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NewsSky Vision closes CEE deals
Sky Vision has closed a raft of deals in Central and Eastern Europe for shows including Sky’s Galapagos and Kingdom of Plants after attending sales event Natpe Budapest for the first time.
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NewsGame of Thrones most pirated show
Fantasy drama Games of Thrones was the most pirated show around the world in the three months to June 2013.
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NewsKudos secures Hunted spin-off from Cinemax
HBO-owned US pay-TV broadcaster Cinemax is developing a four-part spinoff of Hunted from Kudos Film and Television.
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NewsLovefilm strikes CBS deal
Lovefilm has struck a deal with Hollywood studio CBS Studios that will see it stream series including The Good Wife, Californication and Dexter in the UK.
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NewsFremantleMedia closes European deals
Nigel Marvin and Jamie Oliver are heading to screens across Central and Eastern Europe after FremantleMedia International closed sizable deals in the region.
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NewsCome Dine with Me served up across Europe
ITV Studios has secured a raft of recommissions for local versions of Come Dine with Me across Central and Eastern Europe.
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NewsBritish broadcasters battle for The Blacklist
A number of UK broadcasters are vying to acquire Sony’s US crime drama The Blacklist following its stand-out success at the LA Screenings.
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NewsSpanish makeover planned for TOWIE
The Only Way Is Essex is set for a Spanish remake after All3Media International struck a format deal with local producer Mediapro.
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NewsITVS locks down Norwegian police format
Norwegian broadcaster SBS Discovery has commissioned ITV Studios to produce 96 new episodes of police format The Night Patrol.
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NewsITV strikes Breathless copro deal
ITV has struck a coproduction deal with US network PBS for sixties gynaecologist drama Breathless.
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NewsTVF closes doc deals
French public broadcaster France 2 has acquired South Africa doc Dear Mandela after striking a deal with TVF International.
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NewsEuro demand for UK docs
International networks including France Télévisions, Germany’s ARD and HBO Europe are increasing the number of hours they commission from British indies as they ramp up their global co-production ambitions.
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NewsNetflix heads back to Hemlock Grove
Netflix has ordered a second series of Eli Roth’s horror series Hemlock Grove.
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NewsMTG eyes UK after buying DRG
International broadcaster Modern Times Group is looking to invest in the UK following its acquisition of distributor DRG, with plans to both fund programming and potentially take stakes in producers.
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NewsITV buys Hatfields & McCoys indie
ITV has acquired its third American indie, paying $30m (£19m) for a controlling stake in Hatfields & McCoys producer Thinkfactory Media.
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NewsNetflix goes Dutch
Netflix is to launch in the Netherlands as part of its ongoing international expansion.
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NewsAfrican news channel goes live on Sky
African news channel TVC News, run by former Al Jazeera English boss Nigel Parsons, has launched on the Sky platform.
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NewsContent Media eyes indie acquisitions
International distributor Content Media is set to make further indie acquisitions and ramp up its UK drama programming spend after renewing its banking arrangements.
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NewsAmazon enters drama via Michael Connelly cop show
Amazon is moving into original drama for the first time after it greenlit a pilot based on Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch novels.
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NewsNetflix orders raft of Dreamworks shows
Netflix has struck a landmark deal with Dreamworks Animation that will see it stream more than 300 hours of exclusive original programming from the Shrek and Kung Fu Panda producer.