All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 15
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Banijay on board Fridge format
Banijay International has tied with UK indie Mendoza Films to serve cookery format This is Your Fridge around the world.
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BBCW names Japan boss
BBC Worldwide has hired a 30-year veteran of Sony as its new Japan president.
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DRG sends UK athletes worldwide
Ahead of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games, distributor DRG has sold two documentaries featuring British athletes around the world.
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Content acquires crime drama Amber
Distributor Content Television has picked up the international distribution rights to new crime thriller Amber.
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Chile to remake The Bank Job
Endemol has made its first format sale of Channel 4 game show The Bank Job in Chile.
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Catalan Time Team to return
A remake of archaeology format Time Team has been recommissioned in Catalunya.
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Dexter creator remaking French drama with 4Rights
The creator of Dexter is adapting a French series for the US, with investment from Channel 4’s 4Rights.
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Sky1’s Glee pulls 330k
THURSDAY: The audience for Sky1’s US drama Glee appears to have settled around the 300k mark – proving no match for a documentary about art nouveau on BBC4.
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John Bishop’s Sport Relief Hell raises 5.2m
THURSDAY: Comedian John Bishop’s arduous Sport Relief challenge smashed BBC1’s usual audience figures and left ITV1 drama Love Life in the dust.
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Cineflix signs with seven indies
Cineflix Rights has signed acquisition deals with seven indies to sell key titles around the world.
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HTI builds factual catalogue with Keo deal
Hat Trick International (HTI) has beefed up its factual catalogue by securing an output deal with Keo Films.
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CiTV acquires action toon Redakai
CiTV has acquired the rights to animated adventure series Redakai: Conquer The Kairu from Zodiak Kids.
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Electric Sky acquires Call Girls doc
Distributor Electric Sky has acquired documentary Call Girls and already secured four European sales.
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Horse & Country eyes intl expansion
Horse & Country TV has made two new appointments designed to accelerate the channel’s roll out into international markets.
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Sky1’s Touch debuts with 757k
TUESDAY: New US drama Touch, starring Kiefer Sutherland, drew nearly four times Sky1’s usual audience on its debut.
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Content Media secures Target agreement
Content Media has been appointed by the administrators of Target Entertainment as the “preferred distribution partner”.
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FremantleMedia signs Wipeout creator
FremantleMedia North America, the producers behind US versions of The X Factor, Idol and Got Talent, has poached Wipeout creator Matt Kunitz from Endemol.
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BBC America to co-pro Ripper Street
New BBC1 crime drama Ripper Street is to be co-produced by BBC America.
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Doc Martin to be remade in Russia
ITV1 drama Doc Martin is set to be adapted for audiences in Russia – part of a raft of new deals by distributor DRG.
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Zodiak’s Sally Bollywood to return
Animated series Sally Bollywood has been recommissioned for a second series - with a budget of £4.4m.