All International articles – Page 354
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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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NewsEllender makes first Slingshot hire
Former Fremantle Media chief executive David Ellender has hired a scripted boss for his LA-based start-up Slingshot Media.
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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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NewsAlaska finds a pearl for TV3
Irish broadcaster TV3 has ordered a Duck Dynasty-style reality series from UK indie Alaska TV as part of its drive to commission more British producers.
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NewsC4 takes aim at global drama
Channel 4 is to invest millions in international drama co-productions in a strategy that will result in it taking on the BBC and Sky for projects with global appeal.
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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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NewsDLT Raydar Rights strikes Sundog deal
Fledgling distributor DLT Raydar Rights has inked a deal with Sundog Pictures for a slew of factual series.
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NewsDCD wins Open University bid
DCD Rights has won the rights to distribute over 200 hours of BBC series including Coast after winning an Open University tender.
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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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NewsZig Zag lines up Herbert Bros for A&E
US cable network A&E has ordered a new reality series from Zig Zag, billed as the “natural successor” to Duck Dynasty.
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NewsSky opens Animal House with Cineflix
Sky has acquired New Zealand animal documentary series Animal House as part of a 67 hour programming deal with Cineflix Rights.
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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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NewsITVS hooks NBC Charles Manson show
ITV Studios has secured a 13-episode straight-to-series order from US network NBC for Aquarius, a drama about a young Charles Manson.
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NewsNI Screen reveals £43m funding pot
Northern Ireland is bidding to tempt more Game of Thrones-style high-end TV and film productions to the country through a £43m, four-year investment plan.
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NewsGermany goes Cuckoo for BBC3 comedy
BBC3 comedy Cuckoo will become the first import in 10 years to air in a prime time slot on German broadcaster ARD, after it agreed a two series deal with Fremantle Media International.
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NewsBBC ‘must safeguard World Service’
Foreign secretary William Hague must “hold the BBC’s feet to the fire” to ensure it protects the World Service, a group of MPs has argued.
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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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NewsDiscovery & UKTV snap up Cineflix shows
Discovery and UKTV have each snapped up series from Cineflix Rights as part of the distributor’s latest slew of programme sales.