All International articles – Page 536
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NewsLost tribe's secrets to be revealed on Nat Geo
Essential Film and Television has been commissioned to make a one-off documentary about a recently discovered tribe for National Geographic.
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NewsID inks Reef deal
ID Distribution has acquired the distribution rights to the second series of Reef Television's BBC1 antiques series Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
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NewsC4 names Jeff Ford replacement
Gill Hay, current deputy director of acquisitions at Channel 4, is to be promoted to director of programme acquisitions, taking over from the outgoing head Jeff Ford.
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NewsITV Studios set to snap up US indies
ITV managing director of global content Lee Bartlett is eyeing more US indies to bring under the new ITV Studios umbrella.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: Fashion Strip
Contestants must dress to impress in a revealing fashion-based gameshow.
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DCD Rights lands sales for shock-docs
DCD Rights has sold the shock-documentaries The Girl with Two Faces and My Big Fat Mexican Wedding to multiple territories.
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NewsFiver picks up Beach Patrol from Target
Five's digital channel Fiver has acquired premiere rights to US crime reality series Beach Patrol, which previously debuted in the UK on Zone Reality.
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NewsFirst MySpace commission for RDF
RDF USA has produced original web series The Lost Archives of Quincy Taylor for MySpaceTV.
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NewsBBC's Gardner follows Tranter to US
Julie Gardner, head of drama for BBC Wales, is to join the corporation's outgoing director of fiction Jane Tranter in the US.
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CommentBlog: The changing face of election coverage
Behind this week's Obama victory is an evolution of the use of media in Presidential campaigning that will have a profound effect on how all future elections are run around the world, writes Pat Younge.
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NewsFME invests millions in Spike
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has struck a multi-million dollar deal with US male-skewed channel Spike TV to help finance and market four of its original series worldwide.
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NewsEndemol names SA bosses
Endemol has appointed senior executives Levern Engel and Sivan Pillay to co-head its South Africa branch.
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NewsBBC drama and factual shows head to NZ
Jonathan Dimbleby's epic journey across Russia that aired in May is to be seen by viewers in New Zealand as part of a raft of sales by BBC Worldwide to Prime Television.
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NewsCineflix names acquisitions head
Cineflix International has hired a head of acquisitions to “substantially increase” the number of titles in the distributor's catalogue.
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NewsEnd BBCW first-look deal, producers tell MPs
BBC Worldwide is “systematically underpaying” the BBC for distribution rights, Fremantle Media chief executive Tony Cohen has told MPs.
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NewsER may have to sell crown jewel brands
Entertainment Rights, the owner of Postman Pat and Rupert Bear, has warned it may have to sell off key characters to stay afloat and that job losses are “inevitable”.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: Make It Short
A reality competition from Canada seeks out the next generation of film-makers.
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More 4 to air Pia Getty's China arts doc
An hour-long documentary on Chinese modern art from Pia Getty Films has been bought by More 4.
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Nat Geo Wild gets new litter of dog shows
National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has picked up the fourth and fifth series of Dog Whisperer and will transfer the show to the Nat Geo Wild channel.
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NewsUS demand drives British sales surge
US demand for British formats helped drive up international sales of British TV programmes in 2007 by 23% to£663m, according to Pact's annual UK Television Exports Survey.