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NewsAll3Media International preps major restructure
All3Media International is to move towards a more regional sales approach as part of a major restructure.
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NewsC5 snaps up Sinatra special
Channel 5 has acquired a live music special celebrating what would have been Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday.
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NewsBerlin Film Festival to expand TV strand
The Berlin Film Festival is extending its television drama strand as part of an effort to beef up its coverage of the small screen.
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NewsUK indies set sights on Asia
British producers and format owners can take advantage of an impending reality and entertainment boom in Asia by being inventive and open-minded, according to ITV Studios executive producer Dave Winnan.
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NewsABC hires UK chief for international push
US network ABC has stepped up its search for British formats and writers with the hire of its first managing director of international content and talent.
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NewsSky 1 swoops for more superheroes
Legends of Tomorrow has become the latest member of Sky 1’s gang of DC Comics series after the broadcaster swooped for the superhero show.
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NewsSky & Discovery strike TCB deals
Sky and Discovery have acquired 45 hours of programming from Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights.
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News50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy wins Emmy
Sky 1’s 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy was the only British show to win an International Emmy during a ceremony at the New York Hilton last night.
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NewsLookout Point hires BBCW drama chief
War and Peace producer Lookout Point has hired BBC Worldwide’s head of drama Damian Keogh as its first commercial director.
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NewsGovernment promises £85m boost for BBC World Service
The government is to hand the BBC World Service a surprise £85m boost as part of plans to increase national security and fight global terrorism.
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NewsNat Geo to run rule over UK hub
National Geographic could scale back its London-based commissioning hub after a major corporate restructure.
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NewsRondo Media to co-produce Korean doc
Welsh indie Rondo Media has struck a documentary co-production deal with South Korean broadcaster JTV.
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NewsZDF develops science show with Impossible co-founder
German distributor ZDF Enterprises has struck a development deal with Impossible Pictures’ co-founder for a two-part science series.
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NewsTVF cooks up Lat Am deals
Discovery Latin America has acquired a slew of series from UK distributor TVF International ahead of Mip Cancun.
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NewsKaboul Kitchen among Walter Presents acquisitions
Channel 4-backed digital service Walter Presents has acquired a new wave of foreign-language films including controversial French comedy Kaboul Kitchen.
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NewsNordic digital service Viaplay moves into originals
Nordic subscription VoD service Viaplay is moving into original programming with its first commission, comedy Swedish Dicks.
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NewsIn brief: Slow TV heads to US; TV version of Snowpiercer planned
Windfall Films is to produce a slow TV-style train event for US cable network Destination America, while ITV Studios America is remaking feature film Snowpiercer and Endemol Shine Group has promoted its global formats execs.
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NewsSky strikes first pan-regional deal with HBO
Sky has extended its long-running deal with HBO to cover all five of its European territories and increase the volume of associated digital rights.
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NewsLionsgate eyes All3Media partnership
Lionsgate is keen to forge stronger ties with All3Media in the UK after the super-indie’s owners invested in the Orange Is The New Black producer.
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NewsTinopolis pulls plug on sale
Tinopolis has pulled the plug on its sale process because none of its potential suitors could “give us what we needed”.