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NewsAirey ‘scouring the globe’ for RTL acquisitions
Former Channel 5 chief executive Dawn Airey is understood to have been handed a wide-ranging acquisitions remit at European broadcasting giant RTL.
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NewsDownton smashes ratings Down Under
ITV drama Downton Abbey has scored the biggest new drama launch in Australia since 2008.
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NewsFirst Look heads to US with Evil Up Close
Stratford-Upon-Avon-based factual specialist First Look TV is setting up a US base after clinching its first US sale with a commission for cable network A&E.
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NewsABC orders run of US Celebrity Wife Swap
US network ABC has ordered episodes of Celebrity Wife Swap from Zodiak USA. It is the first time the celebrity format has been commissioned for the US.
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NewsSky plans bid to poach Glee
Channel 4 faces a battle to retain the rights to Glee as Sky prepares to offer what could be a knockout bid for the hit US show.
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NewsMipTV 2012 dates pushed back
MIPTV: The international television community will be travelling to Cannes two days earlier next April after it was revealed that MipTV 2012 will launch on a Saturday.
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NewsArab Idols greenlit in Middle East
MIPTV: FremantleMedia Enterprises has signed a multi-year deal in the Middle East that will see the launch of the Idols format in the region.
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NewsPulse wins first int'l sale
MIPTV: Pulse Films has won its first international sale to make a music show for MTV’s European HD channel MTVNHD and the Sundance Channel.
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NewsDSP to make Japan quake film
MIPTV: Darlow Smithson Productions is to made a one-hour special looking at the impact Japan’s recent earthquake has had on the country, for Discovery Networks International.
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NewsC5 acquires green Olympics doc
MIPTV: Channel 5 has picked up a new doc about the efforts to make the 2012 Olympic Games the greenest to date.
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NewsBBC Hindi closures an "own goal", claims Seth
Author Vikram Seth has blasted the BBC’s decision to cut the World Service’s Hindi output, saying it has created a “great loss of goodwill” for Britain and an “increase of mistrust”.
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News3DD brokers deal for Jonathan Ross Cannes show
Jonathan Ross is to front coverage of the Cannes Film Festival for pay-TV channel Cinémoi in a series that 3DD Entertainment has sold to more than 25 countries around the world.
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NewsDLT hires Espresso exec
My Family producer DLT Entertainment has named its new sales and acquisitions executive, hired to drive forward its international business.
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NewsBBC wants Global iPlayer on IPTV
The Global iPlayer could be rolled out onto smartphones and connected TVs following its launch this summer, Jana Bennett has said.
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NewsScott Free UK plans co-pro adaptation of Mosse’s Labyrinth
Scott Free UK has secured the option to adapt Kate Mosse’s bestselling novel Labyrinth as a four-hour TV series with Germany’s Tandem Communications.
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NewsPeter Smith leaves NBCU
NBC Universal (NBCU) International president Peter Smith is leaving the company after 22 years, it has been confirmed.
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NewsSyco hires senior int'l execs
Simon Cowell’s Syco Television has appointed two senior international executives as part of its push into the US.
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NewsChina opens doors to UK indie
A UK indie has united with China Central Television (CCTV) to identify international programmes and formats that can be licensed in the country.
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NewsBBCW names indies director
BBC Worldwide has named its new commercial director for independents and new ventures.
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NewsFirst sales for Top Gear USA
BBC Worldwide has made its first international sales of the US version of Top Gear.