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NewsFYI hunts 'alternative' ideas from UK
Jana Bennett, president of US channel FYI has revealed the channel is hunting for shows focused on “alternative lifestyles” and unveiled a host of series from UK producers.
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NewsFox acquires Marvel's Agent Carter
UK pay-TV broadcaster Fox has acquired period superhero drama Marvel’s Agent Carter.
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NewsProSiebenSat.1 eyes drama co-pros
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 is looking to develop long-running drama procedurals with UK producers and writers as part of its international co-productions drive.
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NewsSky Atlantic ties with NBC on plague drama
Sky Atlantic has partnered with US network NBC and Fortitude producer Fifty Fathoms on a big-budget plague drama from the writer of The Imitation Game and the director of World War Z.
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NewsSky to take arts to next level
Sky wants producers from the UK, Italy and Germany to bring it big budget ambitious arts projects for its new production hub in Milan.
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NewsSky Europe to centralise US acquisitions
Sky is to centralise the acquisition of big-budget US drama and comedy across its three main territories for the first time.
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NewsFX heads to Wales for Bastard Executioner series
US drama The Bastard Executioner, which was created by Sons of Anarchy’s Kurt Sutter, is to start filming in Wales this summer after being picked up by cable network FX.
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NewsZodiak secures Versailles sales
Versailles, the English-language Canal+ drama written by Simon Mirren and David Wolstencroft, has been pre-sold in Germany and Spain by Zodiak Rights.
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NewsLA Screenings: the data
Broadcast breaks down the figures for the latest US series set to be picked up around the world
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NewsTwofour developing Educating America
Twofour’s Educating… is heading to the US after cable broadcaster Esquire Network began developing a local version of the docu-series.
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NewsBBC Brit car series to air in UK
BBC Brit’s first original commission, car format Mud, Sweat And Gears, is to air in the UK after BBC Worldwide closed a deal with pay-TV broadcaster History.
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NewsAll3Media America scores US drama pilot
All3Media America’s march into drama has taken a step forward after scoring a pilot for US cable network E!, written by Mad Men’s Jonathan Abrahams and produced by Objective Productions USA.
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NewsFormer Culture Show editor wins 75-part Bloomberg arts series
An indie founded by former Culture Show editor Eddie Morgan has secured a three-year deal with Bloomberg TV to make a 75-part art series.
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NewsWorld Media Rights wins American Heroes series
Discovery-owned US network American Heroes Channel has ordered a three-part World War II series from UK indie World Media Rights.
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NewsLeftfield hires Optomen exec
Leftfield Entertainment has established a production company which will produce “smart and authentic” digital programming.
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NewsVivendi targets acquisitions
Happy Valley indie Red Production Company is set to become part of an enlarged global content group after its parent company Vivendi prepares to join the acquisitions trail.
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NewsSharon Horgan indie wins HBO series
HBO has commissioned a full series of Sharon Horgan-penned sitcom Divorce after a successful pilot in December last year.
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NewsMeet the international stars
Broadcast reveals its second group of up-and-coming execs making their mark in global TV
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NewsMiramax steps up TV plans
Pulp Fiction and Good Will Hunting distributor Miramax is ramping up its plans to move further into TV production following the success of Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn.
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NewsTVF strikes 4K doc deals
Japanese broadcaster NTT Plala has acquired a raft of 4K documentaries from UK distributor TVF International.