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BBC to pull Sri Lankan shows in censor row
The BBC World Service is to suspend its FM programming on the Sri Lankan national broadcaster following a row over censorship.
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MTV launches world music project
MTV Networks International has launched two music initiatives aimed at connecting fans with established and emerging acts on the world music scene.
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French kiss for Sky 1's Loveland
Endemol is lining up a French version of Sky 1's new dating show Loveland after picking up the format rights from Target Entertainment Group.
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Parthenon makes friends in Norway
Parthenon Kids has picked up the worldwide distribution rights to animated preschool show City of Friends, one of the first children's series to be produced in Norway.
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Parthenon bids to profit from struggling market
Parthenon Entertainment Group chief executive Carl Hall believes distributors will face a tough year and is on the lookout to acquire companies that have “hit the rocks”.
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GTV's football rights set to be sold
The African broadcast rights to the English Premier League, previously held by liquidated pan-African broadcaster GTV, are close to being sold to a new buyer.
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Thomas the Tank Engine steams ahead
Thomas & Friends has stayed on track as the UK's top preschool license for the ninth year running, according to marketing group NPD.
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Top Up TV buys Sex and the City
Pay TV operator Top Up TV has picked up the broadcast rights to hit US series Sex and the City as part of a content deal with CBS Paramount International Television.
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AP adds iconic images to archive
The Associated Press has added more than a century's worth of photo stills to its online video archive for international broadcasters.
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GTV goes into liquidation
UK-based Pan-African broadcaster GTV has gone into liquidation with the loss of all staff.
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Scrase-Dickins takes buying role at BBCW
BBC Worldwide Channels has appointed a former Paramount acquisitions executive as its new vice-president of acquisitions.
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NewsDistributors join forces to create export group
The UK's biggest distributors are to work together on boosting the country's international television business through an advisory body supported by the government.
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Parthenon takes stake in sea-faring Arcadia
Parthenon Entertainment has acquired a 48% stake in a Canadian production company that specialises in ocean-related factual programming.
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BBCW faces radical shake-up threat
BBC Worldwide is bracing itself for the DCMS select committee to call for a radical change to the way it acquires BBC programmes.
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Morley appointed in SPTI restructure
Sony Pictures Television International has combined its international production activities and appointed former Endemol International exec Mike Morley.
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C4 acquires Generation Kill and True Blood
Channel 4 has acquired the terrestrial rights to Golden Globe-winning vampire drama True Blood and Generation Kill, the Iraq war mini-series from the writer of The Wire.
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BBC confirms Ab Fab remake
Classic BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous is to receive the Hollywood treatment for a US pilot.
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Chello strikes Warner deal
A miniseries of The Bourne Identity has formed part of a major sales deal between multichannel operator Chello Zone and Warner Bros International Television Distribution.
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Ent Rights hit by FSA fine
Entertainment Rights has been fined quarter of a million pounds after it withheld news of an anticipated $14m hit to its profits from the stock market.
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Five to push USA brand with channel relaunch
Five US will relaunch as Five USA on 16 February and it plans to mark the channel name and identity change by airing a new drama.