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NewsComment: Hard times in toon town
Over 700 movers and shakers from Europe's animation industry descended on the Danish city of Kolding last week on the hunt for the next Bob the Builder.
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NewsMinotaur still going strong at ten
Flextech-owned Minotaur International will celebrate its tenth anniversary at next month's Mipcom with the launch of over 150 hours of new programming, including six new 90-minute films in SMG's ITV crime franchise Rebus.
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NewsOff the Fence launches UK docs
Amsterdam and Bristol-based factual producer and distributor Off the Fence is headlining its documentary Mipcom slate with The Day that James Dean Died.
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Granada Starting Over In France
Granada International has licensed the US reality format Starting Overto French commercial broadcaster TF1.
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Animal Planet commissions OSF special
US network Animal Planet has commissioned Sydney and London-based Southern Star to produce an hour-long special, Lyndal's $70K Lifeline Challenge.
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BVITV launches Roger Bannister TV movie
London-based Buena Vista International TV (BVITV) has picked up the ESPN produced TV movie Four Minutes, which tells the true story of how British medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier in 1954.
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Electric Sky expands sales team
Independent factual distributor Electric Sky has appointed Claudia Weber as sales manager, covering the US, Canada, German speaking Europe, DVD/Home Video and non-theatric sales.
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Motion Gallery names new sales director
BBC Motion Gallery, the footage sales business of BBC Worldwide, has poached ITN Archive sales director Linda Reeve.
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NewsComment: From Burbank to Berlin
With the US broadcast networks launching some 30-odd new dramas and sitcoms this month, the British reality hits of the summer season have for the most part been muscled out of the way, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsRDF Rights drives producer deals
RDF Rights will be heading to Mipcom with its largest slate of programming ever this year, following a string of recent first-look deals with some UK indies.
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NewsHigh Point to sell BBC Shakespeare films
London-based High Point Films & TV is heading to Mipcom with a collection of BBC primetime Shakespeare films updated for a 21st century audience.
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NewsEllis picks up Da Vinci doc
Canadian distributor Ellis Releasing has secured the international distribution rights to the new Channel 4 documentary Opus Dei and The Da Vinci Code, produced by London-based CTVC.
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Nat Geo completes UK deals
London-based National Geographic Television International has completed a number of programme deals with broadcasters in the UK in the run up to Mipcom.
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3DD brings music and fashion to Cannes
Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey and Kasabian are among the acts confirmed for the latest Prince's Trust concert to be distributed by London-based 3DD Entertainment.
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NewsLion drives Cash Cab to New York
Lion Television has secured a commission from the Discovery Channel in the US for Cash Cab, its gameshow filmed in a taxi.
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NewsBBC signs Touchpaper deal
BBC Worldwide has signed a development deal with Touchpaper Television, the drama producer recently acquired by RDF Media.
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NewsParthenon adds PBS titles to slate
Factual producer and distributor Parthenon Entertainment is continuing its expansion drive in the run up to Mipcom, with the addition of nine hours of PBS programming to its catalogue.
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NewsNGTI picks up Katrina doc
As America continues to come to terms with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, London-based National Geographic Television International has picked up an hour-long programme on the causes and effects of the devastating natural disaster.
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All3Media format execs quit
All3Media International's director of international format sales Justus Verkerk will leave the company ahead of Mipcom this October to start his own independent formats distribution outfit.
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NewsNEM Zagreb unveils programme and awards finalists
Croatia event from organisers behind NEM Dubrovnik now into its fourth year