All International articles – Page 379
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NewsRambo heads to TV after eOne deal
Rambo is being remade for television after Entertainment One struck a deal with producer Avi Lerner.
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NewsBBCW closes China deal
BBC Worldwide has sold a package of natural history programming including Attenborough’s Ark to Chinese public broadcaster CCTV.
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NewsAlvin and the Chipmunks return to TV
Alvin and the Chipmunks are heading back to TV screens after the success of their film allowed distributor PGS Entertainment to strike a deal with US producer Bagdasarian Productions.
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NewsThe White Queen axed by BBC1
BBC1 has cancelled lavish period drama The White Queen after it failed to pull in substantial audiences for the channel.
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NewsNBC picks up Spanish drama from New Media Vision
NBC has picked up crime drama The Mysteries of Laura, a remake of a Spanish series distributed by London-based firm New Media Vision.
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NewsShed Media US boosts development team
The US arm of Shed Media has boosted its development team with the hire of two execs including Firecracker Films exec Dan Snook.
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NewsBBC2 acquires ‘German Band of Brothers’
BBC2 has picked up its first foreign language drama since 2001 – a series dubbed the German Band of Brothers.
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NewsTV3 takes Bake Off to Ireland
Irish broadcaster TV3 is to launch a local version of The Great British Bake Off as part of its autumn schedule.
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NewsKeo launches Australian division
Keo Films is to expand its business into Australia after securing a recommission of River Cottage Australia.
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NewsRaw Cut extends Foxtel blue-light deal
Raw Cut’s distribution arm has sold World’s Craziest Police Pursuits to Australian broadcaster Foxtel.
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NewsCarnival eyes US with NBCU hire
Carnival Films is building on the success of Downton Abbey in the US with the hire of NBC Universal production boss Deborah Oppenheimer.
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NewsBBC4 buys Martin Luther King doc
BBC4 has acquired a Martin Luther King Jr documentary ahead of the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights march in Washington DC.
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NewsRTL & CBS launch Asian channels
RTL and CBS have formed a joint venture to roll out two English-language channels across Asia featuring a raft of US and UK shows.
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NewsWeather That Changed The World heads to Yesterday
UKTV has acquired Passion Distribution’s Weather That Changed The World for Yesterday.
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NewsNetflix effect helps Breaking Bad double viewers
Breaking Bad more than doubled its US audience to 6m viewers for Sunday’s final series launch - with show creator Vince Gilligan chalking up the show’s success to the explosion of VoD services.
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NewsBBCW poaches ITV's Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan
BBC Worldwide has taken over the international rights to the Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan from ITV Studios Global Entertainment after C5 confirmed it will not air the second series.
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NewsCBS greenlights Steven Spielberg space series
US network CBS has ordered sci-fi series Extant from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television to air next summer.
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NewsNetflix cues up Dutch dance doc
Netflix has acquired a feature-length documentary about Dutch dance music from UK factual distributor Journeyman Pictures.
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NewsITV Studios to take Coach Trip to Germany
Factual entertainment formats Coach Trip and May The Best House Win are to be remade in Germany after ITV Studios closed deals with two broadcasters.
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NewsBBCW cooks up series for Khoo
BBC Worldwide has ordered two 10-part cookery series fronted by chef Rachel Khoo as part of its move to commission 150 hours of original content by 2014/15.