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NewsGME signs Word Play deal with Target
Five’s new quiz format Word Play is to be jointly distributed by Target Entertainment Group after striking a deal with global media company Group M Entertainment (GME).
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NewsChorion unveils Octonauts
Chorion, the rights company that owns Noddy and the Mr Men, has unveiled a new preschool series that has already been picked up by CBeebies.
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Living acquires Australian ob docs
Living has acquired Australian ob doc series Nothing to Declare as part of a package deal with Cineflix International.
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NewsNat Geo goes on Border Patrol with US purchase
National Geographic Channel UK has bought a primetime US network series from Cineflix International that offers unprecedented access to the men and women who patrol America’s borders.
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NewsWorldwide sales for Wuthering Heights
New ITV period drama Wuthering Heights has been picked up for broadcast in the US, Canada and Australia.
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NewsIllegal TV downloading habits revealed
New research has revealed that US drama Heroes was the most popular illegal download this year, while Top Gear also proved popular with filesharers.
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NewsPassion sells fat teen doc to US cabler
BBC1 documentary Too Fat For 15 is to be served to viewers on US cable channel The Style Network, following a deal with Passion Distribution.
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NewsTiger Aspect links with Muppet Show creator for CBBC comedy
Tiger Aspect Productions has teamed up with The Muppet Show creator The Jim Henson Company for a new drama about a group of friendly monsters.
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News2waytraffic sells Pyramid to Egypt
2waytraffic has sold a hat trick of formats, including Pyramid, to a broadcaster in Egypt.
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NewsAustralia to Come Dine With Me
Channel 4 cookery series Come Dine With Me is to be adapted for Australian audiences by Granada.
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NewsDone and Dusted, North One win F1 Rocks shows
Indies North One and Done and Dusted have won lucrative contracts to produce programmes based around F1 Rocks, the new live music event to be staged at Formula 1 race locations around the world.
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NewsElectric Sky spreads factual pandemic
The outbreak of swine flu has proved a boost to distributor Electric Sky which has secured multiple sales of documentary The Virus Empire.
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NewsE4 buys hit Comedy Central sketch show
E4 has bought the UK rights to Comedy Central sketch show Important Things with Demetri Martin.
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NewsBravo grabs Fremantle’s Deadliest Warrior for UK
Bravo has secured the exclusive UK rights to Fremantle Media Enterprises’ multiplatform series Deadliest Warrior, which pits the most feared warriors in history against each other to determine who would win in a fight.
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NewsITVS scores Italian buyer for The Colour of Money
ITV Studios has made the first international sale of gameshow format The Colour of Money, selling a 60 x 30-minute run to Italy’s Italia 1.
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NewsDCD Rights snaps up BBC dramas
The distribution rights to the BBC’s upcoming dramas Land Girls and Breaking the Mould have been snapped up by DCD Rights (DCDR), after it invested in both series using its new £10m Acquisition Fund.
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NewsDiscovery buys Miami SWAT in new Target sales
Sky 1’s 10-part drama-doc Miami SWAT has been sold to Discovery Network feeds in numerous territories as part of a raft of sales totalling 500 hours for distributor Target.
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NewsBBC adaptation heads to the US
The BBC’s adaptation of award-winning novel Small Island will air in the US following a move by PBS, a key investor in UK drama, to come on board as co-producer.
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NewsDistraction goes under
International TV format house Distraction has gone into liquidation after 12 years in operation.
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BBCW sells Great format to Slovakia
The Great Britons format is to be adapted for audiences in Slovakia following a deal between BBC Worldwide and free-to-air broadcaster Slovak TV.