All International articles – Page 526
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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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Comment
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.
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Living acquires US version of 10 Years Younger
MipTV: Living has acquired nearly 200 episodes of 10 Years Younger US from Target Entertainment Group.