All International articles – Page 333
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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.
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NewsBlink lands Korean doc deal
Blink Films has struck a landmark partnership with Korean broadcaster EBS after working closely with Argonon-backed business enabler The Bridge.
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NewsBBCW strikes new Bake Off deal in Oz
The Great British Bake Off has switched broadcasters in Australia after pay-TV network Lifestyle Food took over the format rights from terrestrial channel Nine Network.
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NewsTop Gear Live gets greenlight
BBC Worldwide has given the greenlight for Top Gear Live to continue following Jeremy Clarkson’s “fracas” - with the caveat that all BBC branding will be removed from the event.
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NewsLime and Monkey win Bravo orders
Lime Pictures and Monkey Kingdom have landed major orders from US cable network Bravo as part of the NBC Universal-owned broadcaster’s latest programming slate.
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NewsSky buys stake in US producer
Sky has acquired a majority stake in US production company Jupiter Entertainment.
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NewsHBO buys Nick Broomfield murder doc from Sky
US network HBO leads the line-up of international broadcasters that have acquired Sky’s Nick Broomfield documentary Tales of the Grim Sleeper.
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NewsTrevor Eve strikes first-look deal with ZDF
Projector Pictures, the indie set up by Waking The Dead star Trevor Eve, has inked a first-look deal with ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German public broadcaster.
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NewsPBS explores history behind Wolf Hall
US public broadcaster PBS has commissioned Jeremy Dear’s fledgling indie Ideas Room to take a closer look at the real-life story of Wolf Hall.