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NewsBBC Worldwide clocks£89m profit
BBC Worldwide - the corporation's commercial arm - has hit its target of doubling profits in two years to£89m, fuelled by growth in its programme sales and home entertainment businesses.
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NewsPocoyo scores hat-trick in Iberia
Granada International's pre-school co-production Pocoyo(52 x 7-minutes) has been acquired by Spanish public broadcaster TVE, as well as pay-TV channel Boomerang and Portugal 's RTP.
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Mercury racks up sales for Animal X
UK distributor Mercury Media has secured a deal with Norway's TV2 for its 10-part series on crypto-zoology Animal X: The Natural Mystery Unit.
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BBC Motion Gallery strikes mobile deal
BBC Motion Gallery, the footage sales arm of BBC Worldwide, has struck a deal with content aggregator Media Gateway to distribute BBC archive content to mobile phone and internet users in Europe and the Middle East .
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Bob the Builder goes interactive
Hit Entertainment has struck a deal with US games-on-demand network TVHead to develop interactive games based on a number of its hit characters, including Barney, Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder and ...
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Sloan and Sweeney headline Mipcom speaker line-up
MGM chairman and CEO Harry Sloan and Disney's Anne Sweeney are among the high profile US keynote speakers lined up for this October's Mipcom programme market in Cannes .
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Fremantle lures Dancing on Ice producer to the US
FremantleMedia North America has lured Dancing on Ice exec producer James Sunderland to the US, where he will join the creative team behind such productions as American Idol, American Inventor and ...
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Electric Sky tops up for Sunnyside
Brighton-based distributor Electric Sky has bagged a number of new factual titles in time for this week's Sunnyside of the Doc programme market in La Rochelle.
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NewsPrehistoric Park picked up down under
Fremantle International Distribution has secured a number of key sales for Impossible Pictures' new multi-million pound factual series Prehistoric Park, following its launch at MipTV in April.
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NewsMobile deal for Baby Cow world cup song
A teaser of Baby Cow's new animation Fulking Hillwill appear on mobiles ahead of a TV commission, following a deal brokered with Phones International Group by Target Entertainment.
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NewsGranada America to make paranormal show for Discovery
Granada America has picked up a commission from Discovery Channel in the US for a new paranormal reality series which attempts to solve murder cases with the help of psychic sleuths.
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NewsCelador International buys rights to Mr & Mrs
Classic ITV gameshow Mr & Mrsis being updated for UK and international audiences by Who Wants to be a Millionaire? distributor Celador International.
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NewsComment: Food for thought
While there's been plenty of fuss about what the impact of restrictions on junk food ads might be on ITV, there's been little talk of what it means for UK production and distribution.
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NewsPiers Morgan makes strong US debut
Piers Morgan is on track to repeat the American success of Simon Cowell, as the new talent show he judges on debuted with ratings of over 12 million on US network NBC.
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NewsHustle to be re-made by Fox as a US movie
Kudos Film & Television drama Hustleis set to move to the big screen after US studio 20th Century Fox picked up the film rights to the BBC 1 series.
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Five returns to Animal Planet hit
Five is to reversion a further six episodes of the popular Animal Planet US series Austin Stevens Adventuresto air later this summer. The order was made by Five's wildlife and factual acquisitions editor Bethan Corney. It follows the success of the first six episodes, which ...
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BBC arm sells Five's Suburban Shootout
BBC Worldwide has sold Five comedy Suburban Shootoutto nine international broadcasters. Worldwide's indie unit has inked deals with NOS Holland, DR TV Denmark, YLE Finland, RUV Iceland, Canal Jimmy Italy, Kanal 5 Sweden, TV3 Norway, Comedy Network Canada and VRT Belgium. The comedy, produced by ...
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C4 buys Runaway and Kidnapped
Channel 4 has nabbed the rights to a new Darren Star drama, starring former New Kids on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg, as its LA Screenings spending spree continues.
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NewsBBC Worldwide hires Latin American head
BBC Worldwide has hired Jessica Rodriguez to head up its Latin American and Hispanic channels.
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NewsITV makes first LA Screenings buys
ITV's new director of acquisitions, Jay Kandola, has made her first purchases from the LA Screenings, picking up a US drama for each of its three digital channels but no new series for ITV1.