All BBC Worldwide articles – Page 45
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NewsInteractive C4 doc explores NHS
Sanjay Singhal’s Voltage TV has picked up its first commission - an interactive documentary format about the NHS for Channel 4 in which viewers will give their opinions about patients receiving treatment.
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NewsUK indies secure seven US series
UK indies, led by Stephen Lambert’s All3Media America, have won at least seven series orders from US broadcasters this week, as well as three major development projects.
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NewsUK firms set to gain from quiet Cannes
A relatively quiet MipTV was good news for British producers and distributors, who took advantage of a noticeable lack of Americans to strike deals.
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NewsMy Family heads to Russia
MipTV: Distributor DLT Raydar has inked its first scripted format deal in Russia for a local version of BBC1 sitcom My Family.
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NewsBBC signs ZDF to co-pro One Planet
MipTV: The BBC has signed up ZDF as co-production partner for landmark factual series One Planet following the termination of its financing deal with Discovery .
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NewsAustralia's ABC lands BBCW content
Australian public broadcaster ABC has acquired a slew of BBC series including Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off and Jacques Perretti’s The Men Who Made Us Spend, as well as Channel 4’s Chatty Man.
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NewsGroupM Entertainment hires international boss
GroupM Entertainment is to ramp up the international distribution of its shows following the appointment of former DRG exec Ali Hill.
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NewsOvation buys ITV arts docs
US cable network Ovation has acquired a raft of arts programming from ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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NewsBBC in-house plans revealed
BBC Productions is preparing a major digital content push and is drawing up plans to reward staff for devising international hits.
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NewsBBCW shortlists six for Labs 2014 scheme
A company that uses webcams to analyse viewers’ expressions and a social media video editing app are among the six companies selected for BBC Worldwide Labs 2014.
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NewsGuy Hibbert pens BBC2 China drama
Complicit writer Guy Hibbert is to pen a BBC2 drama about a Chinese woman struggling to find her identity after being adopted by Anglo/American parents.
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NewsHBO Nordics snaps up BBC2's Honourable Woman
HBO Nordics has acquired BBC drama The Honourable Woman after striking a deal with BBC Worldwide.
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NewsDuck Quacks echoes across the world
Duck Quacks Don’t Echo is to travel across the world after Sky Vision closed a number of key programming deals.
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NewsBBCW chief joins Turner
BBC Worldwide’s Central European and Middle Eastern chief Ian McDonough is leaving the company as part of its latest wide-ranging staff changes.
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NewsTCB staffs up in Europe
Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights has hired two new senior sales executives as it doubles its catalogue.
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NewsBroadcast opens International TV Forum
Key execs from BBC Worldwide, Shine, All3Media, Channel 5 and Sky will be speaking at Broadcast’s inaugural International TV Forum, which launches in June.
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NewsBaby Cow, Big Talk and Shed break into US
Baby Cow, Big Talk and Shed Media have secured series from a range of cable networks as UK indies continue to make substantial gains in the US.
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NewsPop targets original series
Kids channel Pop wants to move into original commissioning for the first time after launching on free-to-air platform Freeview this week.
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BBCW exec to partner Clerkenwell in new indie
The exec producer of BBC Worldwide- backed dramas including Death In Paradise and Parade’s End has partnered with Clerkenwell Films to found his own scripted indie.
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NewsBBC America makes comedy debut with Clive Tulloh
BBC America is moving into comedy for the first time after ordering aristocrat comedy Almost Royal from Clive Tulloh’s indie Burning Bright.