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NewsBBC Worldwide mines pop archive
BBC Worldwide has bolstered its Audio & Music team as part of a five-year strategy to make more money from the BBC's pop archive.
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NewsBBC options political X Factor
The BBC has optioned a format that is the political equivalent of The X Factor.
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NewsABC trims slate by a third
ABC has become the latest US network to trim its pilot development slate, citing the effects of the writers strike.
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NewsBBC to air the Super Bowl live
The BBC is to broadcast the Super Bowl live for the first time this year, with a late Sunday night showing on BBC2.
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Free BBCW clips to air on MySpace TV
BBC Worldwide has inked a deal with social networking site MySpace to make free short-form BBC content available on the myspacetv.com website.
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NewsUK distributors expect bumper sales at Natpe
UK distributors are predicting the US writers' strike will result in a bumper Natpe.
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Working Title in NBC talks
Working Title, the British- based film production company, is in talks with NBC Universal to launch an international television business.
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Tern secures first-look deal with BBCW
Scottish indie Tern TV has strengthened its relationship with BBC Worldwide by agreeing a three-year, first-look deal.
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NewsLiving swoops on hit US vampire thriller
Living has added another supernatural thriller to its roster by acquiring the UK rights to US vampire drama Moonlight.
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NewsTarget hires Simple Life exec
Target Entertainment has appointed its first chief creative officer for the US.
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NewsTwo more US networks axe scripts
Fox and the CW are the latest US networks to cut their development slates as a direct reaction to the writers strike.
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NewsDisney hires Fremantle's Joseph
Disney ABC has hired Fremantle Media drama exec Naomi Joseph to head up local format production in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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NewsNBC mulls axing Upfronts
US network NBC is close to cancelling this years Upfront presentation because of the writers strike.
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Chile buys Office format
BBC Worldwide Americas has licensed the format of The Office to production company Chilecorto and Canal 13-Chile in the first remake deal for the show in Latin America.
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Optomen sells Brit hits
Optomen International has sold three of its key shows to major broadcasters in the US, Asia and Middle East.
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Euro deals for Transformers
Entertainment Rights has secured three European broadcast agreements for its new Transformers animated series.
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NewsVMTV makes triple buy-up
Virgin Media TV has made acquisitions for two of its channels, picking up two human interest documentaries for Virgin 1 and a celebrity lookalike reality series for Living 2.
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NewsShine poised for distribution move
Shine is set to move into international distribution following its£97m ($200m) acquisition of US indie Reveille.
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NewsWilloughby to head C4i
Digital Rights Group has appointed Christina Willoughby as managing director of Channel 4 International, the UK distribution company acquired by the group last year.
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NewsZodiak enters Indian TV market
Zodiak Television, the Swedish super-indie that owns UK producer Diverse, has taken a stake in an Indian production company for the first time.