All International articles – Page 588
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NewsFremantle adds Disney exec to licensing team
FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW) has appointed Sarah Marti to the newly created position of creative services executive.
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NewsHit appoints new Latin American exec
Hit Entertainment has appointed Rodrigo Pizà to the position of vice president, TV for Latin America.
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NewsDancing With The Stars waltzes to China
China is to make its own version of international hit Dancing With The Starsfollowing a deal between Hunan Television and BBC Worldwide.
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NewsABC orders fourth series of Wife Swap
American network ABC has ordered a fourth series of Wife Swapfrom RDF USA.
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NewsFrasier star mulls new TV comedy role
Frasierstar Kelsey Grammer is being lined up to play an anchorman at a local TV station in a comedy pilot for 20th Century Fox.
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NewsShed beefs up US slate
Shed owned indie Ricochet has secured a new commission from major US network ABC and been recommissioned to make a fourth series of Supernanny USA.
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NewsPortman buys Party Animals rights
Portman Film and Television has acquired the inter-national distribution rights to World Productions' Party Animals.
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NewsFremantle improvises comedy for ITV
Fremantle Media is developing comedy improvisation format Thank God You're Here for ITV1.
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NewsDecode sells Sketch show to Nicktoons
Decode Entertainment has sold kids animation series Planet Sketchto Nickelodeon's 24-hour US animation network Nicktoons Network.
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NewsScreentime gets Outright rebrand
Screentime Partners, the international distributor acquired by Shed for£2m last autumn, is being rebranded as Outright Distribution as it looks to increase its line-up of third-party producers and expand into new genres.
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NewsMurdoch linked to Endemol bid
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is interested in making a bid for Endemol, according to a Spanish newspaper report.
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NewsTiger Aspect expands US presence
IMG-owned Tiger Aspect is expanding its presence in the US with the opening of a New York office and the appointment of a new head of development.
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NewsTarget strikes Natpe deals
Independent producer and distributor Target Entertainment has returned from Natpe with a string of sales secured across the US and Latin America, including a raft of deals with BBC America.
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NewsNBC orders comedy format from Fremantle
US network NBC has ordered 6 x 60-minute episodes of FremantleMedia North America's new improvisational comedy series Thank God You're Here.
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NewsWorldwide strikes doc deals
BBC Worldwide has sold two packages of documentary titles to Ecuavisa in Ecuador and Globo in Brazil.
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NewsWho Wants to Be a Millionaire? sold to China
Celador International has licenced Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?to China Media Power, which will produce and broadcast a Chinese version to be shown on all the major channels in the country.
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NewsNBC orders The IT Crowd pilot
US network NBC has given the go-ahead for a pilot episode of Talkback Thames' Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd.
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NewsFirst orders for Gaelic channel
The Gaelic Media Service (GMS) has commissioned the first round of programmes to feature on its dedicated Gaelic digital channel due to launch later this year.
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NewsAntena 3 picks up Thomas for Spain
Hit Entertainment has sold three series of Thomas & Friendsto Spanish broadcaster Antena 3.


















