documentary about a recently discovered tribe for National Geographic.

  • ID inks Reef deal

    19-Nov-2008

    ID Distribution has acquired the distribution rights to the second series of Reef Television's BBC1 antiques series Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

  • Nat Geo bites into shark specials

    18-Nov-2008

    Off the Fence has received a double commission from National Geographic Channels International for two 60-minute shark specials.

  • Leopard hires production head

    18-Nov-2008

    Leopard Films has poached a production manager from Diverse to become its new head of production.

  • C4 names Jeff Ford replacement

    17-Nov-2008

    Gill Hay, current deputy director of acquisitions at Channel 4, is to be promoted to director of programme acquisitions, taking over from the outgoing head Jeff Ford.

  • BBC1 lines up Hitler murder plot drama

    12-Nov-2008

    BBC1 is planning a major one-off drama about a German resistance fighter hanged in 1945 for his part in a failed attempt to kill Hitler.

  • Format Focus: Fashion Strip

    12-Nov-2008

    Contestants must dress to impress in a revealing fashion-based gameshow.

  • DCD Rights lands sales for shock-docs

    12-Nov-2008

    DCD Rights has sold the shock-documentaries The Girl with Two Faces and My Big Fat Mexican Wedding to multiple territories.

  • Fiver picks up Beach Patrol from Target

    12-Nov-2008

    Five's digital channel Fiver has acquired premiere rights to US crime reality series Beach Patrol, which previously debuted in the UK on Zone Reality.

  • FME invests millions in Spike

    11-Nov-2008

    FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has struck a multi-million dollar deal with US male-skewed channel Spike TV to help finance and market four of its original series worldwide.

  • FremantleMedia signs YouTube deal

    10-Nov-2008

    A raft of FremantleMedia- owned content will be made available through YouTube after the two companies signed a global content agreement.

  • Endemol names SA bosses

    10-Nov-2008

    Endemol has appointed senior executives Levern Engel and Sivan Pillay to co-head its South Africa branch.

  • Format Focus: Make It Short

    5-Nov-2008

    A reality competition from Canada seeks out the next generation of film-makers.

  • Nat Geo Wild gets new litter of dog shows

    5-Nov-2008

    National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has picked up the fourth and fifth series of Dog Whisperer and will transfer the show to the Nat Geo Wild channel.

  • Hat trick of promotions at RDF USA

    4-Nov-2008

    RDF USA, the producer behind ABC's version of Wife Swap, has promoted three key executives within its creative team.

  • Passion investigates True North series

    4-Nov-2008

    Passion Distribution has struck a deal with Leeds-based indie True North Productions to distribute its crime documentary series Killer Couples.

  • Chorion joins forces with Chinese media giant

    4-Nov-2008

    Chorion, the rights owner behind Noddy and the Enid Blyton titles, has signed a deal with China's largest media group SMG to co-develop new animation programmes for children.

  • Jim Jam launches in Russia

    3-Nov-2008

    Pre-school channel Jim Jam, the joint venture between Chello Media and Hit Entertainment, has expanded further into Eastern Europe after launching in Russia.

  • Endemol names Asia CEO

    3-Nov-2008

    Endemol has appointed Arjen van Mierlo as chief executive officer of Asian operations as part of a major new push in the region.

  • Dreamworks exec on Target

    3-Nov-2008

    Target Entertainment Group has appointed former Dreamworks executive, Samantha Kelly, as its new head of licensing.

  • Format Focus: Kids top 20

    29-Oct-2008

    Music charts have gone interactive in a kids show that airs across Europe.

  • Jude Law peace doc sells across world

    29-Oct-2008

    3DD Entertainment has sold its Jude Law-fronted Peace One Day concert to a host of territories including the US.

  • Fever signs up with Fremantle

    29-Oct-2008

    Fremantle Media has signed an exclusive first look, development and co-production deal with Fever Media after the indie's similar deal with BBC Worldwide came to an end.

  • BBC appoints research and innovation controller

    29-Oct-2008

    BBC mobile team controller Matthew Postgate has been named the controller of BBC research and innovation.

  • Jim Jam to launch in Asia

    28-Oct-2008

    Global pre-school channel Jim Jam, the joint venture between Hit Entertainment and Chellomedia, is set to launch on Singapore's StarHub TV in November.

  • Stephen Fry in America goes global

    27-Oct-2008

    BBC1 series Stephen Fry in America and controversial Channel 4 documentary Pregnant Man have been sold to multiple regions following a successful Mipcom for DCD Rights.

  • Swedes have White Teeth

    27-Oct-2008

    Channel 4 comedies The Inbetweeners and White Teeth are heading to Sweden following a significant sale to the region by C4i.

  • Format Focus: 20Q

    22-Oct-2008

    It's man versus machine in this Dutch reworking of a classic parlour game.

  • Sky Arts nets spoof doc

    22-Oct-2008

    Sky Arts has acquired the spoof documentary It's Nice Up North for broadcast next month.

  • Zeal sells Miss World show to Kazakhstan

    22-Oct-2008

    Zeal Entertainment has scored its first-ever sale to Kazakhstan after commercial station NTK picked up the rights to broadcast the Miss World competition.

  • Five picks up self-funded prison doc

    22-Oct-2008

    Wild Dream Films has sold a self-funded prison documentary to Five on the back of it airing on NBC last month.

  • 2waytraffic books Silent Library deals

    22-Oct-2008

    2waytraffic has signed multiple deals on its Japanese entertainment format, Silent Library.

  • Leopardrama signs up BBC script editor

    21-Oct-2008

    Jez Swimer, former script editor for the BBC's drama department, has joined Leopardrama as development producer.

  • 4 Kids' MD joins RDF

    21-Oct-2008

    Former 4 Kids Entertainment co-managing director Stephen Gould has joined RDF Kids and Family as its director of consumer products.

  • Format Focus: I Know What You Did Last Friday

    15-Oct-2008

    Contestants must read their own minds in this hypnotic format from the Netherlands.

  • Mistresses for BBC America

    15-Oct-2008

    BBC America has picked up series one and two of BBC1 drama Mistresses for broadcast on the US cable and satellite network.

  • ITV Global Ent promotions

    15-Oct-2008

    ITV Global Entertainment has promoted Tobi de Graaff to director of global TV distribution.

  • RDFR deal with Scott Satin

    15-Oct-2008

    RDF Rights has signed a multiple content and development deal with US producer Scott Satin Productions, further consolidating the distributor's presence in the country.

  • Comings and goings at UKTV acquisitions

    15-Oct-2008

    UKTV is shaking up its acquisitions team with two appointments and the departure of acquisitions executive Michael Whelan.

  • Endemol signs gameshow from Passion

    15-Oct-2008

    Passion Distribution has signed a pan-territory format deal with Endemol for BBC3's Fashion Strip.

  • Millionaire to Kabul

    15-Oct-2008

    Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has become the first entertainment format to be legitimately sold into Afghanistan, according to 2waytraffic International managing director Ed Louwerse.

  • Target sets sights on Judge Penny

    14-Oct-2008

    MIPCOM: Target Entertainment Group has secured the distribution rights to a US reality show based around the dramas of a family court.

  • Endemol opens Kuala Lumpur office

    14-Oct-2008

    Mipcom: Endemol has expanded its presence in South East Asia with the establishment of a new regional headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

  • Viacom boss 'optimistic' but tightening purse strings

    13-Oct-2008

    MIPCOM: Viacom chief executive Philippe Dauman has said he is 'optimistic' that the media will perform well in the economic downturn, despite downgrading expectations of the media giant's performance.

  • Merlin to cast spell in Germany

    13-Oct-2008

    MIPCOM: BBC1 drama Merlin is set to air in Germany after the country's biggest commercial broadcaster, RTL, picked up the series from FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME).

  • Criminal Justice to air in Canada

    13-Oct-2008

    MIPCOM: Portman Film and Television has signed deals with multiple broadcasters for the BBC1 psychological thriller Criminal Justice.

  • ITV Global signs up kids indie

    10-Oct-2008

    ITV Global Entertainment has signed up independent kids producer Kindle Entertainment under an exclusive first look deal.

  • Passion on Ice Patrol at Mip

    10-Oct-2008

    Newly formed production company Spiderlight Films is launching Ice Patrol at Mipcom this month under a deal with Passion Distribution.

  • 2waytraffic takes human interest to Mipcom

    9-Oct-2008

    2waytraffic International has picked up two human interest titles from European producers for global distribution in the run-up to Mipcom.

  • Children's: The buyers

    8-Oct-2008

    Quality live-action drama, animation for preschoolers and comedy for the tween market are all high on kids buyers' shopping lists, Will Hurrell reports

  • Children's: The buyers: Caroline Tyre

    8-Oct-2008

    Director of programming, Teletoon Canada

  • Children's: The buyers: Dermot Horan

    8-Oct-2008

    Head of broadcast and acquisitions, Ireland RTE

  • Children's: The buyers: Frank Dietz

    8-Oct-2008

    Head of acquisitions and co-productions, Super RTL, Germany

  • Children's: The buyers: Jean-Loeck van Kollenburg

    8-Oct-2008

    Head programme buyer, Z@ppelin, the Netherlands

  • Children's: The buyers: Julien Borde

    8-Oct-2008

    Head of youth programming, France Télévisions

  • Children's: The buyers: Jan-Erik Wieselburg

    8-Oct-2008

    Acquisitions executive, children's/youth, SVT/The Barnkanalen, Sweden

  • Format Focus: Panic

    8-Oct-2008

    Celebrities get to keep it in the family in this interview format from France.

  • Mum and Me for Electric Sky

    8-Oct-2008

    Electric Sky has picked up the international distribution rights to the acclaimed BBC1 documentary Mum and Me from Wellpark Productions.

  • Chelsey deal for I-Rights

    8-Oct-2008

    I-Rights has signed a three-year deal with producer Channel X to distribute Bebo's new online series Chelsey:OMG!.

  • Target scores a double output deal

    8-Oct-2008

    Target Entertainment Group has signed up lifestyle and fact ent specialists Flame TV and Hotbed Media under exclusive output deals.

  • Outright signs Singing Priests

    8-Oct-2008

    Outright Distribution has picked up the international rights to Northern Ireland-based indie Waddell Media's new ITV1 special The Singing Priests.

  • ITV Global inks deal with Blink Films

    8-Oct-2008

    ITV Global Entertainment has agreed its first exclusive output deal since rebranding, signing up former Five head of programmes Dan Chambers' indie, Blink Films.

  • Worst Driver steers toward US

    8-Oct-2008

    Mentorn has set its Worst Driver format on the road to the US after accelerating a deal with the LA-based indie behind Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen USA.

  • RDF Rights sells two docs to the US

    1-Oct-2008

    Virgin 1 series Caribbean Cops and an upcoming C4 documentary about the right to bear arms have been picked up for broadcast in the US.

  • HBO vampire drama heads to FX UK

    1-Oct-2008

    Fox-owned digital channel FX has strengthened its relationship with HBO by buying the UK rights to two more dramas from the US cable channel behind The Wire.

  • Karen Taylor set for German makeover

    1-Oct-2008

    BBC3 sketch show Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor is to be remade for Germany's largest broadcaster, RTL, after a successful pilot broadcast last month.

  • BBC HD makes Euro debut

    1-Oct-2008

    BBC Worldwide Channels is expanding into Scandinavia with the launch of four thematic stations.

  • Endemol to cause panic at Mipcom

    1-Oct-2008

    Endemol International has unveiled a host of new titles ahead of Mipcom including the super-indie's latest gameshow - set in Argentina.

  • OTF names UK production chief

    30-Sep-2008

    Producer and distributor Off The Fence (OTF) has appointed Allison Bean the new managing director of the company's UK development and production office.

  • Pinky and Perky goes global

    29-Sep-2008

    ITV Global Entertainment has inked multiple pre-sale deals on the animated kid's series The Pinky and Perky show.

  • Animal 24:7 heading to Mip

    29-Sep-2008

    Electric Sky have picked up the distribution rights to multiple titles from factual specialist True North Productions including BBC1 series Animal 24:7.

  • BBCW appoints new head of UK sales

    24-Sep-2008

    Christina Muller, territory manager for emerging markets at BBC Worldwide (BBCW) has been appointed acting head of UK sales.

  • RDF to distribute Factory

    24-Sep-2008

    RDF Rights (RDFR) has picked up the international distribution rights to US male-skewed channel Spike TV's first original comedy.

  • Studio Lambert to sell third party hits to US networks

    24-Sep-2008

    Stephen Lambert indie Studio Lambert plans to work with other UK factual entertainment producers to get their formats remade in the US.

  • Blessed to front reversioned Banzuke

    24-Sep-2008

    Virgin Media TV channel Challenge has signed up Brian Blessed to front a Japanese entertainment series it has acquired.

  • Bussche to lead Gaga sales arm

    24-Sep-2008

    Former Fox and Endemol executive Peter van den Bussche is to return to the UK to launch a distribution arm for Belgian producer Gaga Media.

  • MoMedia expands into channel distribution

    24-Sep-2008

    Digital producer and distributor MoMedia International has moved into channel distribution after signing a deal with Germany's Just Music.tv.

  • Shaun the Sheep to return

    23-Sep-2008

    CBBC has ordered a second series of Shaun the Sheep from Aardman Animation as the kids show continues to flock around the world.

  • Passion inks deal with Buck

    19-Sep-2008

    Passion Distribution has signed deals with Canadian producer Buck Productions to distribute its reality show Petal Pushers and the documentary Leave Her to Die.

  • Fremantle Media unveils new gaming division

    17-Sep-2008

    Fremantle Media will develop online games based on shows such as Hole in the Wall as the first initiative from a division charged with creating new revenue streams.

  • Format Focus: The Road Debate

    17-Sep-2008

    A new ratings hit from Finland is styled as a “talk show on wheels”.

  • ID renews its first-look deal with Colonial

    17-Sep-2008

    The new deal will extend their collaboration into next year and will see more than 20 hours worth of programming delivered for international distribution over the next year. ID will be taking a number of Colonial's titles to Mipcom in October.

  • RDF Rights seals 2-year deal with Betty

    17-Sep-2008

    RDF Rights has handed Liz Warner's indie Betty an exclusive two-year development deal.

  • History Channel and Five pick up Black Gold

    17-Sep-2008

    Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME) has sold its new US oilworkers series Black Gold to Five and The History Channel in the UK.

  • Electric Sky inks Royal Opera deal

    17-Sep-2008

    Electric Sky will be dancing its way to Mipcom after picking up a catalogue of ballet and opera titles from the Royal Opera House's 2008/9 season.

  • China next to Beat the Star

    16-Sep-2008

    Beat the Star, the entertainment format fronted by Vernon Kay on ITV1, is set to be remade for audiences in China.

  • BBCW to buy stake in Baby Cow

    16-Sep-2008

    BBC Worldwide is buying a minority stake in Baby Cow, the indie set up by comedian Steve Coogan.

  • ITVW making passage to India

    15-Sep-2008

    ITV Worldwide has appointed a new sales executive for India and the sub-continent.

  • Lyrics to serenade Spain

    15-Sep-2008

    Sky 1's karaoke format Don't Forget the Lyrics will be singing its way into Spain after RDF Rights (RDFR) sold the format to Spanish channel La Sexta.

  • ITVW names new digital exec

    12-Sep-2008

    ITV Worldwide has appointed Jason Binks, former senior sales executive at media consultancy service Roo Media, as vice president of digital and new media.

  • Endemol names content chief

    11-Sep-2008

    Paul Römer, the managing director of Endemol Netherlands has been promoted to global head of programming at Endemol Group.

  • 2waytraffic lands Breakdown sales

    11-Sep-2008

    2waytraffic International has secured a raft of sales for its BBC1 entertainment property Commercial Breakdown with Jimmy Carr.

  • Format Focus: The Calendar of the Year

    10-Sep-2008

    A format that pits various nude calendars against one another has proved a ratings winner in Spain, writes Will Hurrell.

  • Outright takes international rights to C4 terrorism doc

    10-Sep-2008

    Outright Distribution has picked up the international rights to Channel 4 documentary Car Bomb.

  • Africa's GTV to double volume of UK shows

    10-Sep-2008

    Pan-African broadcaster GTV plans to double the amount of UK-made content it buys so that it accounts for around 40% of all acquisitions.

  • Five secures new Noddy

    10-Sep-2008

    Chorion has signed a broadcast deal with Five for the brand new series of Noddy.

  • Fremantle takes stake in Beyond

    10-Sep-2008

    FremantleMedia (FME) has strengthened its foothold in Australia by acquiring a stake in Sydney-based producer and distributor Beyond International.

  • Scardino hired at 19 Ent

    9-Sep-2008

    Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment has appointed Janet Scardino as president of commercial.

  • C4i hypnotizes Turkey

    9-Sep-2008

    Turkish viewers are to experience the hypnotic effect of Derren Brown following a multiple content deal for C4i with the recently launched DSmart channel.

  • BBCW makes record sales in Paraguay

    9-Sep-2008

    BBC Worldwide Americas has scored its biggest ever programming deal in Paraguay at its annual showcase in Latin America.

  • BBC and CFC launch co-pro training

    8-Sep-2008

    The BBC has teamed up with Canada's CFC (Canadian Film Centre) to launch a training programme for encouraging UK/Canadian co-production projects.

  • Target signs first-look with US network

    8-Sep-2008

    Target Entertainment Group has signed a first-look deal with US music television network Fuse to distribute its original programming around the world.

  • Everything's Rosie on CBeebies

    5-Sep-2008

    CBeebies have acquired a new preschool, CGI series from VGI Entertainment to run as part of its Discover and Do slot in 2010.

  • Barrowman to meet talented animals

    3-Sep-2008

    John Barrowman will investigate Animals at Work in Cineflix's first series for CBBC.

  • Format Focus: Smartest Guy in Town

    3-Sep-2008

    Contestants can stay in their home town to compete in a new gameshow from the US.

  • Yo Gabba is sold to seven countries

    3-Sep-2008

    RDF Kids has secured a raft of deals for its US preschool property Yo Gabba Gabba.

  • OTF films heading for the big screen

    2-Sep-2008

    Wildlife specialist Off the Fence (OTF) is to transfer two of its wildlife documentaries to cinema screens across the country as part of the Nissan Adventure Film Festival.

  • Gavin and Stacey head to Africa

    1-Sep-2008

    BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey is to make its debut in Africa as part of a series of acquisitions by new channel BBC Entertainment.

  • Target unveils new look

    1-Sep-2008

    Target Entertainment has unveiled a new brand design and will now be known as Target Entertainment Group to coincide with its 10th anniversary.

  • Aardman to launch rights division

    1-Sep-2008

    Wallace and Gromit producer Aardman has created a new division that will market the company's content around the world and acquire third-party content.

  • Video: Reaction to Peter Fincham's MacTaggart

    28-Aug-2008

    GMTV presenter Kate Garraway, Wall to Wall boss Alex Graham and John Whittingdale MP give their reaction to Peter Fincham's MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival.

  • Video: Peter Fincham

    28-Aug-2008

    Peter Fincham speaks to Broadcastnow about how popular entertainment shows are at risk at the BBC and Channel 4, as well as at ITV, in an interview following his MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival.

  • Fincham: Cotton would understand MacTaggart

    28-Aug-2008

    ITV director of television Peter Fincham has invoked the spirit of Bill Cotton to help defend entertainment programming, after claiming in his MacTaggart lecture that the genre is under threat at all the major broadcasters.

  • Format Focus: Reality Bites Back

    27-Aug-2008

    Comedians get the chance to send up reality shows in this US format.

  • ID Distribution sells 150 hours' content to Asia

    27-Aug-2008

    ID Distribution has sold 150 hours of content into territories across Asia.

  • Electric Sky's bumper factual deal

    27-Aug-2008

    Brighton-based distributor Electric Sky has announced a raft of distribution deals that bolster its factual catalogue.

  • Target hits on indie start-ups

    27-Aug-2008

    Target Entertainment has signed output deals with two new UK indies that have been set up by experienced producers.

  • Hot Vox 2: Opportunities

    26-Aug-2008

    Video: The brightest and most promising talent in the television industry, named Broadcast's Hot Shots 2008, speak out about the challenges young people face when trying to break into the business.

  • Format Focus: Solitary

    20-Aug-2008

    Contestants endure solitary confinement in this controversial reality gameshow from the US.

  • BBC's Merlin heading Down Under

    7-Aug-2008

    Australia's Network 10 has picked up the broadcast rights to the BBC1 fantasy drama Merlin from FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME).

  • OTF sells 200 hours around the world

    6-Aug-2008

    Off the Fence (OTF) has completed a raft of deals, selling around 200 hours of programming to territories across the world.

  • Format Focus: Who is the Chef?

    6-Aug-2008

    Contestants must identify the real chef from a group of amateurs in this new food-based gameshow.

  • Gecko signs first-look deal with All3Media

    6-Aug-2008

    Gecko Productions, the indie behind Five's shock-doc Girl in the Box, has signed a first-look deal with All3Media International.

  • Format focus: War

    30-Jul-2008

    Contestants wage war on their opponents to win the final battle in this trivia-based gameshow.

  • ID Hustles for Russian and Belgian sales

    30-Jul-2008

    ID Distribution has sold the format rights to Objective Productions' The Real Hustle to producers in Russia and Belgium.

  • UK kids co-pro Claude sold to Disney and ZDF

    30-Jul-2008

    A pre-school animated series from UK production companies Dot to Dot and Red and Blue Productions has been sold to Playhouse Disney UK and ZDF in Germany.

  • Format Focus: The Italian Dream

    23-Jul-2008

    Couples have the chance to win their own bed and breakfast business in Italy in a series from the Netherlands.

  • Portman takes risk on euthanasia tale

    23-Jul-2008

    UK-based distributor Portman Film and TV has picked up the international rights to BBC1's forthcoming euthanasia drama A Short Stay in Switzerland.

  • The Bill to link with German drama in Fremantle tie-up

    16-Jul-2008

    Fremantle Media subsidiaries Talkback Thames and Germany's UFA Fernsehproduktion are producing combined episodes of The Bill and German police drama SOKO Leipzig - and are in talks about jointly creating a new crime drama.

  • Format focus: The Power Play

    16-Jul-2008

    Two cities battle it out to decide which one is more eco-friendly in a new format from Norway.

  • Canadian deals for Outright

    14-Jul-2008

    Outright Distribution has struck a series of deals with two Canadian broadcasters.

  • More Golden Balls for ITV1

    11-Jul-2008

    ITV1 has commissioned a fourth series of Initial-produced gameshow Golden Balls.

  • On location: Diet on the Dancefloor

    9-Jul-2008

    Will Hurrell goes behind the scenes of a new show in which contestants dance their way thin.

  • Station Profile: Rock Radio (Manchester)

    9-Jul-2008

    Joe Radcliffe started at GMG Radio five years ago, working most recently as sales director (north-west), where he oversaw the commercial activities of Smooth and sister station 105.4 Century FM. He is now station director for the newly launched Rock Radio Manchester.

  • Format focus: Sox Appeal

    3-Jul-2008

    A new dating show from the US unites the passion of sport with the fire of romance.

  • BBC unveils line-up for Darwin season

    3-Jul-2008

    The BBC has revealed the full scope of its Charles Darwin season, with a raft of single docs and radio content sitting around flagship projects.

  • Station Profile: BBC Switch on Radio 1

    25-Jun-2008

    Station fact file

  • Format Focus: The Majority

    25-Jun-2008

    It's not what you know but what you think other people know, that counts in this new gameshow.

  • Station Profile: LBC 97.3FM

    18-Jun-2008

    On air with: Nick Ferrari

  • Format focus: Love at second sight

    18-Jun-2008

    A reality format with a twist helps disabled people find love.

  • War on Democracy scoops One World award

    13-Jun-2008

    John Pilger's War on Democracy fought off competition from the BBC Storyville documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side and Please Vote for Me to take the award for best TV Documentary at last night's One World Media Awards.

  • Format focus: Norway's ugliest

    11-Jun-2008

    A new lifestyle format from Norway tracks down the country's ugliest room for a dramatic makeover.

  • Blue Peter's Gethin goes thrill seeking for Virgin1

    11-Jun-2008

    Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones will delve into the world of obsessive thrill seekers in a new series for Virgin1.

  • Station Profile: BBC London 94.9

    11-Jun-2008

    On air with: Paul Ross

  • Stein heading to Far East for BBC2 odyssey

    4-Jun-2008

    Rick Stein will tour the Far East in a Denham Productions cookery series for BBC2.

  • Format Focus: WIPEOUT

    4-Jun-2008

    Contestants face the world's largest TV obstacle course in a new gameshow from the US, writes Will Hurrell

  • Station Profile: GWR Bristol

    4-Jun-2008

    On air with: Paris Troy, Paulina Gillespie and Andy Bush.

  • ITV to broadcast Mandela concert

    2-Jun-2008

    ITV1 will broadcast Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday Concert after securing the exclusive broadcast rights in the UK.

  • Daily Cooks Challenge wins second run

    2-Jun-2008

    Daily Cooks Challenge has been re-commissioned for a second series on ITV1 following its successful first run earlier this year.

  • Format focus: Ba ba boom

    28-May-2008

    Tracking down three coins hidden under 20 hands is the challenge in new gameshow Ba Ba Boom.

  • Station Profile: Smooth Radio 102.2

    27-May-2008

    On air with: Mark Goodier

  • Format focus: The 100: Marriage

    21-May-2008

    A hundred couples share their lives with the cameras in a new wedding-based series from the Netherlands, writes Will Hurrell.

  • Station Profile: Q RADIO

    21-May-2008

    Behind the mic with: Ric Blaxill.

  • You the jury: Laura Marshall and Paul Sommers

    21-May-2008

    Seafaring, suicide and the sixties.

  • Q Radio hires comedian

    19-May-2008

    Young stand-up comic Russell Kane and Acid Jazz records founder Eddie Piller will join Bauer-owned Q Radio when it launches on 2 June.

  • Station profile: Gaydar Radio

    14-May-2008

    On air with: Stuart Miles

  • Format focus: The prettiest girl in the class

    14-May-2008

    A new Dutch reality format reunites classmates and goes in search of the prettiest girl in their class.

  • Doc veteran uses farewell to attack commissioners

    7-May-2008

    Veteran documentary-maker Marilyn Gaunt has fired a parting shot at commissioners' “cynical” attitude and obsession with viewing figures as BBC2 prepares to broadcast what she has revealed will be her final film.

  • Format Focus: What's your limit?

    7-May-2008

    A new gameshow challenges players not just to win cash but to keep hold of it.

  • Station Profile: Radio 4

    6-May-2008

    Station fact file

  • Format Focus: Samurai 5

    30-Apr-2008

    A new gameshow from Japan challenges players not just to win cash but to keep hold of it.

  • On air with: Mark Browning

    23-Apr-2008

    Mark Browning's first job in radio was as head of news at Gemini Radio in Devon. He started at Heart in 2001 and has been programme director for the past four years.

  • Format Focus: El Sexometro

    23-Apr-2008

    The sexual habits of the nation are revealed in a new entertainment format from Spain.

  • Blog: Can ITV beat the ratings?

    18-Apr-2008

    Will Hurrell travelled to Germany to watch the filming of new ITV1 gameshow Beat the Star.

  • Wright quits as BBC pundit over ‘jester' role

    16-Apr-2008

    Ian Wright has quit as a BBC football pundit, attacking the corporation for the stuffy style of its coverage and claiming he was forced into the role of a “comedy jester”.

  • Format Focus: Head of the Class

    16-Apr-2008

    Young contestants have just five minutes to graduate from school in a new kids format from Israel.

  • Station Profile: TALK SPORT

    15-Apr-2008

    On air with: Ian Wright and Adrian Durham.

  • Station Profile: Xfm London

    8-Apr-2008

    Station fact file

  • Station Profile: BBC Radio 5 Live

    2-Apr-2008

    On air with: Donal MacIntyre

  • Format Focus: 71 Degrees North

    2-Apr-2008

    Contestants can expect a frosty reception in a reality endurance format from Scandinavia.

  • Station Profile: Classic FM

    26-Mar-2008

    On air with: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

  • Format Focus: The Bubble

    19-Mar-2008

    Contestants must spot the real news stories from the fakes in a new show from Israel.

  • Station Profile: BBC 6 MUSIC

    18-Mar-2008

    On air with: Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish.

  • Format Focus: Twinzz

    12-Mar-2008

    In the latest incarnation of the talent show identical twins compete to form a new band.

  • Adam and Joe to produce BBCW paid-for podcasts

    6-Mar-2008

    Comedy duo Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are to produce a series of paid-for podcasts that will be sold by BBC Worldwide over iTunes.

  • Format Focus: Eternal Glory

    5-Mar-2008

    A new reality show from Belgium sets out to find the ultimate sportsperson.

  • Station Profile: Passion for the Planet

    4-Mar-2008

    On air with: Chantal Cooke

  • Format Focus: Beat the Blondes

    27-Feb-2008

    The blonde stereotype is put to the test in a gameshow format that's sweeping Europe

  • Station Profile: Real Radio Scotland

    27-Feb-2008

    Behind the mic: Billy Anderson

  • Format Focus: Who Killed JC?

    20-Feb-2008

    Contestants get to play detective in a new murder mystery format from Spain

  • Station Profile: capital 95.8

    20-Feb-2008

    On air with: Gareth Roberts

  • Broadcasting Trust names director

    19-Feb-2008

    One World Broadcasting Trust (OWBT) has appointed Andy Glynne as its director.

  • Greg Dyke to chair BFI

    15-Feb-2008

    Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has been appointed chair of the British Film Institute.

  • Format Focus: Stable Stars

    12-Feb-2008

    Celebrities compete to be crowned the champion in the saddle in this new show from Sweden

  • Format Focus: How Much is Enough

    5-Feb-2008

    Chasing the biggest prizes could mean you miss out in BBC Worldwide's first in-house format.

  • GMTV's Garraway backs Samaritans

    1-Feb-2008

    GMTV presenter Kate Garraway and husband Derek Draper have produced a web video through their company Flow Video in support of the Samaritan's ‘Stress Down Day'.

  • Format Focus: 6 Handshakes Away

    30-Jan-2008

    Tracking down international superstars is the goal in new gameshow 6 Handshakes Away.

  • King Lear to reign on C4

    28-Jan-2008

    Channel 4 is to broadcast a recorded version of the RSC's recent production of King Lear, starring Sir Ian McKellen.

  • Format Focus: Born to be wild

    23-Jan-2008

    OAPs get a rock 'n' roll makeover in a new talent show from Finland

  • TV Critics 18 January '08

    18-Jan-2008

    'This was tosh, and lazy, derivative tosh'. Read on for more cutting criticism on last night's TV.

  • Format Focus: Village on a Diet

    15-Jan-2008

    A whole village is challenged to get fit and lose weight in a new show from Switzerland

  • Format Focus: The Successor

    8-Jan-2008

    Aspiring psychics have the chance of becoming a protégé of Uri Geller in a new show from Israel

  • Format focus: The Knee Diaries

    12-Dec-2007

    A new US show promises to provide information for sufferers of arthritis and sports injuries.

  • Format Focus: Family Nation

    4-Dec-2007

    A new format from Germany is being billed as the world’s first true reality show.

  • Format Focus: Celebrity

    28-Nov-2007

    A new show from Spain is promising to find the next generation of talented artistes.

  • Format Focus: To Understand and Forgive

    26-Nov-2007

    A show from Russia is being touted as a new TV genre: the psychotherapy docu-drama.

  • Format Focus: Student Body

    13-Nov-2007

    A new reality series from the US is promising to get teens in shape

  • The Champions set for film remake

    9-Nov-2007

    Classic 60’s TV series The Champions is set to be transformed into a Hollywood movie.

  • Format focus: TXTC

    7-Nov-2007

    Contestants have their mobile phone skills put to the test in a new interactive gameshow.

  • Trivial Pursuit: America Plays

    31-Oct-2007

    The classic board game Trivial Pursuit is set to cross over into TV with a new gameshow from the US.

  • Wa$ted

    18-Oct-2007

    A New Zealand home improvement format promises to help households become eco-friendly.

  • On location: Murder Most Foul

    20-Sep-2007

    Producer-director Jon Blair took Antony Sher to explore the South Africa the tourists don't see.

  • 4oD extends catchup

    13-Sep-2007

    Channel 4 has extended the catch-up window on its video-on-demand service 4oD from seven days to 30 days.

  • Belsen correction

    13-Sep-2007

    The Channel 4 history drama going out next month is The Relief of Belsen, not The Relief of Beslanas stated in Broadcast(31/08/07).

  • C4 orders more von Hagens

    13-Sep-2007

    Channel 4 has commissioned Firefly to make a fourth series with controversial anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens.

  • Drama docs under scrutiny

    13-Sep-2007

    BBC senior commissioning executive for factual Richard Klein and Channel 4 head of documentaries Angus MacQueen are among commissioners discussing drama-documentary at a session in the Crossing the Line Festival this month.

  • Ghosts

    13-Sep-2007

    Experiencing modern slavery:Nick Broomfield on why he made Ghosts as a drama - and how the cast gave it a real edge

  • HBO buys Second Life doc

    13-Sep-2007

    HBO network has bought the rights to a documentary made inside online virtual network Second Life that premiered on YouTube.

  • ITV demands Duel

    13-Sep-2007

    ITV has commissioned Ant and Dec indie Gallowgate to produce a quiz show based on a French format.

  • Kelly Osbourne joins R1

    13-Sep-2007

    BBC Radio 1 has drafted in Kelly Osbourne to host a new Sunday evening teen show and axed chart show presenters JK and Joel as part of its new-look daytime and evening schedules.

  • Market positive over ITV strategy update

    13-Sep-2007

    Poor job figures in the United States and continuing concerns about the credit crunch dragged the FTSE 100 and many of the Broadcast20 down this week.

  • MTV extends web reach

    13-Sep-2007

    MTV Networks is to launch 24 websites aligned to its international TV brands by the end of this year, including Comedy Central's The Daily Show(pictured), the MTV European Music Awardsand Nickelodeon's iCarly.

  • MuxCo gains two licences

    13-Sep-2007

    MuxCo has won two regional digital radio multiplex licences for Herefordshire and Worcestershire and north-east Wales and west Cheshire, to launch in autumn 2008.

  • Nureyev doc for BBC2

    13-Sep-2007

    The BBC has produced a feature-length documentary on the life of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.

  • O'Connell extends contract

    13-Sep-2007

    Virgin Radio breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell has signed a new two-year contract that will keep him at the station until the end of 2009.

  • Online news for Kent

    13-Sep-2007

    Ten Alps Digital has developed an online regional news station for Kent featuring user-generated video reports and features.

  • Road Wars returns again

    13-Sep-2007

    Sky One has ordered a sixth series of reality show Road Wars(pictured) from Raw Cut Television, which will be shot in high-definition for the first time.

  • Setanta on Tiscali

    13-Sep-2007

    Tiscali is to broadcast three Setanta Sports channels on its online TV platform, tiscali.tv.

  • Station Profile: GMG Radio

    13-Sep-2007

    A profile of GMG Radio and an interview with John 'Simo' Simons.

  • VoD to reach 20%

    13-Sep-2007

    Videoondemand will account for only a fifth of TV viewing in Europe by 2012, with growth held back by hardtobreak TV habits, according to global business consultancy Bain & Company.

  • Broadcast Letter - 7 September 2007

    6-Sep-2007

    Letters to the editor from the issue of broadcast dated 7 September.

  • Business TV's first order

    6-Sep-2007

    The Business Channel has ordered its first series of original productions, which will be produced in-house for the broadcaster by its owner LITV.

  • CNNi to join Jalipo TV

    6-Sep-2007

    Online TV service Jalipo is to distribute CNN International's 24-hour news and feature programming to its subscribers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

  • Dr Who to take break

    6-Sep-2007

    Doctor Whowill return for a fifth series - but not until the spring of 2010.

  • Inform/Premium merger

    6-Sep-2007

    Digital sports content providers Inform Group and Premium TV have merged.

  • ITV1 checks in hotel drama

    6-Sep-2007

    ITV1 will follow the trials and tribulations of a hotel assistant manager left in charge over Christmas in a Fawlty Towers-esque comedy drama.

  • NBC pulls shows off iTunes

    6-Sep-2007

    NBC and Apple are locked in a war of words after the broadcasting network behind Heroes(pictured) and Battlestar Galacticatook its shows off iTunes in protest at Apple's pricing model.

  • Nuts TV plans straight-to-air UGC content

    6-Sep-2007

    Nuts TV is offering viewers the chance to have their user-generated content broadcast within 15 minutes of submitting it when the male-oriented channel launches next week, writes Robin Parker.

  • Nuts TV unveils line-up

    6-Sep-2007

    Nuts TV has revealed its debut programming line-up, which includes model Lucy Pinder presenting excerpts from HG Wells and Shakespeare in a nightly Book at Bedtime.

  • Off Cuts - Broadcast 7 September 2007

    6-Sep-2007

    Off Cuts - Broadcast 7 September 2007

  • On location: Born to be Different

    6-Sep-2007

    Series producer Dee Lahiri charted the lives of six disabled children - and built lasting relationships

  • Seven orders for Kent TV

    6-Sep-2007

    Seven Kent-based TV production companies have been commissioned to make a range of programmes for Kent TV, the online TV channel that goes live at the end of the month.

  • The Great Escape

    6-Sep-2007

    Interfocus Asia executive producer Frank Smith on how The Great Escape made it to the screen

  • The great news divide

    6-Sep-2007

    Someone needs to defend BBC digital channels against the grumpy old men

  • Time to set a digital agenda

    6-Sep-2007

    IBC: A growing chorus in radio is calling for a timetable for analogue switch-off.

  • Unseen BBC footage on web

    6-Sep-2007

    The BBC is to post unaired footage from genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are?on a website linked to a new tie-in magazine.

  • FX bulk-buys Water Rats

    30-Aug-2007

    Fox has acquired 177 hours of Australian cop drama series Water Ratsfor its FX channel in the UK.

  • NBC buys new Burnett quiz

    30-Aug-2007

    US network NBC has picked up the latest quiz show format from reality guru Mark Burnett, the producer behind hits such as The Apprentice, Survivorand Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

  • Production: Outside Broadcasts

    30-Aug-2007

    Four senior OB execs discuss the highs and lows of life on the road

  • You the Jury: Getting dressed up and knocked out

    30-Aug-2007

    Mark Cullen and David Libbert review this week's television
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