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Optomen sells Brit hits
Optomen International has sold three of its key shows to major broadcasters in the US, Asia and Middle East.
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Euro deals for Transformers
Entertainment Rights has secured three European broadcast agreements for its new Transformers animated series.
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NewsVMTV makes triple buy-up
Virgin Media TV has made acquisitions for two of its channels, picking up two human interest documentaries for Virgin 1 and a celebrity lookalike reality series for Living 2.
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NewsShine poised for distribution move
Shine is set to move into international distribution following its£97m ($200m) acquisition of US indie Reveille.
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NewsWilloughby to head C4i
Digital Rights Group has appointed Christina Willoughby as managing director of Channel 4 International, the UK distribution company acquired by the group last year.
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NewsZodiak enters Indian TV market
Zodiak Television, the Swedish super-indie that owns UK producer Diverse, has taken a stake in an Indian production company for the first time.
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NewsPollard to help launch Indian channels
Former Sky News chief Nick Pollard is part of a UK group of TV execs and companies helping to launch 12 new channels in India.
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NewsOprah Winfrey to get her OWN network
US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey will launch a new television network with Discovery Communications that will be a 'natural extension' of her show.
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NewsDisney UK head moves to Hong Kong
Disney Channel UK is to get a new boss after managing director Rob Gilby was promoted to a senior role at the group's Asia-Pacific operation.
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NewsThe Office heads to Chile
David Brent will become Chilean following the first deal to remake BBC series The Office in Latin America.
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NewsLongford cleans up at Golden Globes
Channel 4 drama Longford won three major prizes at Hollywood's Golden Globe awards last night, including best mini-series or motion picture made for television.
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NewsAscent wins contract with TF1
Technology service provider, Ascent Media, has secured a multi-million pound contract with French broadcaster Television Francaise 1 (TF1).
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NewsFrench resistance
France 24 has strongly criticised French president Nicolas Sarkozy for saying the broadcaster should ditch its English and Arabic services and stick to French.
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NewsAscent secures contract with TF1
Technology service provider Ascent Media has secured a multi-million pound contract with French broadcaster Television Francaise 1 (TF1).
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NewsWeinstein Co strikes deal with US writers
The Weinstein Co., the US film and TV company run by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, has reached a deal to allow striking US writers to return to work for the studio.
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NewsSky One ups UK spend after US strike
Sky One is fast-tracking a number of home-grown UK projects and has freed up extra commissioning cash as a result of the ongoing US writers' strike.
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NewsITV adds key international exec
ITV has appointed Sony Pictures' Peter Iacono as the first president and managing director of ITV Worldwide.
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NewsSarkozy says 'non' to English-language news
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has said the government will stop funding the English-language version of round-the-clock news channel France 24.
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US chatshow kings return
American chatshow hosts David Letterman and Jay Leno have returned to air for the first time in two months despite the ongoing writers' strike, which shows no signs of being resolved.