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NewsAmazon orders drama from X-Files creator
Amazon has ordered a pilot of apocalyptic drama The After from The X-Files creator Chris Carter.
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NewsHulu orders comedy from Lionsgate
US VoD service Hulu has commissioned Deadbeat, a comedy series from Lionsgate and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment.
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NewsSyfy pilots 12 Monkeys remake
US cable network Syfy has ordered a TV remake of Terry Gilliam’s 1995 feature film 12 Monkeys.
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NewsAmazon orders Electus kids series
Amazon Studios has ordered a kids pilot from Ben Silverman’s Electus, marking one of the fledgling VoD provider’s highest-profile children’s series to date.
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NewsCanada's Tricon launches kids division with Irish series
Canadian producer and distributor Tricon is launching a kids division and has acquired international rights to Irish animated series Wildernuts.
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NewsBeyond eyes digital acquisitions
International producer and distributor Beyond International is looking to acquire digital media companies and boost its third party catalogue following a 13% revenue growth.
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NewsTLC set to lose Happily Divorced
US cable network TV Land has cancelled sitcom Happily Divorced, which airs on TLC in the UK.
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NewsTV3 invites UK pitches for soap
Republic of Ireland broadcaster TV3 is looking to commission its first-ever soap opera and wants UK indies to pitch ideas.
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NewsC4 sees off rivals to land Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Channel 4 has acquired high profile US superhero series Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. after a fierce bidding war.
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NewsCBeebies plans co-pro push
Studio AKA has been commissioned to make animated series Chop Chop! for CBeebies in the UK and across the globe, as the BBC children’s channel ramps up its international projects.
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NewsUKTV buys King & Maxwell to fill gap on Alibi
UKTV has acquired edgy US crime drama King & Maxwell to replace procedural Body Of Proof, which was cancelled earlier this year.
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NewsRambo heads to TV after eOne deal
Rambo is being remade for television after Entertainment One struck a deal with producer Avi Lerner.
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NewsBBCW closes China deal
BBC Worldwide has sold a package of natural history programming including Attenborough’s Ark to Chinese public broadcaster CCTV.
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NewsAlvin and the Chipmunks return to TV
Alvin and the Chipmunks are heading back to TV screens after the success of their film allowed distributor PGS Entertainment to strike a deal with US producer Bagdasarian Productions.
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NewsThe White Queen axed by BBC1
BBC1 has cancelled lavish period drama The White Queen after it failed to pull in substantial audiences for the channel.
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NewsBBC2 acquires ‘German Band of Brothers’
BBC2 has picked up its first foreign language drama since 2001 – a series dubbed the German Band of Brothers.
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NewsNBC picks up Spanish drama from New Media Vision
NBC has picked up crime drama The Mysteries of Laura, a remake of a Spanish series distributed by London-based firm New Media Vision.
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NewsShed Media US boosts development team
The US arm of Shed Media has boosted its development team with the hire of two execs including Firecracker Films exec Dan Snook.
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NewsTV3 takes Bake Off to Ireland
Irish broadcaster TV3 is to launch a local version of The Great British Bake Off as part of its autumn schedule.
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NewsCarnival eyes US with NBCU hire
Carnival Films is building on the success of Downton Abbey in the US with the hire of NBC Universal production boss Deborah Oppenheimer.