All International articles – Page 597
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NewsLangham named best actor as UK dominates in Monte Carlo
The UK scooped ten awards at the 46th Monte Carlo Television Festival on Saturday night, including a Golden Nymph for Bafta-winning actor Chris Langham.
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NewsAlleged sexual assault on Australian Big Brother
Endemol is embroiled in another Big Brotherscandal after an alleged sexual assault took place in the Australian house, resulting in police questioning and calls from senior MPs for the controversial reality show to be axed.
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NewsGranada International hires head of formats
Granada International (GI) has poached a 20th Century Fox director to head up its worldwide formats business, taking responsibility for series including Dancing on Iceand Nanny 911.
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NewsAmerica gets Piers
America's Got Talent, the new talent show on which former Mirroreditor Piers Morgan is appearing as a judge, debuted with ratings of over 12 million on US network NBC last week. Made by Simon Cowell's indie, Syco, and Fremantle Media, it was the most watched ...
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Southern Star bags rights to Little Devil
Australian company Southern Star International has taken the worldwide rights to new ITV comedy/drama Little Devil, as it looks to build a distribution relationship with the show's producer, Talkback Thames.
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Eastern Europe snaps up BBC dramas
BBC Worldwide has licensed over 500 hours of programming to the major broadcasters in eastern Europe, following Discop, the area's largest market for content buyers.
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BBC Worldwide builds on LA success
BBC Worldwide is to capitalise on the success of its Los Angeles production arm by opening more overseas production offices - with an announcement on locations expected within a month. The corporation's LA office makes Dancing with the Starsfor ABC, the international format of ...
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Bravo buys Blade spin-off series from Warner Bros
Bravo has acquired Blade: The Series, a scripted drama based on the hit movie trilogy about a warrior fighting his way through a shadowy underworld of vampires.
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Turner buys Canadian toon Storm Hawks
Turner Broadcasting has acquired new comedy action-adventure series Storm Hawksfrom Canadian animation house Nerd Corp Entertainment. The 52 x 30-minute series is due to air next year on Cartoon Network in the UK, France and the US.
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NewsInterview: Jeff Ford - C4's buying power
Jeff Ford, the man behind C4's latest acquisitions from the LA Screenings
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NewsRDF Media lines up 80s teen stars for sitcom
RDF Media is developing an improvised sitcom with 1980s heart-throbs Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, as its US production arm begins its move into drama and comedy genres.
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NewsRosencrantz buys Justice for Living TV
Living TV's new director of programmes, Claudia Rosencrantz, has drafted in her former ITV colleague Mark Sammon to the role of commissioning editor and made her first three big-budget programming buys.
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NewsITV plans push into US syndication
ITV is planning a push into the US syndication market as part of plans to up its profits from Granada America, the company's stateside operation.
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NewsBBC Worldwide clocks£89m profit
BBC Worldwide - the corporation's commercial arm - has hit its target of doubling profits in two years to£89m, fuelled by growth in its programme sales and home entertainment businesses.
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NewsGranada America to make paranormal show for Discovery
Granada America has picked up a commission from Discovery Channel in the US for a new paranormal reality series which attempts to solve murder cases with the help of psychic sleuths.
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Mercury racks up sales for Animal X
UK distributor Mercury Media has secured a deal with Norway's TV2 for its 10-part series on crypto-zoology Animal X: The Natural Mystery Unit.
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NewsMobile deal for Baby Cow world cup song
A teaser of Baby Cow's new animation Fulking Hillwill appear on mobiles ahead of a TV commission, following a deal brokered with Phones International Group by Target Entertainment.
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BBC Motion Gallery strikes mobile deal
BBC Motion Gallery, the footage sales arm of BBC Worldwide, has struck a deal with content aggregator Media Gateway to distribute BBC archive content to mobile phone and internet users in Europe and the Middle East .
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Bob the Builder goes interactive
Hit Entertainment has struck a deal with US games-on-demand network TVHead to develop interactive games based on a number of its hit characters, including Barney, Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder and ...
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NewsCelador International buys rights to Mr & Mrs
Classic ITV gameshow Mr & Mrsis being updated for UK and international audiences by Who Wants to be a Millionaire? distributor Celador International.