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NewsBBCW hires Endemol exec to grow brands
BBC Worldwide has appointed Endemol exec Jacob de Boer as commercial director working across global brands such as Doctor Who and Top Gear.
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NewsElectric Sky acquires Letts' Notting Hill Carnival doc
A film celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Notting Hill Carnival, produced by Don Letts’ indie Brassneck TV, has been picked up for distribution by Electric Sky.
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NewsRough Aunties goes global
Kim Longinotto’s African children doc Rough Aunties has been sold to five territories by Rise Films.
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WE TV sextuplets series to screen on Sky Real Lives
Sky Real Lives has acquired an observational documentary series about a couple with sextuplets.
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Monkey in deal with ITV Global Entertainment
Indie Monkey Kingdom has turned to ITV Global Entertainment to help expand its scripted portfolio into original dramas suitable for international sales.
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NewsDRG sells Collision in US
Digital Rights Group has sold ITV1’s upcoming drama Collision to five broadcasters, including PBS in the US.
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NewsIt's Me or the Dog goes global
Outright Distribution has sold the US version of Channel 4 reality show It’s Me or the Dog to a plethora of international broadcasters, including Network 10 in Australia.
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NewsAussie MasterChef dishes up record ratings
The Australian version of MasterChef has set a new ratings record – attracting the biggest audience share of any non-sporting event the country has even seen.
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NewsE4 takes pole position with RuPaul's Drag Race
E4 has picked up series one and two of RuPaul’s Drag Race from Passion Distribution.
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3DD elevates FD to COO and hires new sales chief
Distributor 3DD has promoted finance director Jennifer Bentley to chief operating officer (COO) and appointed a new head of sales and co-production.
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NewsITV Studios Pressure Cooker goes Dutch
ITV Studios has racked up another international co-production deal – this time with Netherlands broadcaster RTL to produce the 60 x 30-minute series Pressure Cooker.
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Done and Dusted makes Neil Diamond doc for CBS
Done and Dusted is producing an intimate 60-minute prime-time Neil Diamond special for US network CBS.
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NewsShineReveille to distribute NBC's The Wanted
ShineReveille has picked up the worldwide distribution rights to The Wanted, a new documentary series about the hunt for terrorists.
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NewsChorion secures Dan Dare rights
Chorion, the intellectual property company behind Mr Men and Noddy, has secured international licensing rights for sci-fi comic book hero Dan Dare.
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Canal+ picks up oldies’ tale with slew of UK films
Walker George’s More 4 documentary Young@Heart is heading to French TV screens after broadcaster Canal+ picked up the rights.
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Monster’s Fluffy animation series gets GMTV slot
GMTV has picked up the UK terrestrial rights to an animated pre-school series that originally aired on RTE 2 in Ireland.
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NewsBoy Meets Girl heads to Oz
ITV Global Entertainment has sold more than 40 hours of scripted content to public broadcaster ABC in Australia, including ITV1 comedy Boy Meets Girl.
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NewsBBC channels to launch in South Korea
BBC Worldwide Channels is to launch two of its new channels - BBC Entertainment and BBC Lifestyle - on South Korea’s SK Broadband platform.
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NewsTen Alps in move to tap Asian content market
Super-indie Ten Alps is finalising plans to set up a base in Asia after ruling out plans to buy any more UK producers.
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Cake to produce cartoon comedy for Canadian TV
Kids producer and distributor Cake Entertainment is co-producing a live-action comedy for Canadian kids broadcaster Teletoon.