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NewsBBC2 buys rights to Ad Hoc’s QPR story
The tempestuous boardroom activities at Queens Park Rangers Football Club are the focus of a documentary acquired by BBC2.
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NewsC4 orders Springer’s Baggage pilot in deal with Chocolate
Channel 4 is gearing up to pilot a UK version of Game Show Network’s Jerry Springer-fronted dating show Baggage.
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NewsC5 goes Inside the Titanic with Dangerous Films
Channel 5 has picked up the UK rights to Inside the Titanic, a big-budget factual drama from producer Dangerous Films.
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Southern Star names new CEO
Southern Star, the Australian production giant owned by Endemol, has hired a Seven Network executive as its new chief executive.
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NewsBBCW merges acquisition teams
BBC Worldwide has restructured its content and production arm, merging its in-house and indie acquisition teams to create genre specialists.
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NewsAsk Rhod Gilbert optioned in US
BBC1 entertainment show Ask Rhod Gilbert is to be adapted for audiences in the US and Denmark.
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NewsCBBC partners with ZDF on Wolfblood
CBBC is teaming up with German broadcaster ZDF to produce a werewolf drama.
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NewsAtom to produce Ultimate Cops for Discovery
Bristol indie Atom Productions International is to make a major new police series for Discovery.
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NewsSyfy travels to NZ for fantasy drama
A New Zealand fantasy drama about four brothers who inherit superpowers has been picked up for broadcast by Syfy.
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NewsNorth One Australia lands series with child star
North One’s Aussie arm has won a commission to make a kids adventure series featuring ‘Australia’ child star Brandon Walters.
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NewsDisaster and dictators dominate 2011 news
Natural disasters, the downfall of dictators and the Royal wedding dominated international broadcasters’ output over the last 12 months, according to new figures from the Associated Press.
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Children's classics get CBeebies treatment
Eight well-loved children’s books are being turned into a series of short films for BBC Worldwide’s global preschool network CBeebies.
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NewsDave acquires Storage Hunters
Dave has picked up the UK rights to a new fly on the wall format from US indie T Group, as part of a swathe of deals brokered via Target.
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NewsParade's End sold to France
BBC Worldwide has secured its first ever pre-sale deal with French broadcaster Arte for a forthcoming adaptation of Parade’s End.
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NewsShine secures first look with Absolutely Independent
Shine Group has struck a first look production deal with Absolutely Independent, the format house behind new ITV game show The Exit List.
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NewsTime Warner back in for Endemol
Time Warner is ready to pay €1bn in cash for Endemol, which is itself focused on restructuring its €2bn of debt.
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NewsBBC World News doubles US reach
The BBC has secured its biggest deal for the World News channel since it launched in 1995, doubling its US reach.
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NewsC5 snares ThunderCats reboot
Channel 5 has secured the free-to-air rights to the remake of classic 1980s cartoon ThunderCats.
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NewsBBC3 eyes The Voice US
BBC3 is close to securing the rights of the US version of The Voice, to air after the UK version debuts on BBC1 next year.
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NewsShazam moves into TV commerce
Shazam, the mobile music recognition service, has struck a new deal in the US that will enable viewers to identify and buy products that appear in TV shows.