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NewsDancing with the Stars gets sixth series
Australia's Channel Seven has signed up to do a sixth series of Dancing with the Stars.
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Tobi de Graaff joins Zodiak
Scandinavian distributor Zodiak Television World has hired Tobi de Graaff as director of sales and acquisitions in London.
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NewsBBC Worldwide to entertain Malaysia
BBC Worldwide has launched an entertainment channel in Malaysia called BBC Entertainment, airing shows such as Doctor Who, Rebus and Extras.
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NewsHBO pilots JJ Abrams's medical drama
HBO has given the go-ahead to a medical drama pilot by Lostcreator JJ Abrams's which explores cancer battles from a patient's point of view.
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NewsZodiak adds UK acquisitions exec
Scandinavian distributor Zodiak Television World (Zodiak), the new owners of UK indie Diverse Productions, has hired Tobi de Graaff as director of sales and acquisitions in London.
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NewsFox and Warner Bros pull plug on The O.C.
Teen soap The O.C.has been axed in the US. Fox TV and Warner Bros Television Production said in a joint statement that the fourth series, which starts today in the US, will be its last.
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NewsUS network buys Bad Girls for gay appeal
Shed Productions' long-running prison drama Bad Girlshas been acquired by gay US cable network, Logo.
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NewsFuller, nasty Nigel and Cat rock the US
Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, the star UK production duo behind American Idol, talk about their latest US hit, So You Think You Can Dance- which is succeeding despite Cat Deeley's English accent.
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BBC America buys
BBC America has picked up a package of programming from Fremantle International Distribution.
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NewsChallenge in first Endemol deal
Challenge has secured the exclusive rights to two new series of axed US reality show Fear Factorin the channel's first deal with Endemol.
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NewsBBC to make US version of Maria
The BBC's Los Angeles production office has won a major new commission for US terrestrial network NBC, a reality show to find the next Sandy and Danny in the upcoming Broadway version of Grease.
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FID to handle new BBC comedy series
Fremantle Media has secured the international rights to That Mitchell & Webb Look, a new BBC comedy from the stars of Peep Show, as part of a new push into comedy distribution.
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US cable network has keys to UK stately homes
US cable network HGTV has commissioned London-based Pioneer Productions to produce a one-off special in which actor John Barrowman visits some of the UK's most famous stately homes and castles.
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Monster brings Dinosaurs to Cannes
Dublin-based Monster Distributes will launch the latest series from Oscar-nominated animation studio Brown Bag Films at this year's Mipcom Junior.
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Fremantle picks up Flame docs
Fremantle Archive Sales, the clip sales division of FremantleMedia, has acquired worldwide rights for a raft of documentary and entertainment titles from indie producer Flame Television.
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Southern Star picks up The Beeps
Australian distributor Southern Star International has picked up the international rights to Five's new animated series The Beeps.
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NewsAll3Media launches new kids titles
All3Media International is heading to Mipcom Junior with an expanded slate of factual titles, including new Dutch series Couscous & Colaand the latest in the BBC's Serious...strand.
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NewsID brokers BBC HD deal
ID Distribution has licensed the award-winning US documentary Farther Than the Eye Can See, part of Rainbow Media's Voom HD catalogue, to the BBC.
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NewsBBC America buys Fremantle package
Fremantle International Distribution has sold a major package of titles to BBC America, including all 48 episodes of Talkback's How Clean Is Your House?and the Simon Nye comedy Hardware.
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NewsFunky Formats brings Telenovela Star to the UK
London-based formats specialist Funky Formats is in discussions with two UK broadcasters to produce a local version of its hybrid reality show Telenovela Star.