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Prison breaks up early
US drama Prison Break, which airs on Sky One in the UK, has come off the air for its Christmas break one month early.
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NewsFremantle sells Brits down under
FremantleMedia Enterprises has sold 84 hours of lifestyle and music programming to Australian pay-TV operator XYZ.
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NewsRDF Rights picks up Extreme Pilgrim
RDF Rights has acquired the international distribution rights to BBC2’s new factual entertainment series Extreme Pilgrim.
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NewsElectric Sky signs up Ian Wright
Electric Sky has picked up a raft of new titles in time for this month’s Asia TV Forum, including a new ITV1 travel series fronted by Arsenal legend Ian Wright.
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NewsSowerbutts takes on Zodiak distribution role
Diverse Production managing director Paul Sowerbutts has taken on the additional role of vice president of distribution at parent company Zodiak Television.
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NewsUK projects secure EU investment
Chorion, Brook Lapping, Seventh Art Productions and Bergmann Pictures have secured funding from the EU’s Media programme.
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NewsDavies builds Fluorescent's Empire
Fluorescent Media has teamed up with the producer of the US version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? to jointly pitch and produce a new cross-platform gameshow format.
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NewsCartoon Network picks up Skunk Fu!
Cake Distribution has licensed its hit animated series Skunk Fu! to Cartoon Network Europe for its EMEA Channels.
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BBC Worldwide names new marketing boss
BBC Worldwide Americas has appointed Andrew Jackson to the newly created role of senior vice president of marketing.
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NewsWarner Bros to launch UK channel
US studio Warner Bros has partnered with Virgin Media and BT Vision to launch a new entertainment channel devoted exclusively to the studio’s content.
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NewsBrits dominate Emmy awards
British programming and talent swept the board at the international Emmy awards in New York last night, picking up seven awards.
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NewsUS version of Little Britain postponed
Production on the US version of hit comedy sketch show Little Britain has been put on hold because of the American writers’ strike.
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NewsTop Gear on the road to Australia
Australia will get is own “quintessentially Australian” version of Top Gear after the BBC signed its first international licensing deal for the motor show.
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NewsBBC3 comedy gets US greenlight
Comedy indie Brown Eyed Boy has secured an order for a full series of BBC3 pilot How Not to Live Your Life and has been given the greenlight to produce a US pilot of the show.
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NewsEndemol US seals indie deal
Endemol will move into feature films after its US subsidiary bought a majority stake in US indie Original Media.
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NewsFox Italy picks up 150 hours of C4I shows
C4I has sold more than 150 hours of programming to Fox Italy.
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NewsBelgium buys Trinny and Susannah format
Belgian broadcasters are hunting for their very own Trinny and Susannah after optioning the format to the pair’s latest show from Granada International.
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NewsBBC1’s Damages gets new run
FX has handed a two-season order to BBC1 acquisition Damages, ending weeks of uncertainty over the show’s future.
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NewsThe Kids Are All Right with CME
European broadcasting group CME has optioned Endemol’s new BBC1 format The Kids Are All Right in all six of its territories.
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NewsWire in the Blood sold to Italy
Southern Star International has sold all five series of Coastal Productions’s ITV1 drama Wire in the Blood to AXN Italy.