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FeaturesBig Law: Deputy Butterbean, ID
Broadcast shines the spotlight on a former heavyweight boxer who has turned lawman for a new reality show.
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FeaturesOnes to watch: Mipcom 2011
From animated fun, science fact and fiction to celebrity births and Civil War drama, this year’s Mipcom features content and formats for a growing range of platforms.
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NewsSky 1 to air Terra Nova a week after US
Terra Nova, the epic new dinosaur series from Steven Spielberg, is to air on Sky 1 exactly one week after its US broadcast.
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NewsShine sells choir format to China
Shine International has sold celebrity format Clash of the Choirs to leading Chinese broadcaster CCTV1.
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NewsAl Jazeera boss replaced by Qatar royal
Al Jazeera’s director general Wadah Khanfar is stepping down after eight years to be replaced by Shaikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, a member of the Qatar royal family.
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NewsIndia to remake Money Drop
Channel 4 game show The Million Pound Drop is to be adapted for audiences in India, Egypt, Malaysia and Taiwan.
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NewsCherry Healey goes global
BBC3 documentaries fronted by Cherry Healey have been sold around the world by DRG.
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NewsBBCW taking legal action over dance format
BBC Worldwide is undertaking legal action in Italy over an alleged copy of its Dancing With the Stars format.
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NewsDownton Abbey triumphs at Emmys
ITV1 drama Downton Abbey has won four Emmy’s at the annual television awards in the US.
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NewsAlibi acquires online Murdoch
UKTVs crime channel Alibi has acquired an online spin-off series from detective show Murdoch Mysteries that it will air on TV ahead of the fifth run.
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NewsBBC Worldwide competing for scale, says CEO
RTS CAMBRIDGE: “The inability to get hold of capital” is the biggest thing preventing BBC Worldwide from competing at scale, according to its chief executive John Smith.
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NewsWarning over World Service
The integration of the World Service into the BBC could take up to five years, senior figures have warned, with cultural and budgetary tensions threatening to “drown out” the service’s international voice.
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NewsPrimeval goes dark for spin-off
Impossible Pictures has secured an order from Canadian sci-fi broadcaster Space for an “older, darker and scarier” post-watershed spin-off of dinosaur drama Primeval.
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NewsCake wins rights to Pocoyo
Cake has snapped up the distribution rights to children’s show Pocoyo, after ITV Studios Global Entertainment walked away from the series earlier this year.
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NewsParthenon boosts team as major orders come in
Parthenon Entertainment has boosted its Bristol production office with three appointments and unveiled two major commissions for broadcasters in Austria and Germany.
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News71 Degrees North goes global
ITV reality show 71 Degrees North has been sold to six new territories by Banijay International.
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Hairy Bikers ride to US
US cable channel History has commissioned BBC Worldwide Productions to make a 12 x 30-minute version of Hairy Bikers to air in the States later this year.
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NewsZodiak wins race for Usain Bolt documentaries
Zodiak Rights has acquired the international rights to a new two-part film about record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt.
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Smithsonian extends OTF deal
Smithsonian Channel and indie Off the Fence have extended their distribution agreement through 2012.
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NewsCoolabi names licensing head
Entertainment producer and rights management company Coolabi has appointed a new head of licensing.