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NewsOptimistic sets up Los Angeles office
Participation TV specialist Optimistic Media has set up a US office and appointed a head of development for North America with plans to crack the US market.
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NewsFive bids in for Endemol
Endemol could have a new owner by the end of April, following a deal to reintegrate its French arm into the main business. Five bids for the production company are understood to have already been placed with its owner, Telefónica.
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NewsIMG in talks to buy top US reality producer
IMG Media is in talks to buy Californian reality show specialist Bunim/Murray Productions, best known for Paris Hilton vehicle The Simple Lifeand MTV show Making the Band.
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NewsBids in for Endemol as sale approaches
Endemol could have a new owner by the end of April, following the reintegration of its French arm back into the main business. Five bids for the production company are understood to have been placed with its owner Telefónica in November.
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FremantleMedia sells Three's Company to Latin America
FremantleMedia's Latin American distribution arm has sold comedy format Three's Companyinto networks in Chile and Ecuador.
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Zeal moves to Brighton
Indie Zeal is moving its distribution arm to Brighton. Managing director Andrea Jackson, who set up Zeal's international sales business, will lead a team of five people at the new office which will be solely dedicated to Zeal's format and programme distribution business.
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Dancing with the Stars gets sixth series
Australia's Channel Seven has signed up to do a sixth series of Dancing with the Stars.
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Tobi de Graaff joins Zodiak
Scandinavian distributor Zodiak Television World has hired Tobi de Graaff as director of sales and acquisitions in London.
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NewsBBC Worldwide to entertain Malaysia
BBC Worldwide has launched an entertainment channel in Malaysia called BBC Entertainment, airing shows such as Doctor Who, Rebus and Extras.
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NewsHBO pilots JJ Abrams's medical drama
HBO has given the go-ahead to a medical drama pilot by Lostcreator JJ Abrams's which explores cancer battles from a patient's point of view.
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NewsZodiak adds UK acquisitions exec
Scandinavian distributor Zodiak Television World (Zodiak), the new owners of UK indie Diverse Productions, has hired Tobi de Graaff as director of sales and acquisitions in London.
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NewsFox and Warner Bros pull plug on The O.C.
Teen soap The O.C.has been axed in the US. Fox TV and Warner Bros Television Production said in a joint statement that the fourth series, which starts today in the US, will be its last.
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NewsUS network buys Bad Girls for gay appeal
Shed Productions' long-running prison drama Bad Girlshas been acquired by gay US cable network, Logo.
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NewsFuller, nasty Nigel and Cat rock the US
Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, the star UK production duo behind American Idol, talk about their latest US hit, So You Think You Can Dance- which is succeeding despite Cat Deeley's English accent.
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BBC America buys
BBC America has picked up a package of programming from Fremantle International Distribution.
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NewsChallenge in first Endemol deal
Challenge has secured the exclusive rights to two new series of axed US reality show Fear Factorin the channel's first deal with Endemol.
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NewsBBC to make US version of Maria
The BBC's Los Angeles production office has won a major new commission for US terrestrial network NBC, a reality show to find the next Sandy and Danny in the upcoming Broadway version of Grease.
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FID to handle new BBC comedy series
Fremantle Media has secured the international rights to That Mitchell & Webb Look, a new BBC comedy from the stars of Peep Show, as part of a new push into comedy distribution.
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US cable network has keys to UK stately homes
US cable network HGTV has commissioned London-based Pioneer Productions to produce a one-off special in which actor John Barrowman visits some of the UK's most famous stately homes and castles.
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Monster brings Dinosaurs to Cannes
Dublin-based Monster Distributes will launch the latest series from Oscar-nominated animation studio Brown Bag Films at this year's Mipcom Junior.