All International articles – Page 525

  • News

    Oz gets a head with CBBC

    2009-02-10T11:16:54Z

    Nickelodeon Australia has become a co-producer on CBBC children's sketch show Sorry, I've Got No Head.

  • News

    BBC to pull Sri Lankan shows in censor row

    2009-02-09T16:13:58Z

    The BBC World Service is to suspend its FM programming on the Sri Lankan national broadcaster following a row over censorship.

  • News

    MTV launches world music project

    2009-02-09T11:35:26Z

    MTV Networks International has launched two music initiatives aimed at connecting fans with established and emerging acts on the world music scene.

  • News

    French kiss for Sky 1's Loveland

    2009-02-09T10:40:30Z

    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

    2009-02-06T12:32:32Z

    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.

  • Features

    Julia Stuart, Sky 1

    2009-02-04T16:11:00Z

    Julia Stuart is senior acquisitions executive for Sky 1

  • News

    Parthenon bids to profit from struggling market

    2009-02-04T16:06:37Z

    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”.

  • News

    GTV's football rights set to be sold

    2009-02-04T12:41:54Z

    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.

  • Ratings

    Super Bowl breaks ratings record

    2009-02-04T10:51:20Z

    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.

  • News

    Thomas the Tank Engine steams ahead

    2009-02-03T11:58:25Z

    Thomas & Friends has stayed on track as the UK's top preschool license for the ninth year running, according to marketing group NPD.

  • News

    Top Up TV buys Sex and the City

    2009-02-03T11:02:36Z

    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.

  • News

    AP adds iconic images to archive

    2009-02-03T11:01:51Z

    The Associated Press has added more than a century's worth of photo stills to its online video archive for international broadcasters.

  • News

    GTV goes into liquidation

    2009-02-02T10:38:53Z

    UK-based Pan-African broadcaster GTV has gone into liquidation with the loss of all staff.

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    Features

    The Buyer: Maartje Horchner

    2009-01-29T08:29:33Z

    Maartje Horchner is head of acquisitions at All3Media International

  • News

    Scrase-Dickins takes buying role at BBCW

    2009-01-29T08:24:46Z

    BBC Worldwide Channels has appointed a former Paramount acquisitions executive as its new vice-president of acquisitions.

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    Distributors join forces to create export group

    2009-01-29T08:22:51Z

    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.

  • News

    Parthenon takes stake in sea-faring Arcadia

    2009-01-28T18:53:15Z

    Parthenon Entertainment has acquired a 48% stake in a Canadian production company that specialises in ocean-related factual programming.

  • News

    BBCW faces radical shake-up threat

    2009-01-28T18:30:06Z

    BBC Worldwide is bracing itself for the DCMS select committee to call for a radical change to the way it acquires BBC programmes.

  • News

    Morley appointed in SPTI restructure

    2009-01-28T13:36:52Z

    Sony Pictures Television International has combined its international production activities and appointed former Endemol International exec Mike Morley.

  • News

    C4 acquires Generation Kill and True Blood

    2009-01-27T14:24:08Z

    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.