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NewsUS buyers eye up UK indies
Core Media and DHX Media are both scouring the UK for indie deals as the sector prepares for a fresh wave of consolidation driven by North American buyers.
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NewsCCTV snaps up fact ent formats
Supernanny and Secret Millionaire are to be remade in China as the country’s burgeoning appetite for factual entertainment formats continues to grow.
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NewsNat Geo lines up Sky’s Ducks
US broadcaster National Geographic Channel is remaking Sky’s science-based entertainment format Duck Quacks Don’t Echo, which will be co-produced by UK indie Magnum Media.
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NewsAll3M strikes deals for Million Second Quiz
The Million Second Quiz is set to be remade around the world after All3Media International struck a raft of format deals with major producers.
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NewsTCB grows with 40 indie deals
TCB Media Rights, the international distributor formed by former Cineflix Rights boss Paul Heaney, is expanding its programming pipeline and is heading to Mipcom with new shows from a client base of 40 UK indies.
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NewsIllness forces Mercury’s Sparke to take back seat
Tim Sparke has stepped back from the day-to-day management of Mercury Media to undergo a second round of surgery on a brain tumour.
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NewsUKTV nets JJ Abrams’ Believe
UKTV has struck its first deal following the LA Screenings, buying JJ Abrams’ supernatural thriller Believe from Warner Bros International Television Distribution.
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NewsWaddell pens Cineflix deal to bolster US trade
Northern Irish indie Waddell Media has struck a first-look deal with international distributor Cineflix Rights as it looks to ramp up its business in the US.
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NewsNickelodeon orders Zig Zag slo-mo gameshow
Nickelodeon has ordered Zig Zag’s slow motion, physical gameshow Split / Second to series for its website.
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NewsGinx TV expands footprint with Player Channel purchase
International video game broadcaster Ginx TV is expanding its global reach after acquiring betting network The Player Channel.
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NewsNew fund hunts UK projects
The UK has been earmarked as a prime market in which to offer financial support for kids, documentary and drama projects by European investor GD Investment Fund.
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NewsDHX eyes return for Teletubbies
Teletubbies could return with new episodes as DHX Media, the Canadian company that acquired the brand last month, eyes plans to bring back the smash hit kids franchise.
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NewsFormer ITVS exec launches distributor
Former ITV Studios exec Gary McDonagh has set up an international distribution company called Silverkite Media.
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NewsHit orders Fireman Sam & Thomas specials
Hit Entertainment is to produce three DVD specials for Thomas & Friends, Fireman Sam, and Mike the Knight and aims to sell the content to international broadcasters.
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NewsDoctor Who 50th special to simulcast globally
BBC Worldwide is to simulcast the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special in at least 75 countries.
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News'Civil war' at BBC Arabic exposed
A Broadcast investigation has exposed “civil war” among staff, managers and presenters at BBC Arabic, the oldest and largest of the corporation’s non-English language services.
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NewsOvation airs Young Doctor’s Notebook
US network Ovation TV will air A Young Doctor’s Notebook this week as its strategy to acquire more high-profile international arts programming gathers pace.
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NewsNat Geo preps female-skewing channel
National Geographic is launching a new channel Nat Geo People internationally but has no plans to roll it out in the UK.
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NewsTV3 issues call for soap proposals
Irish broadcaster TV3 has released a detailed brief containing more information about what it is looking for from its first ever soap opera.
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NewsSky & UKTV pick up TVF bundle
Sky and UKTV have acquired a raft of content including Singaporean action series Special Forces and New Zealand’s Street Hospital from distributor TVF International.