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NewsLion renews Chinese deal
Lion TV has renewed its joint venture with Chinese satellite broadcaster Phoenix and is launching two new joint-venture drama documentaries onto the international market.
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NewsFremantle signs telenova deal
FremantleMedia has secured a commission with new Dutch channel Talpa for telenova Betty La Fea, which will see the production of 200 episodes beginning in January.
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NewsRagdoll lands major CBBC order
12.30pm: Ragdoll, the creator of Teletubbies, has won an order to make a new 100-episode series for Children's BBC, aimed at children aged one to three.
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NewsBBC fat camp show heads to Oz
September Films has sold its BBC1 fat camp daytime series, Weighing In, to Australian broadcaster Channel Ten.
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NewsEntertainment Rights bags more Barbie
7.30am: Entertainment Rights (ER) has signed a rights deal that will see it distribute three more Barbie movies worldwide.
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NewsCruising with Stelios
4.30pm: Two Four Productions has secured a deal to produce a US version of the Sky One documentary series Cruise with Stelios for The Travel Channel.
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NewsHallmark picks up Elizabeth I
2pm: The Hallmark Channel has secured a slate of three programmes from distributor All3Media, including the international rights to Channel 4's Elizabeth I, starring Helen Mirren.
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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.