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NewsBanijay on board Fridge format
Banijay International has tied with UK indie Mendoza Films to serve cookery format This is Your Fridge around the world.
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NewsBBCW names Japan boss
BBC Worldwide has hired a 30-year veteran of Sony as its new Japan president.
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NewsRandom House indie options Dog Loves Books
The production arm of publisher Random House has optioned a book by award-winning children’s author and illustrator Louise Yates.
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NewsNews Corp warns papers over potentially "defamatory" Panorama
Lawyers acting on behalf of News Corp have written to national newspapers urging them not to report on a forthcoming BBC documentary that is billed as revealing “fresh hacking allegations at the heart of News Corporation’s pay-TV empire”.
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NewsCowell locks horns with BBC1 boss
Britain’s Got Talent v The Voice has been billed as one of the biggest TV entertainment battles in years - and Simon Cowell and Danny Cohen have landed their final verbal blows as they brace for launch.
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NewsBBC2 takes Stewart Lee to 2015
The BBC has ordered a further two series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, taking the series up to 2015.
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NewsShine Intl COO Rakusen to exit
Martin Rakusen, Shine International’s chief operating officer, is leaving the company and the position will not be replaced.
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NewsMTV orders Welsh Valleys series
MTV UK has ordered a non-scripted reality series set in the Welsh capital Cardiff, from indie True North.
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NewsDexter creator remaking French drama with 4Rights
The creator of Dexter is adapting a French series for the US, with investment from Channel 4’s 4Rights.
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NewsC4's Coming Up line-up revealed
MJ Delaney, the director behind viral hit Newport State of Mind, is to make a drama for Channel 4 starring This is England’s Thomas Turgoose, as part of the broadcaster’s Coming Up scheme.
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NewsS4C demands Tinopolis improves series
S4C has called on Tinopolis to improve the quality of nightly series Heno, following a series of complaints from viewers.
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NewsSPT hires exec to work with indies
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has appointed Donna Cunningham as executive vice president of operations for international production - moving the role to London.
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NewsDRG sends UK athletes worldwide
Ahead of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games, distributor DRG has sold two documentaries featuring British athletes around the world.
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NewsContent acquires crime drama Amber
Distributor Content Television has picked up the international distribution rights to new crime thriller Amber.
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NewsChile to remake The Bank Job
Endemol has made its first format sale of Channel 4 game show The Bank Job in Chile.
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NewsCatalan Time Team to return
A remake of archaeology format Time Team has been recommissioned in Catalunya.
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NewsTurner acquires Mr Bean eps
Turner Broadcasting has acquired all 14 episodes of live-action comedy series Mr Bean from Tiger Aspect Productions.
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NewsNorton added to Global iPlayer
The Graham Norton Show will be made available to viewers of the new Global BBC iPlayer - the first global acquisition deal from a third party distributor.
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NewsIndies: the global revolution
Independent producers’ expansion into international markets is laid bare in Broadcast’s 2012 Indie Survey, which reveals that for one in five companies, at least half of their revenues come from outside the UK.
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NewsScripps acquires Travel Channel Intl for £65m
Scripps Networks Interactive, the company that jointly owns UKTV, is to pay £65m to buy London-based Travel Channel International Limited (TCI).