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News1 vs 100 sold to China
Endemol is making a Chinese version of hit game show 1 vs 100 for Hunan Television in a six-figure deal.
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NewsBBCW takes Top Gear on the road
BBC Worldwide is to launch Top Gear as an international live event as part of plans to beef up its roster of touring shows.
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Brann signed up to spread Love overseas
Love Productions has appointed former Channel 4 head of business affairs Andrew Brann as managing director to help boost its prospects for international growth.
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ID picks up Animal Rescue
ID Distribution is taking True North's Animal Rescue Squad to the international market.
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Baines quits Paramount Comedy
Paramount Comedy head of acquisitions and digital media Sarah Baines has called time on her career at the Viacom-owned channel.
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NewsNat Geo names distribution head
US factual giant National Geographic has appointed IMG executive Maurice van Sabben as president of its London-based programme distribution arm, with an expanded remit to grow the company's digital business outside the US.
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NewsChinese makeover for Ugly Betty
Chinese broadcaster Hunan TV is to make a local version of hit US series Ugly Betty.
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NewsITV to merge GI and Ventures
ITV is restructuring its global business and has announced plans to merge distribution arm Granada International with merchandise and licensing arm Granada Ventures.
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NewsWDYTYA goes to NBC
Hit BBC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? has been picked up by US network NBC and will be made by Wall to Wall and Friends star Lisa Kudrow's production outfit.
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NewsLadies Detectives get full series
The BBC has partnered with HBO and The Weinstein Company to order a full series of upcoming drama The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.
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NewsFremantle brings Teenage Kicks to Cannes
A new ITV sitcom starring Adrian Edmondson and Kudos Film & Television's teen drama Nearly Famous are among the highlights of FremantleMedia Enterprises' programme slate at next month's Mip TV. Produced by Phil McIntyre Entertainment for ITV1, Teenage Kicks (8 x 30-mins) sees Edmondson playing a middle-aged divorced dad who ...
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NewsNBC orders comedy pilot from Reveille and Power
Drama producer and distributor Power has secured its second order from US network NBC, this time for a remake of a Peruvian comedy, with Justin Timberlake on board as executive producer. Based on the Peruvian hit My Problem with Women, the series is being adapted by Reveille, the US production ...
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NewsAbbey strikes DVD deal with Sesame Workshop
Children's producer and distributor Abbey Home Media has struck a deal with Sesame Workshop, the US producers of Sesame Street, to exclusively distribute its DVD titles in the UK and Eire.
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NewsPortman picks up Ullman's State of the Union
DRG-owned Portman Film & Television has picked up two new comedies from Allan McKeown Presents, including Tracey Ullman's new US comedy State of the Union.
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NewsHit launches iTunes channels
Hit Entertainment has become the latest UK distributor to make its programmes available for purchase and download from the iTunes store in the UK.
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NewsFremantle strikes download deal
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has struck a deal with download service Coolroom that will see classic series such as Dangermouse and Baywatch available to own and rent online.
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NewsGalleon teams with Chelsea for Chinese football show
Aim-listed Galleon Holdings has struck a deal with premiere league football club Chelsea to produce a new football talent search show in China.
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NewsMonster inks more deals for Planet Rock
Dublin-based Monster Distributes has struck a raft of new deals for its celebrity biography series, Planet Rock Profiles.
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NewsDawn's further tales from LA
Dawn Porter continues her exclusive blog for Broadcastnow following her experiences making a new Channel 4 series in the US.
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NewsBBCW says 'Allo 'Allo to Germany
British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo has been sold to Germany - despite the shows famously anti-German stance.