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Minotaur pre-sells new Rebus films
Minotaur International has pre-sold two new 90-minute Rebus movies - The Falls and Fleshmarket - to BBC America, TVO in Canada and ABC in Australia. Meanwhile, video and DVD rights for the two shows, made by SMG TV Productions, have been licensed to John Williams in the UK and Acorn ...
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Sunset + Vine kits out fleet of yachts
TV Corp subsidiary Sunset + Vine has fitted an entire fleet of yachts with cameras in order to provide full coverage of the Volvo Ocean Race for ITV. The sports indie will make eight one-hour programmes for ITV1 and 32 weekly half-hour programmes for ITV4 following the race, which starts ...
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ID sells Nigella
Nigella Lawson's 20-episode ITV daytime talk show has been sold to cable broadcasters RAISat in Italy and XYZ in Australia through ID Distribution. The company has also shifted forthcoming US cable show Nigella Feasts, a co-production between Pacific Productions London and Pabulum.
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Twofour tie-up
Twofour Broadcast and Australian production company Landmark Television have struck a format and co-production deal. Landmark is already developing Twofour's format Family Firm for TVNZ, and Twofour is pitching several Landmark formats to UK broadcasters. The two companies are also developing a global lifestyle series for Discovery Asia and Discovery ...
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BBC films tower block makeover
The BBC is spending two-and-a-half years filming the regeneration of a London tower block for a landmark BBC1 documentary.
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NewsNigella chat flop sells abroad
Nigella Lawson's disappointing ITV daytime talk show will air around the world after ID Distribution picked up the distribution rights to the 20-episode daytime series.
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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.