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NewsUS orders boost business for September
September Films has won more than $6m (£2.9m) worth of US business in two major orders from US cable network WE: Women’s Entertainment tv and The History Channel.
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BBC4 airs Father Ted doc
BBC4 is to air a documentary made for Irish broadcaster RTE that tells the story of Ireland’s most notorious priest.
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Talent grows in Japan deal
Talent Television has extended its relationship with Japanese indie TV Man Union following four Test the Nation specials for Japanese network TV Asahi.
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Indies sign up to Disney
Coolabi and Blue-Zoo Productions have become the first companies to develop kids shows with Disney Channel Worldwide’s global original programming hub.
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NewsTarget signs V Good deal
Target Entertainment has signed a development deal with V Good Films for all its fictional output.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: Celebrity
A new show from Spain is promising to find the next generation of talented artistes.
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NewsBBCW sells People's Quiz around Europe
BBC Worldwide has sold the Fever Media format The People’s Quiz to broadcasters in Spain and Belgium.
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NewsVerve signs first-look distribution deal
C4I has signed a first-look deal with new factual indie Verve Productions.
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NewsSetanta secures World Cup qualifiers
Setanta Sports has boosted its live football portfolio by securing exclusive rights to the home nations’ 2010 World Cup away qualifiers.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: To Understand and Forgive
A show from Russia is being touted as a new TV genre: the psychotherapy docu-drama.
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NewsUK Writers Guild to demonstrate
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain is to hold a public demonstration this week in support of the American screenwriters strike.
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NewsC4I acquired by Digital Rights Group
The long anticipated sale of distributor Channel 4 International to the Digital Rights Group (DRG) has been completed.
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NewsDiverse to invest in indie start-ups
Diverse is set to become the UK’s next super-indie after Scandinavian owner Zodiak gave it the go-ahead to invest in at least three start-up indies over the next 12 months.
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Miles calls time at ID Distribution
ID Distribution chief executive officer Sally Miles will leave her post at the end of the year.
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CommentA business model for striking writers
Disgruntled US writers might take encouragement from a spate of new media deals, argues Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsAll3 goes global with the Underdog Show
BBC format The Underdog Show is to be remade in seven territories around the world following a series of deals struck by All3Media International.
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NewsScandinavia sales for C4I factual slate
Distributor Channel 4 International has sold a raft of factual and comedy shows to broadcasters in Scandinavia.
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Prison breaks up early
US drama Prison Break, which airs on Sky One in the UK, has come off the air for its Christmas break one month early.
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NewsFremantle sells Brits down under
FremantleMedia Enterprises has sold 84 hours of lifestyle and music programming to Australian pay-TV operator XYZ.
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NewsRDF Rights picks up Extreme Pilgrim
RDF Rights has acquired the international distribution rights to BBC2’s new factual entertainment series Extreme Pilgrim.