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NewsITV3 looks to ride Danish wave with Those Who Kill
ITV is planning to capitalise on the popularity of The Killing and Borgen by acquiring its own Danish drama.
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NewsC5 acquires Once Upon A Time
Channel 5 has secured the first-run terrestrial rights to new US fantasy drama Once Upon A Time.
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NewsNBCU to close DivaTV
NBC Universal is to close DivaTV, the UK home of The Oprah Winfrey Show and Queer Eye For A Straight Guy, as it shifts its focus onto The Style Network.
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NewsPBS UK secures Clinton premiere
PBS UK has secured the world premiere of a new doc series about former US president Bill Clinton.
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NewsSimon Cowell teams with Will Smith for DJ talent show
X Factor mogul Simon Cowell is developing a live DJ talent show with Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith.
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NewsFME signs Netflix deal
Netflix will offer classic sitcom Men Behaving Badly and the UK premiere of Australian drama Satisfaction following a deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises.
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NewsChoccywoccydoodah heads to Lat Am
Good Food’s cake shop series Choccywoccydoodah has been snapped up by Fox Latin American Channels.
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NewsPsychic Challenge picked up in Chile
Zodiak Rights has secured its first Latin American format deal for reality show Psychic Challenge.
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NewsStrictly to be remade in Panama
Strictly Come Dancing is to remade for audiences in Panama, expanding the format’s reach in Latin America.
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NewsZodiak Media gets French reshuffle
Zodiak Media Group is rebranding, made three top level Paris-based appointments, and re-jigged its banking so it is managed from the French capital.
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NewsBBC unveils new Russell T Davies kids drama
Russell T Davies, best known for resurrecting Doctor Who, has co-created a new children’s drama for the BBC in which a young wizard protects the planet from aliens.
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NewsLionsgate UK hires HBO exec
Lionsgate UK has appointed a HBO distribution exec as head of TV for the UK and Eastern Europe.
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NewsITV2 acquires NBC’s Love in the Wild
ITV2 has picked up NBC’s jungle dating series Love In The Wild.
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NewsParthenon sells Sport Science into Lat Am
Parthenon Entertainment has sold 40 hours of programming into Latin America.
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NewsAustralia/India buy ITN’s Killing Fields
ITN Productions’ powerful documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields has been acquired by broadcasters in India and Australia.
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NewsHigh Point targets US after signing rights deal
Distributor/producer High Point Media Group has expanded its ambitions in North America by entering into a reciprocal rights agreement with BFS Entertainment & Multimedia.
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NewsE! apologises for Golden Globes gaffes
E! Entertainment Television has issued an apology to viewers following disruptions in its Golden Globes coverage.
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NewsAtom to produce Ultimate Cops for Discovery
Bristol indie Atom Productions International is to make a major new police series for Discovery.
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NewsReal King’s Speech delivered in Asia
DRG has secured new sales for a three Royal documentaries, including The Real King’s Speech.
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NewsCrimson Petal planted in US
BBC2 drama The Crimson Petal and the White has been sold into the US by FremantleMedia Enterprises.