All Broadcast articles in 2 October 2015 – Page 2
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NewsIn brief: Serial; Combat Trains; Escape Artist; The Persuaders
Fremantle Media has returned to France for its latest drama acquisition, while podcast Serial is set for a TV remake. Click for more.
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NewsBBC joins forces with PBS for nature docs
The BBC natural history department has joined forces with US broadcaster PBS on four projects following the success of Big Blue Live.
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NewsHot Picks: Soundbreaking
US public broadcaster PBS has aired American Masters, a serious documentary strand that profiles artists and musicians, since 1986.
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NewsHot Picks: Daft Punk Unchained
Rock docs are enjoying a renaissance at the moment, with feature-length films about Amy Winehouse (Amy) and Kurt Cobain (Montage Of Heck) breaking box-office records.
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NewsHot Picks: Separation Anxiety
Separation Anxiety is a relationship- based gameshow with a twist.
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NewsHot Picks: Holland Goes Green
The environment is one of the hottest political topics around the world, yet no television format has successfully managed to tap into this eco-trend to date.
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NewsHot Picks: Bikini Island
A sun-drenched reality series mixed with a social experiment, Bikini Island is Ex On The Beach meets Big Brother.
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NewsHot Picks: Chasing Monsters
Australian distributor Beyond Distribution, best known for selling Discovery’s Mythbusters, will be celebrating its 30th anniversary at Mipcom this year and its catalogue includes Canadian series Chasing Monsters.
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NewsHot PIcks: F***ing Telemarketers
F***ing Telemarketers makes The Call Centre look like a rosy place to work. It is a real-life version of The Office with the spirit of Jersey Shore.
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NewsHot Picks: Mega-Yachts
The super-exclusive yachts moored in the South of France are usually reserved for only a handful of senior TV executives and billionaires like Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich.
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NewsHot Picks: Mercy Street
US network PBS has had huge success with Downton Abbey and wants to leverage this to launch its own original period drama.
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NewsHot Picks: Maximilian
Gomorrah distributor Beta Film is continuing to finance big-budget European drama and its latest series is the three-part Maximilian.
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NewsHot Picks: Modus
Sweden has a rich history of big-budget drama but the majority of series that have been picked up for the UK, such as ITV Encore acquisition Jordskott and Real Humans, which was adapted by Channel 4 as Humans, have emerged from public broadcaster SVT.
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NewsHot Picks: False Flag (Kfulim)
False Flag could be the new Homeland. The Israeli spy drama, known locally as Shkufim, is already being adapted into a US version before the original even airs on Channel 2 in Israel.
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NewsHot Picks: Spring Tide (Springfloden)
Nordic noir remains a valuable global commodity – more than eight years after the launch of Forbrydelsen (The Killing).
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NewsHot Picks: War and Peace
It has been billed as the most ambitious drama in the BBC’s 93-year history, so it will come as no surprise that BBC Worldwide is putting War And Peace at the heart of its Mipcom plans.
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NewsHot Picks: Hunted
Social experiment is back with a bang, with international broad- casters aggressively searching for edgy formats on the back of shows such as Married At First Sight.
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NewsHot Picks: Can't Touch This
Northern Irish indie Stellify Media is only 18 months old but has already scored a major Saturday night primetime commission for BBC1 and a US network pilot with Can’t Touch This.
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NewsHot Picks: Kiss Bang Love
The producer behind Married At First Sight is back with another controversial format. Danish indie Snowman Productions, which created arranged-marriage show Gift Ved Første Blik for DR3 (which aired on Channel 4 as Married at First Sight), has now come up with Kiss Bang Love.
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NewsHot Picks: The Fear
The horror genre has been one of the most successful on television in recent years, with shows such as The Walking Dead and American Horror Story.