All articles by Will Hurrell – Page 10
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No Heroics to be remade for US audiences
US network ABC has green-lit a new pilot based on ITV2 comedy No Heroics.
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BBC takes Pryde in distribution
Alix Pryde, chief advisor to BBC chief executive officer Caroline Thomson, has been named the new controller of BBC Distribution.
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French kiss for Sky 1's Loveland
Endemol is lining up a French version of Sky 1's new dating show Loveland after picking up the format rights from Target Entertainment Group.
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Parthenon makes friends in Norway
Parthenon Kids has picked up the worldwide distribution rights to animated preschool show City of Friends, one of the first children's series to be produced in Norway.
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Rise to uncover Indian culture clash for More 4
Factual indie Rise Films is making a feature-length ob-doc for More 4 about an indigenous Indian tribe facing up to the arrival of a large, multi-national company.
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Parthenon bids to profit from struggling market
Parthenon Entertainment Group chief executive Carl Hall believes distributors will face a tough year and is on the lookout to acquire companies that have “hit the rocks”.
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GTV's football rights set to be sold
The African broadcast rights to the English Premier League, previously held by liquidated pan-African broadcaster GTV, are close to being sold to a new buyer.
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Ratings
Super Bowl breaks ratings record
Nearly 100 million viewers tuned in to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday night, making it the most-watched sporting event in US TV history.
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Thomas the Tank Engine steams ahead
Thomas & Friends has stayed on track as the UK's top preschool license for the ninth year running, according to marketing group NPD.
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Top Up TV buys Sex and the City
Pay TV operator Top Up TV has picked up the broadcast rights to hit US series Sex and the City as part of a content deal with CBS Paramount International Television.
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Raw Cut expands factual team
Raw Cut TV has appointed one of the directors behind ITV1's Mums on Strike to spearhead the indie's expansion in to factual and popular factual programming.
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GTV goes into liquidation
UK-based Pan-African broadcaster GTV has gone into liquidation with the loss of all staff.
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Scrase-Dickins takes buying role at BBCW
BBC Worldwide Channels has appointed a former Paramount acquisitions executive as its new vice-president of acquisitions.
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NewsDistributors join forces to create export group
The UK's biggest distributors are to work together on boosting the country's international television business through an advisory body supported by the government.
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Parthenon takes stake in sea-faring Arcadia
Parthenon Entertainment has acquired a 48% stake in a Canadian production company that specialises in ocean-related factual programming.
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C4 acquires Generation Kill and True Blood
Channel 4 has acquired the terrestrial rights to Golden Globe-winning vampire drama True Blood and Generation Kill, the Iraq war mini-series from the writer of The Wire.
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Chello strikes Warner deal
A miniseries of The Bourne Identity has formed part of a major sales deal between multichannel operator Chello Zone and Warner Bros International Television Distribution.
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Change in the air for C4
To survive, the broadcaster must find a place at the centre of a new PSB proposal.
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Hirst joins FME drama project
Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME) is working with Michael Hirst, the writer behind The Tudors, to develop one of 10 drama projects it is planning to launch to international broadcasters.