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LONDON: Zodiak Rights has signed a first-look development deal with the French production company Memento and will bring a range of the outfit's programming to MIPCOM. Memento specializes in factual programming as well as feature films. The first programs to come from the Zodiak and Memento deal is The Insider, …

LONDON: Starting next year, Sky Sports is set to air Monday Night Football as part of a new five-year agreement with the NFL. The network’s additional American football coverage will include more than 80 live fixtures a season, including up to five games per week during regular season, the playoffs …

LONDON: Sophie Turner Laing, former managing director of content at BSkyB, has been tapped to lead a new TV production group that will be formed through the merger of Endemol, Shine and Core Media. Turner Laing left BSkyB in May; she had been with the company since 2003. Rupert Murdoch's …

CANNES: After achieving high ratings in Italy, Atresmedia’s daily soap opera The Secret of Old Bridge is ready to conquer new territories, says José Antonio Salso, the company’s head of sales and acquisitions. “We have received a lot of interest from inter­national buyers, especially from Eastern Europe,” he adds. “More …

CANNES: Following on the success of Ruby Red, TM International is launching Sapphire Blue at MIPCOM. The new feature film is based on the second part of the best-selling Precious Stone book trilogy by Kerstin Gier. Carlos Hertel, the head of international sales at TM International, believes that the cast …

LONDON: Sky has invested $5 million in the U.S. advertising technology firm Sharethrough. Sharethrough offers software that enables publishers to monetize their sites and apps with adverts that are non-interruptive and stylistically similar to the surrounding content. For advertisers, Sharethrough’s software provides them with an automated solution to match online …

CANNES: The success of The Red Band Society has helped Filmax International cement its place as “an important player in the TV-drama field,” according to Ivan Diaz, the head of the company’s international division. “The show has been sold in many territories, and a big American adaptation, produced by Amblin …

MUNICH: Nina Etspueler is rejoining Red Arrow Entertainment Group as the senior creative producer, reporting directly to Michael Schmidt, the company's chief creative officer. Etspueler will focus on identifying and developing TV formats together with Red Arrow's creative teams, and be responsible for consulting with internal and external partners on …

CANNES: The Czech period drama The Manor House, a MIPCOM highlight for Imagina International Sales, is a family saga set in 1920s Prague that blends mystery, a murder investigation and romance. “Even though the series is set in the Czech Republic and reflects the situation of the country in the …

MADRID: Victor Ros, a series based on a popular set of mystery novels, will be among the scripted highlights Televisión Española is set to present at MIPCOM. That title follows the titular inspector, who tackles cases in 19th-century Madrid using scientific methods developed by Scotland Yard. The series is an …