All International articles – Page 527
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Iran blocks BBC Persian reporter bid
Iranian authorities have refused the BBC permission to base a Persian-speaking correspondent in Iran, despite the launch of the BBC Persian television channel later this month.
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BBC Persian channel to launch mid-month
BBC World Service's Persian language television channel, BBC Persian TV, will go live on Wednesday 14 January.
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Olivia to make US debut
Chorion and Brown Bag Films' pre-school series Olivia is poised to air on Nickelodeon US for the first time.
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Bloomberg appoints commercial boss
Bloomberg TV has hired Al Jazeera's former commercial director to co-ordinate its commercial activities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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HBO lines up US version of Shameless
ER showrunner John Wells has teamed up with HBO to adapt Channel 4 drama Shameless for US audiences.
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ER confirms takeover talks
Troubled kids company Entertainment Rights is in takeover talks, the company confirmed over the Christmas period.
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NewsSmithsonian posts wish list
Smithsonian Channel programming boss David Royle has urged UK producers to bring him HD programming that offers “new ways of looking at the world”.
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NewsDisney appoints channel distribution boss
Disney-ABC-ESPN Television has appointed Kakhaber Abashidze to handle channel distribution across most of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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NewsMy Family heads to Latin America
BBC1 sitcom My Family is to be introduced to Latin America for the first time after DLT Entertainment sold a package of shows into the continent.
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NewsFremantle seals first archive deal
Fremantle Media has kicked off a strategy of acquiring rights to archive content by signing a deal with American red carpet film company Celebrity Footage.
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NewsAll3I names acquisitions chief
All3Media International has promoted acquisitions executive Maartje Horchner to the company's head of acquisitions.
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NewsLiving to shape up with McKenna
Living has acquired a Paul McKenna weight-loss show that originally aired on the TLC network in the US.
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NewsEndemol goes Underground in Argentina
Endemol has taken a minority share in the Argentine telenovela producer Underground.
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NewsMerlin to return to BBC1
The BBC has ordered a second spell of Shine Television's family drama Merlin.
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NewsUKTV acquires brace of reality shows
UKTV has acquired two hit reality lifestyle series from international distributor, Southern Star International - Domestic Blitz and My Restaurant Rules.
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NewsBBCW names digital/formats director in Asia
BBC Worldwide has appointed Disney exec Mark Chan to the newly-created role of regional sales and business development director for digital media and formats in Asia.
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NewsDisney poaches Nat Geo exec
Disney-ABC-ESPN Television has appointed Karen Vermeulen as director of programme distribution for the UK and Ireland.
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NewsHat trick of Golden Globe nominations for Cranford
BBC1 period drama Cranford has picked up three nominations in this year's Golden Globe awards.
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NewsBBC cold on C4/Worldwide merger
The BBC has poured cold water on proposals to merge Channel 4 with BBC Worldwide - claiming any such move would trigger a “catastrophic loss of value”.