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CANNES: The business of negotiating rights across multiple platforms and finding ways to monetize online, on-demand services were identified as the key issues facing broadcasters today by top programmers from the U.K., Canada, Australia and Norway during the Acquisition Superpanel …

CANNES: Rogers’ Malcolm Dunlop, Channel 4’s Gill Hay, Network Ten’s Beverley McGarvey and TV2 Norway’s John Ranelagh received their World Screen Content Trendsetter Awards in partnership with MIPCOM in Cannes today. The group received their awards at the end of …

CANNES/MUNICH: Red Arrow International has sold the rights for The Taste to Australia’s Nine Network and Restless to ProSiebenSat.1 Media Group. Australia’s Nine Network picked up the rights to The Taste, a cooking competition show, for broadcast of both a …

LOS ANGELES: Herbert Kloiber, the chairman of Tele München Gruppe, will receive a Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award at NATPE in January, joining previously announced honorees producer John Langley, BET Networks’ Debra Lee and Modern Family creator Steven Levitan. "We are pleased …

Stars have become more open to participating in celebrity-based TV shows, which provide strong marketing potential and prospects for ancillary revenues. When thinking about pop-culture figures such as Britney Spears, Donald Trump and Jennifer Lopez, television might not be the …

CANNES: David Ellender, global CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises, announced the company’s new first-look deal with Vuguru in Cannes today, emphasizing the company’s commitment to bolstering its business with digital distribution platforms. The first-look deal covers the international rights, outside North …

CANNES: The nominations for the 40th International Emmy Awards have been announced, with 38 nominees in 9 categories, while 24 nominees were selected in 6 categories for the first annual International Emmy Kids Awards, which TV Kids is a partner …

CANNES: In her first MIPCOM as CEO of FremantleMedia, Cecile Frot-Coutaz pointed to the challenges and opportunities presented by digital media, and highlighted the company’s capabilities in "building brands that cut through" in an increasingly fragmented market. "It’s a good …

CANNES: As MIPCOM formally kicked off this morning, Laurine Garaude, the director of the television division at Reed MIDEM, announced that some 12,800 participants are on site at the event, "with more talent and celebrities than ever before." Garaude made …

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