All International articles – Page 357
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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.
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NewsOvation buys ITV arts docs
US cable network Ovation has acquired a raft of arts programming from ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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NewsAlaska finds a pearl for TV3
Irish broadcaster TV3 has ordered a Duck Dynasty-style reality series from UK indie Alaska TV as part of its drive to commission more British producers.
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NewsC4 takes aim at global drama
Channel 4 is to invest millions in international drama co-productions in a strategy that will result in it taking on the BBC and Sky for projects with global appeal.
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NewsGuy Hibbert pens BBC2 China drama
Complicit writer Guy Hibbert is to pen a BBC2 drama about a Chinese woman struggling to find her identity after being adopted by Anglo/American parents.
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NewsDLT Raydar Rights strikes Sundog deal
Fledgling distributor DLT Raydar Rights has inked a deal with Sundog Pictures for a slew of factual series.
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NewsDCD wins Open University bid
DCD Rights has won the rights to distribute over 200 hours of BBC series including Coast after winning an Open University tender.
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NewsHBO Nordics snaps up BBC2's Honourable Woman
HBO Nordics has acquired BBC drama The Honourable Woman after striking a deal with BBC Worldwide.
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NewsDuck Quacks echoes across the world
Duck Quacks Don’t Echo is to travel across the world after Sky Vision closed a number of key programming deals.