All International articles – Page 598
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Men & Motors brings bikers to Cannes
LA-based Men & Motors International will launch four new titles at Mipcom including a series on World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss.
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Format focus: Sing Like a Superstar
The creators of Popstars are back with a format sure to add spice to the battle of the talent shows.
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NewsComment: UK leads the factual pack
While the Hollywood studios are seeing a resurgence in sales for US dramas and sitcoms worldwide, when it comes to factual and reality programming it seems that UK distributors are leading the pack, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsFremantle launches Jamie's Great Italian Escape
Fremantle International Distribution is looking to expand the global reach of its Jamie Oliver franchise with the launch of Jamie's Great Italian Escape(6 x 30-minutes) at Mipcom.
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NewsID Distribution picks up Rainbow portfolio
London-based independent distributor ID Distribution has doubled its catalogue after picking up the international rights to 400 hours of lifestyle and factual programming from US cable broadcaster Rainbow Media Holdings.
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NewsDyke and Blackley to speak in Cannes
Hit Entertainment chairman Greg Dyke and former Merrill Lynch analyst Neil Blackley are among the latest heavy-hitters to join the expanded conference programme at this year's Mipcom.
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NewsTWI teams with Endeavor for new venture
Producer and distributor TWI has teamed with Hollywood talent agency Endeavor to launch Transend, a new production venture that will create entertainment and reality programming for the global market.
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3DD sells U2 concert to Channel 4
Music programming distributor 3DD Entertainment has been appointed to handle worldwide distribution of the high definition special Vertigo 2005 - U2 Live from Chicago.
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Princess launches new formats at Mipcom
Princess Productions will launch new formats We are Detectivesand Office Monkeyat Mipcom.
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Zig Zag's James Dean doc sold in Sweden
Amsterdam-based production and distribution company Off the Fencehas sold Zig Zag's brand new investigative documentary The Day That James Dean Diedto TV4 Fakta in Sweden.
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Schlessinger Media licenses BBC titles
US distributor Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company, has licensed exclusive US educational and home video distribution rights to three new BBC series: Primary History: Aztecs, Science Clipsand Primary Geography: Water.
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Granda scoops HBO factual deal
Granada International has scored a coup by replacing Channel 4 International (C4I) as the distributor of HBO's documentary and family programming slates.
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Format Focus: Showhouse
Primetime home makeover shows seemed a thing of the past but an Irish indie wants to revive them.
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NewsComment: Hard times in toon town
Over 700 movers and shakers from Europe's animation industry descended on the Danish city of Kolding last week on the hunt for the next Bob the Builder.
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NewsMinotaur still going strong at ten
Flextech-owned Minotaur International will celebrate its tenth anniversary at next month's Mipcom with the launch of over 150 hours of new programming, including six new 90-minute films in SMG's ITV crime franchise Rebus.
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NewsOff the Fence launches UK docs
Amsterdam and Bristol-based factual producer and distributor Off the Fence is headlining its documentary Mipcom slate with The Day that James Dean Died.
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Granada Starting Over In France
Granada International has licensed the US reality format Starting Overto French commercial broadcaster TF1.
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Animal Planet commissions OSF special
US network Animal Planet has commissioned Sydney and London-based Southern Star to produce an hour-long special, Lyndal's $70K Lifeline Challenge.
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BVITV launches Roger Bannister TV movie
London-based Buena Vista International TV (BVITV) has picked up the ESPN produced TV movie Four Minutes, which tells the true story of how British medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier in 1954.
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Electric Sky expands sales team
Independent factual distributor Electric Sky has appointed Claudia Weber as sales manager, covering the US, Canada, German speaking Europe, DVD/Home Video and non-theatric sales.