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NewsHot Picks: Modus
Sweden has a rich history of big-budget drama but the majority of series that have been picked up for the UK, such as ITV Encore acquisition Jordskott and Real Humans, which was adapted by Channel 4 as Humans, have emerged from public broadcaster SVT.
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NewsHot Picks: False Flag (Kfulim)
False Flag could be the new Homeland. The Israeli spy drama, known locally as Shkufim, is already being adapted into a US version before the original even airs on Channel 2 in Israel.
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NewsHot Picks: Spring Tide (Springfloden)
Nordic noir remains a valuable global commodity – more than eight years after the launch of Forbrydelsen (The Killing).
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NewsHot Picks: War and Peace
It has been billed as the most ambitious drama in the BBC’s 93-year history, so it will come as no surprise that BBC Worldwide is putting War And Peace at the heart of its Mipcom plans.
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NewsHot Picks: Hunted
Social experiment is back with a bang, with international broad- casters aggressively searching for edgy formats on the back of shows such as Married At First Sight.
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NewsHot Picks: Can't Touch This
Northern Irish indie Stellify Media is only 18 months old but has already scored a major Saturday night primetime commission for BBC1 and a US network pilot with Can’t Touch This.
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NewsHot Picks: Kiss Bang Love
The producer behind Married At First Sight is back with another controversial format. Danish indie Snowman Productions, which created arranged-marriage show Gift Ved Første Blik for DR3 (which aired on Channel 4 as Married at First Sight), has now come up with Kiss Bang Love.
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NewsHot Picks: The Fear
The horror genre has been one of the most successful on television in recent years, with shows such as The Walking Dead and American Horror Story.
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NewsHot Picks: Tracey Ullman’s Show
There hasn’t been a British sketch show that has captured global attention since Little Britain, which ended back in 2006.
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NewsHot Picks: Matsuko-Roid
According to science fiction, robots will one day take over the world, and in Japanese broad- caster Nippon’s case, that day could be sooner than expected.
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NewsHot Picks: In Search of the Condor
Celebrities have danced, dived and dined for the purposes of entertainment, and in this new format from Warner Bros, they are taken bird-watching.
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NewsGoPro releases new version of wearable action camera
GoPro has released another version of its wearable action camera.
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NewsVice eyes new channels and TV expansion
Vice is to launch a number of online channels and push further into linear television over the next 12 months.
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NewsCharlotte Hawkins takes up postproducer role at Halo
Charlotte Hawkins has joined Halo Post in the role of post producer.
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NewsDirectors Cut hires manager and head of bookings
Directors Cut has made two appointments, with Sophie Turner recruited as facility manager and Vicky Boyens joining the post firm as head of bookings.
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NewsIn brief: Voltage; Peacock; 5 Live; Jazz FM; Beatles
Commissions from ITV and Channel 4 about male vanity, abseiling and The Beatles have emerged as the BBC has forged a partenrship with Jazz FM. Click for more.
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NewsFirecrest lands C4 current affairs series
Glasgow-based indie Firecrest Films has been commissioned to produce a consumer current affairs series for Channel 4 following a successful pilot.
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NewsCBS tracks down US version of Hunted
Channel 4’s off-grid format Hunted is being developed in the US by Endemol Shine Group’s North American arm.
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NewsUKTV extends TVT media management deal
Media services and post-production facility TVT has extended its media management services contract with UKTV to 2020.
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