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NewsDRG teams with Canada’s CBC
MIPTV: Distributor DRG has signed a two-year deal with Canada’s public broadcaster to sell its formats globally and establish a “significant” development fund.
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NewsSky Italia joins The Medici
MIPTV: A new BBC drama epic, made by Spooks indie Kudos, has secured a new co-production partner in Italy.
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NewsArnesen signs with Hasbro
MIPTV: Finn Arnesen, the Turner Broadcasting exec who left the kids broadcaster last year, has resurfaced at Hasbro Studios.
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NewsTurner to open Middle East unit with Twofour54
Turner Broadcasting is to launch a Middle Eastern animation school and studio in partnership with Abu Dhabi-based producer Twofour54.
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NewsOff the Fence to co-produce Wildest Africa
MIPTV: Off the Fence Productions is to co-produce HD series Wildest Africa, a sweeping look at the continent’s diverse ecology partly commissioned by UKTV-owned channel Eden.
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NewsUS comedy La La Land coming to BBC3
BBC3 has bought La La Land, the debut US series from British comedian Marc Wootton.
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NewsTF1 picks up ITV Studios’ TV movies
MIPTV: French broadcaster TF1 has agreed to an ongoing television movie output deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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NewsFremantle widens format net
MIPTV: Broadcasters are securing more hits from emerging territories as prejudice about where shows come from “melts away”, FremantleMedia chief executive Tony Cohen has claimed.
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NewsDRG acquires Treasure Tag
MIPTV: So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley is in Cannes promoting a new treasure hunt format, which has been acquired for distribution by DRG.
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NewsWorld at War to be remastered
MIPTV: Classic documentary series The World at War is to be remastered and re-released later this year.
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NewsWeakest Link tops 40th format sale
Macedonia is set to get its very own Anne Robinson in a forthcoming adaptation of BBC quiz show The Weakest Link.
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NewsMTV to pilot Style Date
MTV is piloting a new format based on a popualr Irish series in which men attempt to win a date using their fashion sense.
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NewsWallace & Gromit head down under
Aardman Rights has sold its new Wallace and Gromit science show to ABC Australia as part of a raft of deals ahead of MipTV.
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NewsOprah to swap day for night
Chat show host Oprah Winfrey will switch to a night time slot on her new channel.
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NewsGreen light for Shameless US
A premium cable channel in the US has ordered 12 new episodes of the popular British TV drama Shameless.
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NewsWarner Bros unveils flash dance format
Warner Bros is to unveil a new ‘flash mob’ dance format at MipTV hosted by a British presenter and starring the choreographer of Michael Jackson’s This Is It.
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FeaturesMipTV 2010: Kids hot picks
Even during a downturn, the range of projects coming through in the kids market is vast.
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NewsBBC America hires first multiplatform chief
BBC Worldwide executive John Taite is to take on a new role heading up BBC America’s multiplatform strategy.
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FeaturesMipTV 2010: Drama/comedy hot picks
In today’s competitive market, dramas need to be standout events with promotional hooks - or the kind of long-running repeatable franchises that US studios deliver year after year (House, CSI, 24, Grey’s Anatomy).
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FeaturesMipTV 2010: Entertainment hot picks
With brands such as Idol, Got Talent and The X Factor drawing huge ratings on free-to-air channels, the entertainment sector has done a lot to convince market analysts that digital media does not mean the death of traditional television.