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SANTA MONICA: Moving Pictures Film and Television has acquired Tanner Hall, written and directed by Tatiana von Furstenberg, the daughter of fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, and Francesca Gregorini, the daughter of Barbara Bach and step-daughter of Ringo Starr. The …

LONDON: Channel 4’s 4Rights division has appointed Dominic Schreiber as rights development manager and Ashley Smith as project manager, rights development, as it gears up to expand its U.K. and international businesses this year. Schreiber is tasked with working with …

CANNES: Jane Root, the CEO of Nutopia, the producer of HISTORY’s ambitious America: The Story of Us, delivered the keynote address that wrapped up MIPDoc in Cannes today, in a session moderated by Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of …

NEW YORK: Ben Silverman’s Electus is making its inaugural outing at MIPTV, where the company will showcase a range of digital and linear programming for the international market.  Much Madness is a national food competition, in which competitors from around …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) will hold a hearing on April 26 on Lionsgate’s shareholder rights plan—the indie studio’s attempt to fend off a hostile takeover bid by Carl Icahn. Icahn is seeking to buy out the …

LONDON: Through the signing of an exclusive deal, Endemol is to be given the first look on all of French TV’s future titles and creations, and will also handle the worldwide distribution for the content, except for in France. The …

LONDON: Paul Maidment has been upped to director of BBC Motion Gallery—BBC Worldwide’s stock-footage business—following the departure of Simon Gibbs earlier this year. Maidment joined BBC Motion Gallery in 2003 as business development director and, alongside Gibbs, helped to launch the company. Today, …

LOS ANGELES: Barry O’Brien and Richard Correll, co-creators of Disney Channel’s mega-hit Hannah Montana, have filed suit against the network, alleging they have not received a fair share of the profits. According to Reuters, the $5-million suit was filed yesterday in Los …

BOSTON: American Public Television (APT) has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to NHK’s half-hour international news program Newsline. The English-language series delivers news, in HD, from Asia and around the world, including reports on current affairs, business, sports, science and …

CANNES: Globo TV International has sold its new telenovela Paradise City—a key highlight at MIPTV this week—to ten countries in the three months since its NATPE debut. An impossible love story between a girl considered a saint and the so-called son …