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NewsITV Studios picks up medical drama
ITV Studios, Global Entertainment has acquired a new medical drama for international distribution.
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NewsDisney strikes on-demand movie deal
IPTV platform FetchTV has secured the rights to films such as Doubt and Calendar Girls in a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television.
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NewsTarget acquires rights to Hasselhoff docs
Target Entertainment Group has picked up the distribution rights to Meet the Hasselhoffs, the series of ob doc specials that launched this week on Living.
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NewsIMG Entertainment secures 9/11 doc
IMG Entertainment has secured the worldwide rights to distribute Darlow Smithson’s Channel 4 documentary 9/11: Phone Calls From The Towers, excluding Eire, UK and US.
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NewsParthenon hires Hit’s Shanks for first MD position
Parthenon Entertainment has appointed Hit Entertainment exec Mike Shanks as the company’s first managing director.
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NewsBBCW makes inroads into Europe with output deals
BBC Worldwide has made fresh distribution headway into central and eastern Europe and strengthened its foothold in Scandinavia after concluding five significant output deals.
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News2waytraffic to offer fresh fact ent at Mipcom
Sony Pictures Entertainment-owned 2waytraffic is to launch three new shows to the international market next month, including the US version of Dragons’ Den.
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NewsTake Me Out heads for Japan
Fremantle Media has sold its dating format Take Me Out to Japanese broadcaster TBS, just weeks after selling the show to ITV.
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RDF Rights seals deal to distribute Macqueen films
RDF Rights has signed a deal to distribute the first slate of films from former C4 head of documentaries Angus Macqueen’s indie Ronachan Films.
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NewsSky Real Lives picks up Little Couple
Sky Real Lives has acquired US reality series The Little Couple from Endemol’s Worldwide Distribution.
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NewsDiscovery boosts acquisitions arm with ex-ITV exec
Discovery Networks International has hired former ITV Global Entertainment director of business and legal affairs Helen Fox Gladwell to spearhead its acquisitions team.
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NewsNew Bollywood video service from BT
A new video on demand service offering Bollywood and south Asian music and films will be launched as a result of a five-year BT Vision deal.
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More 4 lands UK rights for HBO’s ‘huge’ comedy
More 4 has picked up the UK rights to the latest HBO hit comedy drama, Hung.
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JimJam expands into Indonesia
JimJam, the pre-school kids channel operated by Hit Entertainment and Chello Zone, is to launch in Indonesia.
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NewsMTV plans US series of Skins
The makers of an US version of hit British teen drama Skins have promised to “preserve the authenticity” of the UK version.
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NewsKrod Mandoon axed
The BBC has confirmed it will not order a second series of “swords and sandals” comedy Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire after its funding partner pulled out.
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Good Food orders the best of Oz food talent
UKTV’s Good Food has acquired 28 hours of content featuring the best Australian culinary talent, including three series from Fremantle Media Enterprises.
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NewsPassion sells Baby Beauty Queens
Passion Distribution has secured sales of Landmark Films’ Baby Beauty Queens to a raft of broadcasters.
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NewsFirecracker heads for US and drafts in Oriel
Firecracker Films has opened a US office and drafted in former IWC Media managing director Sue Oriel to help develop the business.
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NewsBBCW to rebrand Prime as Entertainment
BBC Worldwide is to rebrand its BBC Prime channel as BBC Entertainment across Europe and the Middle East.