All International articles – Page 551
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Fremantle strikes deal for Sally Head distribution
Fremantle Media Enterprises has secured a three-year, first-look, development and distribution deal with Sally Head Productions, the indie behind BBC4's Fanny Hill.
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Target sells Kudos shows as SRI takes on Plus One
Kudos Film and Television's Echo Beach and Moving Wallpaper have been sold to a raft of broadcasters by Target Entertainment, while Shine Reveille International has secured the international rights to the indie's new Channel 4 comedy Plus One.
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Disney planning factual arm
Disney has unveiled plans for a new subsidiary studio specialising in environmental and nature films.
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CGS signs European broadcast deal
Championship Gaming Series (CGS) has signed a European broadcast deal with Eurosport and BSkyB, making the professional video-gaming league available in more than 400 million homes worldwide.
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KateModern to cross with LonelyGirl15
Bebo's online drama KateModern is to crossover with the US format that inspired it, LonelyGirl15, over the next two weeks.
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RTL and Saban eye BSkyB's ITV stake
BSkyB has received expressions of interest in its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV from German broadcaster RTL and media mogul Haim Saban.
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Blog: Can ITV beat the ratings?
Will Hurrell travelled to Germany to watch the filming of new ITV1 gameshow Beat the Star.
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Nuts takes US darts package
Nuts TV will screen exclusive coverage of the 2008 PDC US Open on as part of a package of darts programming on the channel.
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Alchemy plans£15m Hur
London and LA-based drama distributor Alchemy Television is going into production on its first original mini-series, a£15m adaptation of the Biblical epic Ben Hur.
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Dino drama sold to Italy
Sci-fi thriller Primeval and BBC drama Life on Mars have been sold to Italian state broadcaster Rai Due by BBC Worldwide.
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Wall to Wall cinema doc to run in UK
Wall to Wall's first cinema documentary, Man on Wire, has secured a UK theatrical release through Icon Film Distribution.
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Virgin 1 adds shows to Extraordinary season
Virgin 1 will explore gigantism, the lives of conjoined twins and speed-eating as part of its flagship Extraordinary Humans strand.
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Format Focus: Head of the Class
Young contestants have just five minutes to graduate from school in a new kids format from Israel.
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Tigress tackles big bang for the Science Channel
A new documentary offering a radical new take on the big bang theory is being made by Tigress Productions for Discovery's Science Channel in the US.
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UKTV picks up Wildlife Rescue
BBC Worldwide has sold Australian indie Freehand's new factual series, Outback Wildlife Rescue, to UKTV.
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BBC1's Mrs Pritchard off to Japan
MIPTV: Target Entertainment has sold Kudos Film & Television's BBC1 drama series The Amazing Mrs Pritchard to NHK in Japan as part of a raft of deals
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Norway to ask Am I Normal
MIPTV: Avalon Distribution has sold Liberty Bell's new BBC2 series Am I Normal? to Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, ahead of its UK broadcast next week.
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ITV to make global channels push
MIPTV: ITV Worldwide is looking to establish a global channels business, under the leadership of new president and managing director Peter Iacono.
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Ben Hur gets£15m remake
MIPTV: London and LA-based drama distributor Alchemy Television is going into production on its first original mini-series, a£15m adaptation of the Biblical epic Ben Hur.
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RDF in first-look deal with Rival
RDF Rights has struck two new first-look deals with London-based formats outfit Rival Media and US reality producer Asylum Entertainment.