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Asian nets bag 300 hours from TVF
Asian broadcasters have licensed more than 300 hours of programming from UK-based distributor TVF International….
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Kids TV seriously
Today’s kids have an endless array of entertainment choices. From Disney, Nickelodeon and Turner Broadcasting…
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News brief: Nets buy Russian-themed content from TVF
UK distributor TVF International has sold Canadian doc Ice, Sweat and Tears to NHK in…
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Wowow restructures Japan and US operations
Japanese pay TV broadcaster Wowow has restructured and split programming and production into two separate…
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BBC nets Japan’s Giant Squid film
The BBC has acquired one-off documentary film Legends of the Deep: Giant Squid from its…
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NHK makes first drama sales to Myanmar
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has sold a pair of dramas to a satellite broadcaster in…
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MIPTV News: Japanese Treasure Box opening again at MIPTV
Japan’s leading free-to-air broadcasters will launch a raft of new formats at MIPTV under the…
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Poirot star heads to MIPTV
ITV Studios Global Entertainment is bringing David Suchet, the star of long-running crime drama Poirot,…
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East meets West as Japan opens its Treasure Box
The double whammy effect of not importing formats and lengthy primetimes filled with original shows…