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NewsFremantle picks up Flame docs
Fremantle Archive Sales, the clip sales division of FremantleMedia, has acquired worldwide rights for a raft of documentary and entertainment titles from indie producer Flame Television.
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Southern Star picks up The Beeps
Australian distributor Southern Star International has picked up the international rights to Five's new animated series The Beeps.
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NewsAll3Media launches new kids titles
All3Media International is heading to Mipcom Junior with an expanded slate of factual titles, including new Dutch series Couscous & Colaand the latest in the BBC's Serious...strand.
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NewsID brokers BBC HD deal
ID Distribution has licensed the award-winning US documentary Farther Than the Eye Can See, part of Rainbow Media's Voom HD catalogue, to the BBC.
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NewsBBC America buys Fremantle package
Fremantle International Distribution has sold a major package of titles to BBC America, including all 48 episodes of Talkback's How Clean Is Your House?and the Simon Nye comedy Hardware.
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NewsFunky Formats brings Telenovela Star to the UK
London-based formats specialist Funky Formats is in discussions with two UK broadcasters to produce a local version of its hybrid reality show Telenovela Star.
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Fireworks in US broadband content deal
UK distributor Fireworks International, which is owned by Content Film, has entered an agreement with broadband entertainment network Heavy to sell all its original and library programming outside the US. The three-year deal covers Heavy's existing library of 35 programming hours as well as new content. Heavy's slate includes ...
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ITV and Five eye controversial 9/11 doc
ITV and Five have expressed an interest in buying the controversial 9/11 conspiracy documentary Loose Change following a high-profile feature article on the programme in Vanity Fair. The 90-minute documentary, which is being sold by UK distributor Mercury Media, ...
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New York TV Festival welcomes UK entries
The New York Television Festival is to open up its independent pilot competition to UK indies. Next month's event will showcase independently produced non-broadcast TV pilots directly to US network executives and industry leaders. After last year's festival three US pilots aired were purchased by US networks. Details are at ...
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GI sells classic ITV drama to Scandinavia
ITV-owned distributor Granada International (GI) has sold a number of its literary titles to Kanal 5 in Sweden and renewed output deals in Norway and Finland. Kanal 5 has acquired a collection of adaptations from GI's catalogue including Moll Flanders, ...
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Bravo to screen Life on Mars
Flextech-owned Bravo has bought the pay-TV rights to BBC hit drama Life on Mars to lead the channel's push into drama.
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Warwick takes ITV entertainment role
ITV has hired Granada International format consultant Paula Warwick to take on the role of editor of entertainment.
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NewsLiving TV picks up US reality shows
Living TV has acquired the exclusive UK rights to new US reality series The Janice Dickinson Modelling Agencyand Daisy Does America from Fremantle Media Enterprises.
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NewsMillionaire jobs safe, says buyer
The company poised to buy Who Wants to be a Millionaire?has reassured staff working on the hit quiz show there will be no major job losses.
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NewsFive poaches UKTV acquisitions exec
Five has poached UKTV executive Katie Keenan to take on the role of deputy controller of acquisitions.
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News2 Way Traffic hires ex-TV Corp director
Former Television Corporation group finance director Malcolm Gardner has become a non-executive director of 2 Way Traffic - the company which is in exclusive negotiations to buy the rights to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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NewsMajor US seller expands into UK
Competition in the already crowded UK distribution market is set to intensify, with major US distributor Alfred Haber Distribution to sell British-made content for the first time.
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Hit hires News Corp exec in Japan
Hit Entertainment has hired seasoned news Corp executive Frank Foley to the position of senior VP, Japan.
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BBC Worldwide hosts third Latin America Showcase
BBC Worldwide Americas will screen some 400 hours of programming to buyers at its third annual BBC Showcase Latin America this September.
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Australian mobile deal for The Office and Little Britain
BBC Worldwide has struck a deal with Vodafone to offer downloadable clips from such series as The Office, Little Britainand Doctor Whoto mobile phone users in New Zealand and Australia.