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NewsElectric Sky secures NZ deal
Channel 4 series Glamour Puds and A Place in the Sun will soon be broadcast in New Zealand, following sales by Electric Sky.
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NewsFremantleMedia acquires Blu
FremantleMedia has completed the full acquisition of Scandinavian production company Blu.
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NewsShah to leave BBCW
Senior BBC Worldwide exec Monisha Shah is to step down after more than a decade at the distributor.
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NewsCurb Your Enthusiasm to return for eighth run
Fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm are set to enjoy an eighth series, lined up for broadcast next year.
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NewsGranada TV expands in Asia
Piers Morgan, Jeremy Kyle and Paul O’Grady are set to win new fans in Taiwan and Thailand, with the launch of Granada TV in both territories.
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NewsRTÉ to co-produce Brendan Bracken doc
Irish broadcaster RTÉ is to co-produce a new documentary about Winston Churchill’s right-hand man who was also rumoured to be his secret son.
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NewsDiscovery acquires Landmark's Sex Robot
Discovery Health in the US has picked up Landmark Films’ new documentary Sex Robot.
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NewsJamie Oliver goes Dutch
MIPTV: FremantleMedia Enterprises has secured a three-year deal for Jamie Oliver’s shows to air in the Netherlands and has also reintroduced the chef to South American TV for the first time in almost a decade.
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NewsOff the Fence to co-produce Wildest Africa
MIPTV: Off the Fence Productions is to co-produce HD series Wildest Africa, a sweeping look at the continent’s diverse ecology partly commissioned by UKTV-owned channel Eden.
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NewsUS comedy La La Land coming to BBC3
BBC3 has bought La La Land, the debut US series from British comedian Marc Wootton.
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NewsTF1 picks up ITV Studios’ TV movies
MIPTV: French broadcaster TF1 has agreed to an ongoing television movie output deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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NewsOprah to swap day for night
Chat show host Oprah Winfrey will switch to a night time slot on her new channel.
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NewsBBC America hires first multiplatform chief
BBC Worldwide executive John Taite is to take on a new role heading up BBC America’s multiplatform strategy.
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ITN strikes Expo archive deal with Chinese network
ITN has strengthened its foothold in China after securing a deal to supply archive footage to the country’s largest broadcaster, CCTV.
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NewsDRG has Panic Attack
Digital Rights Group has a picked up BBC game show format in which contestants must hold their nerve to stay in the hot seat.
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NewsLewis and Poirot head to Eastern Europe
ITV detective dramas Lewis and Poirot have been picked up for broadcast in Eastern Europe.
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NewsBoost for fight against format theft
UN body WIPO and format protection organisation Frapa have joined forces in a bid to battle plagiarism on TV.
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NewsBBCW names format exec
BBC Worldwide has promoted a key territory executive into a leading format role in time for MipTV.
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NewsEndemol poaches Disney exec
Endemol has appointed a former Disney and FremantleMedia exec to help push its scripted formats around the world.