All International articles – Page 329
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NewsZnak & Jones strikes Danish deal
Znak & Jones, the indie co-founded by former Syco Television USA chief Simon Jones, has struck a deal with a judge on the Danish version of The X Factor to produce non-scripted formats in Denmark.
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NewsSharon Horgan indie wins HBO series
HBO has commissioned a full series of Sharon Horgan-penned sitcom Divorce after a successful pilot in December last year.
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NewsMeet the international stars
Broadcast reveals its second group of up-and-coming execs making their mark in global TV
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NewsFormats get physical at MipTV
Survival formats and physical gameshows flexed their muscles at MipTV this week, with broadcasters increasingly prepared to look beyond the safety of talent formats and studio shows.
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NewsMore 4 captures Nordic WW2 drama
More 4 has acquired a Nordic drama about the sabotage of a Nazi atomic bomb factory during World War II.
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NewsJeremy Darroch hints at Sky's European future
MipTV: Jeremy Darroch praised the technology of Sky Deutschland and the content of Sky Italia as he hinted at how resources will be shared across the newly enlarged Sky business.
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NewsNBCU agrees RTL & TF1 production deal
MipTV: London-based NBC Universal International Television Production is to produce a clutch of US-style procedural dramas for German broadcaster RTL and French network TF1.
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NewsBBCW and Fremantle strike deals with Chinese media giant
MipTV: BBC Worldwide and Fremantle Media have both signed major production deals with Chinese media giant Shanghai Media Group (SMG).
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NewsMipTV briefs: Gogglebox; Bake Off; Zodiak and Prince Harry
Gogglebox finds a new home in China, The Great British Bake Off heads to South Africa and Zodiak Rights agrees a first look deal with New Zealand’s 2B Media.
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NewsITVS strikes first-look deal with Australian indie
ITV Studios has struck a deal with Australian indie Hoodlum to boost its scripted output in the US.
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NewsUK indies score with Smithsonian
A slew of UK indies have won high-profile commissions from US cable network Smithsonian as part of a slate of programming that includes co-productions with the BBC, Channel 5 and UKTV.
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NewsBob The Builder leaps to YouTube
Bob The Builder is set for a move onto YouTube after Hit Entertainment kicked off production on a raft of shorts for the VoD platform, along with a second series of the CGI reboot.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Pioneers
Pioneers is a social experiment documentary series that follows four couples as they trade in their 21st century comforts for covered wagons, campfires and the harsh reality of the American prairie.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Best of British
British series are often among the hottest titles in Cannes, and this is even more apparent at MipTV than at Mipcom, where the latest US titles sometimes take over.Broadcast looks at the latest British big-budget dramas, shiny-floor studio shows and fact ent formats.
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FeaturesTerritory Focus: Nordics
Nordic producers have proved themselves the masters of noir drama, but what’s next from the region? Jules Grant finds out
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NewsDLT to remake Finnish drama Nurses
DLT Entertainment is developing a UK version of Scandinavian drama Nurses.
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NewsITV 'in talks to acquire The Weinstein Company's TV arm'
ITV is in talks to acquire the television division of The Weinstein Company for up to £630m, according to reports in the US.
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NewsMiramax steps up TV plans
Pulp Fiction and Good Will Hunting distributor Miramax is ramping up its plans to move further into TV production following the success of Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn.
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NewsUK indies win big at Discovery Upfronts
Raw Television, Arrow Media and World Media Rights have all scored major US commissions from Discovery as part of its annual line-up of programming.
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NewsTVF strikes 4K doc deals
Japanese broadcaster NTT Plala has acquired a raft of 4K documentaries from UK distributor TVF International.