All articles by Will Hurrell – Page 5

  • News

    Electric Sky sells ITV's Fat Teens to NZ

    2009-04-29T15:39:20Z

    Electric Sky has sold ITV1 documentary Fat Teens in Love to Prime NZ in New Zealand, as part of a raft of deals done with cable and terrestrial broadcasters in the country.

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    RDF USA hires E! exec

    2009-04-29T10:29:00Z

    RDF USA, the US arm of RDF Media Group, has made a number of key appointments, including former E! Entertainment executive, Jennifer Danska.

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    FME plans US comedy push

    2009-04-28T10:00:17Z

    British comedies such as Toyboize could be set for US remakes following Fremantle Media North America's move to create a new senior vice president for scripted comedy.

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    Fremantle makes teen drama for MySpace

    2009-04-22T17:37:35Z

    Fremantle Media is producing a HD online drama for social networking site MySpace UK that is being sponsored by Red Bull and Tampax.

  • Features

    The Buyer: David Booth

    2009-04-22T15:27:08Z

    David Booth is vice president, programming, MTV Networks.

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    Coolabi signs Oz partner for Dead Normal

    2009-04-22T15:22:02Z

    Coolabi Productions has pre-sold CBBC teen drama Dead Normal to ABC TV Australia after striking a co-pro deal with a local indie.

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    UKTV eyes reality TV as it readies Really

    2009-04-22T15:14:39Z

    UKTV is looking to acquire ‘voyeuristic' ob-docs after picking up a US series for Really, the lifestyle channel that will replace UKTV Gardens next month.

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    Cowell hints at US X Factor

    2009-04-22T12:07:27Z

    American Idol judge Simon Cowell has hinted that he may be planning to launch The X Factor in the US.

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    Katy Brand and Inbetweeners to air in US

    2009-04-21T17:20:13Z

    BBC America has acquired the broadcast rights to ITV2 sketch comedy Katy Brand's Big Ass Show and E4 comedy The Inbetweeners.

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    Plans revealed for CSI movie

    2009-04-21T15:18:47Z

    Long-running US crime drama CSI is being set for a Hollywood remake, according to William Petersen, the show's former star and executive producer.

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    All3Media and BBCW win Queen's Award

    2009-04-21T10:12:07Z

    Distributors BBC Worldwide (BBCW) and All3Media International have each received a Queen's Award for helping increase UK exports.

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    UKTV will spruce up houses for Home

    2009-04-15T16:32:55Z

    UKTV has acquired two home improvement series for Home, the channel that is poised to replace UKTV Style.

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    Bravo beats Five in race for US bike drama

    2009-04-15T14:49:18Z

    Virgin Media TV's Bravo has beaten Five to pick up the UK premiere rights to critically acclaimed US motorcycle drama Sons of Anarchy.

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    ITV's Primeval to get Hollywood treatment

    2009-04-14T09:53:56Z

    Impossible Pictures has teamed up with US film studio Warner Bros to turn ITV1 dinosaur drama Primeval into a Hollywood movie.

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    MoMedia joins Lions' Tour

    2009-04-09T09:56:48Z

    Digital producer and distributor MoMedia International has won the mobile and online rights to rugby sporting event the British and Irish Lions' South African Tour.

  • Features

    The Buyer: Karrie Wolfe

    2009-04-07T15:17:17Z

    Karrie Wolfe is senior vice president of RDF USA.

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    Russia to air Hudson plane crash doc

    2009-04-07T15:11:23Z

    Darlow Smithson Production's (DSP) fast turnaround documentary Miracle of the Hudson Plane Crash has been sold to Channel One in Russia.

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    Parthenon wins myth series commission

    2009-04-07T14:13:28Z

    Parthenon Entertainment has won its biggest series commission to date, a 13 x 30-minute series for National Geographic Channels International that will debunk the myths surrounding famous historical figures.

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    Target takes Josef Fritzl doc global

    2009-04-07T14:02:38Z

    Target Entertainment has sold Sky 1 documentary Josef Fritzl: Story of a Monster to eight broadcasters around the world.

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    Fremantle: UK format dominance is waning

    2009-04-02T09:16:02Z

    FremantleMedia senior executive vice-president of entertainment Rob Clark has warned that the UK's dominance of the formats business will slip in the face of stronger competition from abroad.