All International articles – Page 328
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NewsDNI takes a step into drama
Discovery Networks International (DNI) is moving into drama for the first time and is hoping it can rival the BBC and Netflix with its latest natural history push.
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CommentThe benefits of thinking global
International formats are setting the pace for UK broadcasters
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NewsEuropean Commission unveils digital content shake-up
The European Commission (EC) has unveiled plans to create a Digital Single Market in a move that could have a significant impact on the way that TV series are sold across Europe and how online giants like Netflix and Amazon operate on the continent.
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NewsKilling creator's indie wins first order
SAM Productions, the producer set up by The Killing creator Søren Sveistrup and Borgen creator Adam Price, has won its first commission.
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NewsAll3Media America scores US drama pilot
All3Media America’s march into drama has taken a step forward after scoring a pilot for US cable network E!, written by Mad Men’s Jonathan Abrahams and produced by Objective Productions USA.
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NewsA+E Networks boards War and Peace
US cable group A+E Networks has boarded BBC2’s epic adaptation of War and Peace as part of a landmark deal.
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NewsBBC acquires Danish drama Follow The Money
BBC4 has picked up Danish drama Follow The Money - a white collar crime thriller from the team behind The Killing and Borgen.
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NewsBBC4 acquires Icelandic thriller
BBC4 has expanded its international drama slate with a 10-part Icelandic series, produced by Baltasar Kormakur, the director of Denzel Washington film 2 Guns.
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NewsRevealed: top US acquisitions
Superheroes, supernatural surgeons and sleuthing spin-offs are some of the characteristics helping to make acquired US network shows successful on British TV.
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NewsDone + Dusted wins £33m of business in US
Done + Dusted, the UK indie that produced the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, is expanding its US business, with $50m (£33m) worth of deals signed over the past six months, including a major series for Yahoo with Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment.
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NewsUS execs lead Edinburgh TV Festival line-up
US execs will be out in force in Edinburgh this year, with senior figures from HBO, Showtime, FX and Discovery flying the flag for cable and Amazon Studios representing the new breed of online commissioners.
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NewsFormer Culture Show editor wins 75-part Bloomberg arts series
An indie founded by former Culture Show editor Eddie Morgan has secured a three-year deal with Bloomberg TV to make a 75-part art series.
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NewsWorld Media Rights wins American Heroes series
Discovery-owned US network American Heroes Channel has ordered a three-part World War II series from UK indie World Media Rights.
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NewsLeftfield hires Optomen exec
Leftfield Entertainment has established a production company which will produce “smart and authentic” digital programming.
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NewsVivendi targets acquisitions
Happy Valley indie Red Production Company is set to become part of an enlarged global content group after its parent company Vivendi prepares to join the acquisitions trail.
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NewsZnak & Jones strikes Danish deal
Znak & Jones, the indie co-founded by former Syco Television USA chief Simon Jones, has struck a deal with a judge on the Danish version of The X Factor to produce non-scripted formats in Denmark.
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NewsSharon Horgan indie wins HBO series
HBO has commissioned a full series of Sharon Horgan-penned sitcom Divorce after a successful pilot in December last year.
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NewsMeet the international stars
Broadcast reveals its second group of up-and-coming execs making their mark in global TV
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NewsFormats get physical at MipTV
Survival formats and physical gameshows flexed their muscles at MipTV this week, with broadcasters increasingly prepared to look beyond the safety of talent formats and studio shows.
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NewsMore 4 captures Nordic WW2 drama
More 4 has acquired a Nordic drama about the sabotage of a Nazi atomic bomb factory during World War II.