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NewsOutright chalks up more Blood, Sweat And... sales
Outright Distribution has inked fresh sales for hit BBC3 factual franchise Blood, Sweat And…, and signed two new titles from indie Love Productions.
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NewsTarget signs up Indian Doctor
Target Entertainment has acquired international distribution rights to a forthcoming BBC1 daytime drama series starring Sanjeev Bhaskar.
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NewsDistributors Survey 2010: sneak peek
Distributors are bullish about the outlook for the coming year, after weathering the economic storm of the last 18 months, Broadcast’s Distributor Survey has revealed.
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NewsITV acquires Matt Hatter toon
ITV1 has picked up a new animated fantasy series based around a boy who must defend a ‘multiverse’.
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NewsITV’s Greatest Cities sold worldwide
Griff Rhys Jones’ ITV1 series about some of the world’s biggest and best cities are to be shown on BBC Worldwide channels.
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NewsZodiak unveils rebrand
Zodiak Entertainment is to be rebranded Zodiak Media Group following its acquisition of RDF Media Group in June.
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NewsUS gears up for Driver Dan
TwoFour54 has secured a deal with US pre-school channel Sprout to air CBeebies series Driver Dan’s Story Train.
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DRG secures BBC/C4 docs
DRG has picked up three new BBC and Channel 4 documentaries, including a film about oil company BP, and already secured pre-sales in Canada and Europe.
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NewsMarriage Ref ties knot in China
Endemol has sold Jerry Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref format into China.
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NewsAll3Media acquires Jimmy McGovern drama
All3Media has picked up the international rights to the new BBC drama from Jimmy McGovern’s RSJ Films.
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NewsCNBC promotes Casey and Juno
Business news broadcaster CNBC has promoted two senior executives in its international programming and operations units.
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NewsMTV sues Turkish distributor
MTV Networks has filed a lawsuit against a Turkish television distribution company to block its channels being aired in the country.
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NewsAn Idiot Abroad heads down under
Mentorn International has secured Antipodean pre-sales of the Sky 1 HD travel series starring the long-suffering sidekick of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
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NewsPassion signs US cable deal for Bard theft film
Passion Distribution has secured its first licence deal with US broadcaster Smithsonian Networks, for a recent BBC1 documentary.
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NewsDarlow Smithson lands survivor docs from TLC
Darlow Smithson Productions has won a brace of commissions from US cable network TLC, including a one-off film that is akin to a junior version of Touching The Void.
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NewsBack2Back dogs series adds to C5’s AFP slate
Channel 5 has secured another advertiser-funded programme for its schedule, this time based around dogs.
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NewsMercury asks fans to fund Man U doc
Distributor Mercury Media plans to used an innovative funding model to move into production for the first time, with a film about Manchester United.
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NewsDisney acquires Small Potatoes
A forthcoming CBeebies series about four singing potatoes has been picked up by Disney for broadcast in the US.
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NewsChannel 4 unveils Britdoc initiatives
Channel 4 has stepped up its commitment to documentaries after injecting £50,000 into its Britdoc Foundation and partnering with sportswear brand Puma for a range of grants and awards.
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NewsCineflix signs Colin Jarvis
Colin Jarvis, the former BBC Worldwide exec who took Strictly Come Dancing and The Weakest Link around the world, has resurfaced at Cineflix.