All International articles – Page 357
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NewsMipTV boosts Educating’s appeal
Channel 4 and Twofour’s Educating… franchise is set to be remade in several new territories after Shine International held a producers’ workshop at last week’s MipTV.
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NewsSundance Channel set for UK
The global arm of AMC Networks is readying plans to launch the Sundance Channel in the UK.
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CommentThe rise of the 'instamentary'
Ian Russell explains how to make six docs for nine territories in four weeks
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NewsNetflix US swoops for Hinterland
Netflix has picked up Welsh crime drama Hinterland to stream in the US after striking a deal with All3Media International.
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NewsNerd scores US pilot with FYI
Nerd TV has become the latest UK indie to score a US deal after Jana Bennett-run lifestyle network FYI ordered long-lost love format You’re The One.
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NewsThe Village set for US remake
Peter Moffat’s BBC historic drama The Village is to be remade in the US by Sundance and Paramount TV.
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NewsSyco chief executive steps down
Syco Entertainment chief executive Charles Garland is to leave the company after three years.
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NewsThe hunt for global partners
MipTV was awash with producers, networks and broadcasters looking for international partners to co-finance high-end drama projects that appeal beyond national borders.
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NewsUK firms set to gain from quiet Cannes
A relatively quiet MipTV was good news for British producers and distributors, who took advantage of a noticeable lack of Americans to strike deals.
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NewsC4 takes Shipping Wars to series
Channel 4 has commissioned a full series of Shipping Wars - a UK version of A&E Television Networks’ logistics documentary.
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NewsVice chief: big business backing vital
MipTV: Vice Media chief executive Shane Smith has claimed it is “almost impossible” to build an international media brand without investment from a large media conglomerate.
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NewsCineflix closes Canadian content deal
MipTV: UK distributor Cineflix Rights has agreed a partnership deal with Canada’s CMJ Productions.
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NewsMy Family heads to Russia
MipTV: Distributor DLT Raydar has inked its first scripted format deal in Russia for a local version of BBC1 sitcom My Family.
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NewsBBC signs ZDF to co-pro One Planet
MipTV: The BBC has signed up ZDF as co-production partner for landmark factual series One Planet following the termination of its financing deal with Discovery .
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NewsFremantle & Vice serve up Munchies
MipTV: Fremantle Media digital chief Keith Hindle has revealed that the super-indie’s online food channel with Vice will offer an antidote to the “mounds of tired, anachronistic celebrity chef and cook-off shows”.
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NewseOne strikes AMC deals
MipTV: Entertainment One (eOne) has secured several international deals for three dramas via its exclusive multi-year output deal with AMC Networks.
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NewsITVS GE picks up scripted shows
MipTV: ITV Studios Global Entertainment is to distribute four new scripted series: Texas Rising, Aquarius, The Good Witch and Schitt’s Creek.
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NewsAustralia's ABC lands BBCW content
Australian public broadcaster ABC has acquired a slew of BBC series including Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off and Jacques Perretti’s The Men Who Made Us Spend, as well as Channel 4’s Chatty Man.
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NewsGroupM Entertainment hires international boss
GroupM Entertainment is to ramp up the international distribution of its shows following the appointment of former DRG exec Ali Hill.
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NewsEllender makes first Slingshot hire
Former Fremantle Media chief executive David Ellender has hired a scripted boss for his LA-based start-up Slingshot Media.