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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.
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NewsDisney UK picks up Jonas Brothers series
UK viewers will be able to see the Jonas Brothers’ new TV comedy series this September when the show launches on The Disney Channel.
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NewsEastern Europe falls under Merlin's spell
Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME) has made a number of sales in Eastern Europe for three of its major drama series - Merlin, Satisfaction and 112.
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NewsReally picks up Momma’s Boys dating series
UKTV lifestyle channel Really has acquired the multichannel rights to a US reality series from Ryan Seacrest Productions.
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NewsUllman show wins third run
Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, produced by Allan McKeown Presents… has been commissioned for a third series by US cable channel Showtime.
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NewsNew indie hunts UK partners
A new indie with bases in Canada and Australia is looking to partner with UK production companies on multiplatform projects.
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NewsITV Global scores bumper US drama sale
ITV Global Entertainment has sold a 50-hour package of drama, including Agatha Christie’s Poirot, into the US.
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NewsUKTV Eden buys as Off The Fence gets global deals
Off The Fence (OTF) has completed a flurry of sales to broadcasters across Europe and Asia, including several to UKTV’s recently rebranded Eden.
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NewsHannah Montana gets fourth series
Miley Cyrus is to reprise her lead role in a fourth series of the hit Disney series Hannah Montana.
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NewsITV2 buys I'm A Celebrity US
ITV2 has acquired the UK premiere rights to the US version of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
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NewsITV’s Bennett on the lookout for US drama series at LA Screenings
ITV’s newly appointed director of multichannels and acquisitions Zai Bennett will be on the hunt for a US drama series for ITV1’s primetime schedule at the LA Screenings this week.
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NewsLA feels the pinch as US buyers play it safe
Frantic bidding wars for the latest US hits look unlikely after UK buyers said this week’s LA screenings were noticeably quieter than recent years.
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BBCW gives Life to ABC
BBC Worldwide has sold a package of natural history titles including BBC2’s up-coming HD series Life to Australian broadcaster ABC TV.
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NewsTwitter TV series in the works
Shine-owned US producer Reveille is teaming up with Twitter to make a TV programme that incorporates the social networking site into the action of the show.