All International articles – Page 521
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ITV to air fewer acquisitions
ITV has revealed it will show fewer internationally produced shows in the coming years as director of acquisitions Jay Kandola prepares to leave the broadcaster in June.
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Shine to head down under
Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group has hired Fremantle Media Australia chiefs Mark and Carl Fennessy to head up a new Australian division.
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ITV Global seeks 50% co-pro deal on format sales
ITV Global Entertainment will only sell formats to international broadcasters or producers if it can agree at least a 50% co-production credit for the shows.
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Rival Media wins RTE2 agony aunt show
Rival Media will ask youngsters to act as agony aunts in one of a pair of commissions from Irish channel RTÉ2.
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Russia to air Hudson plane crash doc
Darlow Smithson Production's (DSP) fast turnaround documentary Miracle of the Hudson Plane Crash has been sold to Channel One in Russia.
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Parthenon wins myth series commission
Parthenon Entertainment has won its biggest series commission to date, a 13 x 30-minute series for National Geographic Channels International that will debunk the myths surrounding famous historical figures.
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Target takes Josef Fritzl doc global
Target Entertainment has sold Sky 1 documentary Josef Fritzl: Story of a Monster to eight broadcasters around the world.
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Antonioni quits ITV brands role
ITV Global Entertainment's commercial brands director Gustavo Antonioni has left the broadcaster after taking voluntary redundancy.
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DLT to take C4 execs to the US for drama
The indie behind My Family is flying a pair of Channel 4 executives out to Los Angeles to thrash out ideas for a drama penned by a US writing team.
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Comment
Blog: Russian reality
Award-winning producer Ciuin Doherty went on an incredible journey travelling to Moscow to adapt formats such as Wife Swap, The Block and Identity for Russian viewers. It is a tale that features porn stars, warring couples and plenty of vodka.
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Ratings
ER ends with 16.2m
After 15 years of emergencies, operations and shocks, ER came to an end in the US with a strong 16.2m viewers.
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Five's Roary racing to Canada
MipTV: Five preschool series Roary the Racing Car is on the road to Canada following a deal with Treehouse TV.
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Fremantle: UK format dominance is waning
FremantleMedia senior executive vice-president of entertainment Rob Clark has warned that the UK's dominance of the formats business will slip in the face of stronger competition from abroad.
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Sky Real Lives to air US reality show Diet Tribe
Sky Real Lives has acquired a reality weight loss series that originally broadcast on US cable network Lifetime.
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Features
The Buyer: Amanda Stevens
Amanda Stevens is head of acquisition and digital media at Comedy Central
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MipTV 09: Round-up
As the MipTV market in Cannes wraps up, Broadcastnow presents a selection of choice stories from throughout the week.
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Talking Point: MipTV
Last week we asked: Will UK content sell well at MipTV?72% said Yes 28% said No
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Virgin Media's Sit-Up TV sold to German company
Virgin Media has sold its Sit-Up TV business to Munich-based Aurelius for an undisclosed fee.
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Chuggington on track to Japan
MipTV: CBeebies CGI train series Chuggington has been sold to Japan's leading commercial broadcaster by Ludorum.