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NewsWarner renews VIP first-look deal
Warner Bros has renewed its first-look deal with The Hit-producer, Irish indie Vision Independent Productions.
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NewsOptomen explores castles for Travel Channel
Optomen is to explore castles located around the world after winning a series from US cable network the Travel Channel.
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NewsCinemax boards Fox horror drama
HBO sister channel Cinemax has come on board Outcast, a horror drama from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman set to air on Fox in the UK.
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NewsNerd TV opens LA base
Factual indie Nerd TV is opening a US production base after securing a range of development pilots and commissions from US broadcasters.
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NewsBad Education gets US pilot
Jack Whitehall comedy Bad Education is to be piloted by US network ABC.
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NewsCBS passes $1bn in international revenues
Hollywood studio CBS expects to bring in international distribution revenues of $1.25 billion (£777m) this year, growth of over three times in the last five years.
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NewsNetflix orders five Marvel series
Netflix has commissioned five series, including an adaptation of Daredevil from Marvel Television.
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NewsHBO developing Nesbø’s Headhunters
Cable network HBO is developing a series based on Jo Nesbø’s Headhunters with Zodiak Media-owned producer Yellow Bird Entertainment.
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NewsAmerican Horror Story to return
Horror franchise American Horror Story, which airs on UK pay-TV net Fox, is to return for a fourth instalment.
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NewsRTL locks up Wentworth deal
Prisoner Cell Block H remake Wentworth Prison is heading to Germany after broadcaster RTL commissioned a local version of the Fremantle Media-distributed Australian drama.
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NewsIsraeli TV builds momentum
UK broadcasters and super-indies including Channel 4 and Shine are scouring Israel for the next Homeland or The X Factor as the country’s TV business gathers pace.
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NewsC4 renews Good Wife deal
Channel 4 will air the fifth series of US drama The Good Wife after closing a deal with CBS Studios International.
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NewsOff The Fence sells 200 hours to Asia
Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence has sold more than 200 hours of content to Asia.
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NewsWindfall wins Destination America order
Windfall Films is to make a Ice Road Truckers-style series for US network Destination America.
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NewsFremantle buys stake in Danish indie Miso
FremantleMedia has bought a majority stake in Miso Films, the Danish producer behind ITV3 drama Those Who Kill.
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NewsUTV to launch Irish TV channel
UTV has snatched the Irish rights to Coronation Street from TV3 after signing a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment that paves the way for it to launch a TV channel in the country.
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NewsC4 hunts Israeli entertainment formats
Channel 4 is searching for entertainment formats from Israel and has kicked off negotiations with a number of local producers.
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NewsNBC to boost international remakes
NBC is ramping up the number of international remakes that it develops as it searches for the next wave of scripted content, programming boss Bob Greenblatt told delegates at Israeli TV conference IN TV.
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NewsFX signs up Sacha Baron Cohen
US cable network FX is to bring back Ali G after striking a first-look deal with Sacha Baron Cohen’s indie Four By Two.
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NewsThe Weinstein Company acquires Peaky Blinders
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired the TV and SVoD distribution rights for the US to British drama series Peaky Blinders.