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NewsNoel Edmonds back on TV
2pm: Noel Edmonds, the former face of BBC light entertainment, is returning to TV screens hosting a new Channel 4 gameshow.
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NewsComment: Don't knock the telenovela
Forget the latest US dramas and UK reality formats - the next big thing to take the international TV market by storm is going to be the telenovela, apparently, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsFrench buyer for Mike Young Productions
French animation company MoonScoop has acquired a 51% stake in UK and US-based animation studio Mike Young Productions (MYP) and its distribution arm Taffy Entertainment.
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NewsSpellbound unveils new pre-school series
UK-based Spellbound Entertainment will follow up its pre-school series The Koala Brothers with the launch of new property Q Pootle 5 & the Pootles at Mipcom.
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NewsFoothill turns five at Mipcom Jr
Santa Barbara-based Foothill Entertainment will showcase new properties from the UK's Phew!! TV and LA-based Phuuz Entertainment, along with live-action series The Dress Up Box, when it attends Mipcom Junior for the first time this year.
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NewsER targets Spain
Entertainment Rights has strengthened its international sales team with the appointment of Isabel Pascual as territory manager for Spain and Portugal.
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Illumina unleashes Ghosts at Mipcom
London-based indie producer Illumina Digital will use next week's Mipcom to showcase the technology behind its new children's format GhostHouse.
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Abbey launches new pre-school series
Abbey Home Media Group has begun pre-production on new pre-school series Rhyme Time with Mother Goose (26 x 10 minutes).
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NewsTWI ramps up docs and reality
TWI will launch its biggest ever slate of factual and entertainment programming at next week's Mipcom, including a documentary on John Lennon and the first productions from its joint venture with US talent agency Endeavor.
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NewsGranada gets back to nature in Cannes
Granada International is returning to its natural history roots at Mipcom, with the launch of two major blue-chip documentaries from acclaimed wildlife filmmakers.
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NewsAll change for All3Media's formats division
London-based All3Media International has appointed fellow UK distributor Screentime Partners to represent its formats in a number of territories as part of a restructure of its formats division.
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NewsNGTI picks up indie docs
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has added new documentaries from London-based Darlow Smithson and South Africa's Peartree Films to its growing line-up of third-party titles.
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Electric Sky appoints US consultant
Brighton-based factual distributor Electric Sky is looking to expand its slate of US programming following the appointment of former Fremantle executive Jane Rimer as a consultant.
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TCI ramps up factual slate for Mipcom
Television Corporation International (TCI) will launch a raft of factual titles from new production subsidiary Redback at Mipcom, alongside new programming from Mentorn and Folio.
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ZDF buys La Plante dramas
La Plante International and sales agent Minotaur have licensed further episodes of two leading UK drama franchises to ZDF in Germany.
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Nat Geo acquires Parthenon co-pro
Factual producer and distributor Parthenon Entertainment has licensed new series Rough Trades (20 x 30 minutes) to the National Geographic Channel internationally.
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NBD TV brings sumo wrestling to Cannes
UK distributor NBD TV is branching out into the world of sports entertainment at Mipcom, with the launch of World S.U.M.O. Challenge - Battle of the Giants (1 x 90 minutes).
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C4I racks up deals for new Ricochet series
Channel 4 International has inked a series of deals for It's Me Or The Dog, the latest factual entertainment hit from Supernanny producer Ricochet.
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Granada Int to distribute TLC's Ballroom Bootcamp
LA-based Original Productions has chosen Granada International to distribute both the finished series and format of its new family entertainment series Ballroom Bootcamp.
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Latin Pop Idol next
Talent show Pop Idol is heading to Latin America. This is the 30th territory the format has been sold to. Indie Fremantle Media has partnered with Sony Entertainment Television (SET), one of Latin America's leading cable entertainment channels, to make Latin American Idol (working title). The show will begin airing ...