March 22, 2012
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NEW YORK: Adam Dolgins has been named the senior VP of original programming for truTV. He will oversee the network’s original programming group, which handles alternative comedic content such as Impractical Jokers and the upcoming Killer Karaoke. Dolgins will be based in New York and report to Darren Campo, ...
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March 22, 2012
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LONDON: HISTORY and Sky 3D have co-commissioned Colonial Pictures to produce the series Trevor McDonald’s Queen and Country, commemorating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The four-part, one-hour series, which was co-commissioned with Sky 3D to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, will explore the institutions and traditions surrounding the monarchy. ...
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March 22, 2012
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NEW YORK: The TV Real Preview for MIPDoc features a video interview with TV personality and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich as well as interviews with Werner Herzog and HBO’s Sheila Nevins, alongside articles, links to our Screening Rooms and more. To see it, visit miptv.worldscreen.com/real. The site features a video interview ...
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March 22, 2012
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KNOXVILLE: Scripps Networks Interactive is set to pay £65 million ($103 million) to acquire Travel Channel International. Travel Channel International distributes the Travel Channel brand in 20 languages across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. The company produces and commissions original travel programming for distribution in 91 countries. ...
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March 21, 2012
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TORONTO: Hot Docs has selected five films from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) to premiere at the 2012 festival, taking place April 26 to May 6 in Toronto. The festival’s Canadian Spectrum track will feature three NFB world premieres. Who Cares? looks at the prostitutes risking their lives ...
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March 21, 2012
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PREMIUM: Mark Reynolds, the commercial director for factual at BBC Worldwide’s Indie Unit, talks about the company’s new prime-time documentary series and specials. The BBC broadcasts documentary series and one-offs, but Mark Reynolds, the commercial director for factual at BBC Worldwide’s Indie Unit, notes that the current economic climate ...
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March 21, 2012
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LONDON: In renewing its exclusive distribution agreement with Scripps Networks International for an additional two years, Passion Distribution heads into MIPTV with a slate that includes programming from HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel and Travel Channel, among others. The renewed relationship kicks off at MIPTV with more than ...
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March 21, 2012
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LONDON: Chello Zone has secured new programming from TVNZ, among others, bulking up its crime offerings for the Zone Reality channel. Following the deals, TVNZ’s documentary series The Investigator is to premiere across all of Zone Reality’s feeds from May. The 12-part series from filmmaker Bryan Bruce looks at some ...
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March 21, 2012
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NEW YORK: Veria Living has formed the new division Veria Living Worldwide under its global expansion initiative. Veria Living Worldwide, which will be headed by Raymond Donahue, the company’s senior VP and head of program sales, will initiate partnerships with broadcasters and websites globally. Its catalogue of 1,100 hours of ...
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March 20, 2012
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LOS ANGELES: Rive Gauche Television has picked up the unscripted series Sins & Secrets. Sins & Secrets is produced by Jupiter Entertainment and airs in the U.S. on Discovery ID. The 29-episode, hour-long series profiles notorious crimes that expose the dark underbellies of the communities where they took place. As ...
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