All International articles – Page 409
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NewsMox pits local businesses against each other for BBCW series
BBC Worldwide has ordered a local business-themed, fact-ent format as its first fully funded series since pledging to treble the number of hours it commissions.
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NewsMilitary Channel calls up Ultimate Warfare from Arrow
Discovery’s Military Channel has ordered a series tracking the greatest battles fought from World War II to today’s Middle East skirmishes from Arrow Media.
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NewsZodiak Rights sells 100 hours in Canada
International distributor Zodiak Rights has struck two deals to screen 100 hours of UK hit programmes in Canada.
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NewsITVS GE inks Nordic VoD deal
ITV Studios distribution arm has secured a multi-year deal with Nordic video-on-demand provider, Svensk Filmindustri, for a number of its high profile crime dramas.
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NewsDownton to return for fourth series
The fourth series of period drama Downton Abbey has been confirmed by ITV1.
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NewsRaw TV hires to push through expansion plans
Factual producer Raw TV has recruited a head of US development and boosted its management team with key hires as it continues to explore international opportunities.
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NewsZodiak Rights sets up clips business in genre rethink
Distributor Zodiak Rights is launching a clips division as a standalone department in the business, which was recently restructured around genres.
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CommentCan profiling viewers tell us what they will watch?
Can temperament influence viewing choices asks David Graham?
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NewsTarget's Ali Hill joins DRG
DRG senior vice president of acquisitions Diane Rankin is leaving the company as Ali Hill joins from Target Entertainment.
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NewsVicars, boffins and scousers share jokes for BBC4
Vicars are to tell dirty jokes for BBC4 in a British spin-off of cult hit Old Jews Telling Jokes for a planned ‘year of comedy’ on the channel.
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NewsBBCW strikes record deal with Al Jazeera
BBC Worldwide has sold more than 180 hours of content to the Al Jazeera Children’s Channel, the biggest ever deal between the broadcaster and the distributor.
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NewsRai picks up Being Human
Four seasons of supernatural BBC3 drama Being Human has been sold to Italian broadcaster Rai Television.
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NewsBBC1 takes Talpa comedy panel show to series
David Walliams, Frank Skinner and Micky Flanagan are to star in a BBC1 Saturday night comedy entertainment show about patriotic knowledge.
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NewsHBO lining up partners for Nordic streaming service
HBO is in talks with leading Scandinavian producers about potentially co-producing bespoke non-English-language dramas for its new Scandinavian streaming service.
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CommentA global problem needs an international response
Our series of films on poverty will reach half a billion or more, says Nick Fraser
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FeaturesShared DNA – or Euro pudding?
In Geneva earlier this month, the cream of European drama producers met at Festival Tous Ecrans – the festival of all screens – to exchange ideas and thrash out an answer to this question.
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NewsHIGNFY set for US remake
Hat Trick Productions is hoping to get “third time lucky” in its attempt to get its BBC comedy series Have I Got News For You broadcast in the US.
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NewsChannel 5 makes head of digital channels redundant
Channel 5’s Kate Barnes has been made redundant after the broadcaster decided to close its head of digital channels role.
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NewsRed Arrow Entertainment posts €1.4m loss
Red Arrow Entertainment made a loss of €1.4m (£1.11m) in the third quarter of 2012 on the back of its acquisitions spree - but its turnover more than doubled.
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NewsJapan’s Wowow eyes co-pros
Japanese pay-TV broadcaster Wowow is looking to strike co-production deals with UK indies across a raft of high-profile factual and lifestyle programming.