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NewsPostman Pat to deliver in France and Poland
Postman Pat is off to France and Poland with his black and white cat, after Entertainment Rights secured sales for the long-standing children's favourite.
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NewsComment: Money go round
It might have been a good market for Ricky Gervais, Jamie Oliver and Stelios Haji-Ioannou, but the big buzz at last week's Mipcom was all about the money men rather than the talent, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsUS expansion for Diverse
Diverse Production has found a US home for its Channel 4 format Escape to the Legion and is gearing up for further expansion in the States after racking up over $5m worth of commissions this year.
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NewsCrime and poker pay for RDF Rights
RDF Rights has chalked up a number of UK deals for US cable network Court TV and picked up 80 hours of poker programming from Welsh indie producer Presentable.
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NewsTWI to distribute BBC's Timewatch
TWI has secured international rights to the BBC's long-running flagship history strand Timewatch.
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NewsBusy Mipcom for Fremantle Media
RTL-owned Fremantle Media unveiled a raft of international sales and commissions at last week's Mipcom, along with an exclusive international output deal with Daisy Goodwin's new independent production company, Silver River.
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Worldwide secures Extras deals
Ricky Gervais's struggling actor Andy Millman was a big hit with international buyers in Cannes, with BBC Worldwide racking up sales in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and across Europe for new comedy Extras.
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Endemol to launch mobile channels
Endemol chief creative officer Peter Bazalgette unveiled plans for two mobile phone 'channels' and a new UK production division dedicated to mobile content as he addressed delegates at Mipcom's Mobile Day last week.
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Twofour secures international commissions
Independent producer Twofour TV has made further inroads into the international market, with a new commission from Japan's NHK and a US version of its Sky One documentary series Cruiseline in the works.
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Most Haunted Live to air in the US
Living TV's Most Haunted Live Halloween will be simulcast in the US on Discovery-owned Travel Channel at the end of this month, following a deal negotiated by Minotaur International at Mipcom.
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Strong sales for The Queen's Sister
Channel 4 International secured a number of significant deals across its slate of programming at Mipcom, with Touchpaper drama The Queen's Sister proving a favourite with buyers.
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Granada International secure deal with TV Polaska
Granada International has sold the rights to 11 Hollywood TV movies and a selection of classic films to Poland's state broadcaster, TV Polaska.
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NewsComment: Don't knock the telenovela
Forget the latest US dramas and UK reality formats - the next big thing to take the international TV market by storm is going to be the telenovela, apparently, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsTWI ramps up docs and reality
TWI will launch its biggest ever slate of factual and entertainment programming at next week's Mipcom, including a documentary on John Lennon and the first productions from its joint venture with US talent agency Endeavor.
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NewsGranada gets back to nature in Cannes
Granada International is returning to its natural history roots at Mipcom, with the launch of two major blue-chip documentaries from acclaimed wildlife filmmakers.
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NewsAll change for All3Media's formats division
London-based All3Media International has appointed fellow UK distributor Screentime Partners to represent its formats in a number of territories as part of a restructure of its formats division.
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NewsNGTI picks up indie docs
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has added new documentaries from London-based Darlow Smithson and South Africa's Peartree Films to its growing line-up of third-party titles.
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Electric Sky appoints US consultant
Brighton-based factual distributor Electric Sky is looking to expand its slate of US programming following the appointment of former Fremantle executive Jane Rimer as a consultant.
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TCI ramps up factual slate for Mipcom
Television Corporation International (TCI) will launch a raft of factual titles from new production subsidiary Redback at Mipcom, alongside new programming from Mentorn and Folio.
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ZDF buys La Plante dramas
La Plante International and sales agent Minotaur have licensed further episodes of two leading UK drama franchises to ZDF in Germany.