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NewsITVS names Silverback boss
ITV Studios has named Hans Engholm as the new chief executive of its Swedish-based production company Silverback.
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NewsBattle begins for US hits
Competition will be fierce at this year’s LA Screenings as broadcasters battle to acquire the best from a bumper crop of new US comedy and drama.
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NewsDRG picks up Pixelface in multiplatform drive
DRG has acquired CBBC’s Pixelface as it kicks off a drive to offer multiplatform content to international broadcasters.
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NewsAP and PA join forces to shake up archive sector
Associated Press is partnering with the Press Association in a deal that could challenge the established UK news archive market for the first time in 20 years.
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NewsITV1 acquires CGI dino film
ITV1 has acquired the rights to March of the Dinosaurs, a feature-length CGI film tracing the 1,000-mile migration once trekked by the extinct beasts.
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NewsFX UK snaps up rights to Spielberg’s alien invasion
FX UK is to air Steven Spielberg’s new alien drama Falling Skies three weeks after its US broadcast, after snapping up the UK rights from Turner Broadcasting System International.
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NewsWide-Eyed takes entertainment format to Canada
MIPTV: Indie Wide-Eyed Entertainment has teamed with Canada’s public broadcaster to develop a new entertainment format.
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First Hand to adapt BBC 'primetime' doc
MIPTV: Distributor First Hand Films has finalised a deal with the BBC to produce an international version of the US doc series America in Primetime.
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NewsIdiot goes further abroad
Hit Sky1 travel series An Idiot Abroad, starring Ricky Gervais sidekick Karl Pilkington, has been picked up in new territories around the world.
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NewsSky Arts to air sextuplets series
Sky Arts is to screen a series on the phenomenon of sextuplets, as part of a raft of sales by indie Off the Fence.
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NewsDiscovery first to buy Gypsy Weddings in acquisitions strategy
Firecracker Films’ ratings smash Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is to air in seven Discovery Networks Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa (CEEMEA) territories as the broadcaster hones its acquisitions strategy.
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NewsUndercover Boss US to return
A US version of Undercover Boss, made by Studio Lambert, is to return for a third season on the CBS network.
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NewsC4 nets Dolphin Boy doc
Channel 4 has netted a new documentary about a traumatised young man who was brought back from the brink by working with dolphins.
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NewsZig Zag USA wins Syfy order for life-change series
Zig Zag USA is understood to have won its first commission since appointing executive vice-president Matt Gould to drive forward its US division.
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NewsCineflix picks up rights to Steadfast back catalogue
Distributor Cineflix International has secured the rights to defunct indie Steadfast Television’s back catalogue and is already close to securing sales in a number of territories.
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NewsDarlow floats house for Nat Geo
Darlow Smithson is making a new series for Nat Geo that will attempt seemingly impossible feats, including an experiment inspired by animated film Up.
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NewsLion seeks to roll out HD Lab to US schools
Lion Interactive is stepping up its bid to secure funding for educational website HD Lab, an online spin-off of TV show History Detectives.
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NewsBBCW takes ‘Upstairs’ Down Under
BBC SHOWCASE: BBC Worldwide has secured its first international sales of period drama Upstairs Downstairs.
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NewsBBCW seals NZ deals
BBC SHOWCASE: BBC Worldwide has secured a series of new agreements that will see Upstairs Downstairs and Come Fly With Me air in New Zealand.
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NewsKeo signs first international Landshare deal
Keo Digital has secured its first international digital rights deal, licensing its Landshare website in Australia