All International articles – Page 557
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NewsMTV and Swatch bolster partnership
MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and Swiss watchmaker Swatch have extended their multi-million dollar partnership for the latest series of MTV’s user-generated content show, MTV’s Best. Show. Ever.
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NewsUS remake for Time Team
MIPTV: Channel 4 International and US public broadcaster PBS have struck a deal for the production of a US version of Time Team.
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NewsITV acquires sci-fi drama
MIPTV: ITV has acquired the UK rights to Sanctuary, a new sci-fi series from the creators of Stargate: SG-1.
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NewsDiscovery and Five strike factual ent deal
MIPTV: Discovery Networks UK has penned a deal with Five to provide new and finished productions of its factual entertainment slate.
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NewsAngelina Ballerina goes CGI
MIPTV: Hit Entertainment is to co-produce a CGI remake of its children's series Angelina Ballerina for US PBS station Thirteen/WNET New York and Nick Jr in the UK.
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NewsAardman's Timmy heading worldwide with Disney
MIPTV: Disney Channel's around the world have unanimously acquired animated series Timmy from Wallace and Gromit-creator Aardman Animations.
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NewsLeopard sells C4 doc to ITV4
MIPTV: Leopard Films has struck a raft of deals for its factual series across Europe, including the sale of its Channel 4 documentary Reigning in Hell to ITV4.
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NewsEuro deals for Trivial Pursuit
MIPTV: Debmar-Mercury International, the UK-based distribution arm of US producer Debmar Mercury, has struck its first European deals for a new gameshow based on the classic board game Trivial Pursuit.
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NewsFremantle ties with Japanese producer
MIPTV: Fremantle Media has struck an alliance deal with Japanese producer TV Man Union to swap formats and develop original content for the Japanese market.
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NewsSales for Tiny Tearaways
MIPTV: Outline Productions' fourth series of BBC3 reality hit All New House of Tiny Tearaways has been licensed to Vitaya in Belgium and MTV3 in Finland.
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NewsRDF strikes truTV deals
MIPTV: RDF Rights has secured a raft of sales for recently rebranded US cable network truTV, including a major package deal with Discovery in the UK.
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NewsAlchemy picks up CBS drama series
MIPTV: London and LA-based Alchemy Television is ramping up its drama series slate, with the acquisition of international rights to new CBS drama Flashpoint.
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NewsFiver buys Fashionista from Disney
MIPTV: Five's rebranded digital chanel Fiver has acquired reality series The Fashionista Diaries from Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT).
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NewsITV plans global production bases
ITV has handed its top German executive the responsibility of setting up production operations across Europe and in emerging markets around the world.
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NewsER granted one final season
Medical drama ER is to end after its next season, US network NBC has announced.
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NewsRoman's Empire to conquer US
US network ABC has greenlit a pilot based on the BBC2 comedy series Roman's Empire.
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NewsSony unveils new formats
Sony Pictures Television International is preparing to unveil one of Shine's first formats to the international market at MipTV.
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NewsMTV hands BBCW New York outpost its first commission
BBC Worldwide America's New York production office has won its first commission, making a six-part talent search series for MTV.
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NewsElvis Costello to host live music series
Elvis Costello is to front a new live music show featuring living legends and rising stars that will be produced by Elton John's Rocket Pictures and aired on Channel 4.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: 71 Degrees North
Contestants can expect a frosty reception in a reality endurance format from Scandinavia.