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NBCU acquires full ownership of Sprout
NBCUniversal has acquired the shares in US preschool channel Sprout it didn’t already own to…
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News brief: PBS buys Shine’s Vicious
US broadcaster PBS has acquired British comedy series Vicious. The 6x30mins show, which stars Ian…
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PBS to air Egypt football doc
PBS is to broadcast American Pharaoh, a one-hour doc that goes behind the scenes of…
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Pioneer gets pair of PBS commissions
US broadcaster PBS has ordered two shows from UK indie producer Pioneer Productions. Six-parter Secrets…
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FremantleMedia takes rights to Irish genealogy series
FremantleMedia has picked up format rights to Genealogy Roadshow. The show was created by Irish…
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News brief: Bravo adds Farrell, Oliver to current team
NBCUniversal-owned Bravo Media has hired doc maker Leslie Farrell and former Food Network executive Jeffrey…
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BBC buys Martin Luther King doc for anniversary tribute
The BBC has acquired one-off doc MLK: The Assassination Tapes, a one-off documentary about iconic…
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Reinventing the classics
Children’s TV is something that binds and defines peer groups. With new versions of Thunderbirds,…
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C4, PBS order Nutopia terrorist drama doc
Channel 4 and PBS have co-commissioned Terror in the Desert, a one-hour documentary about the…
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News brief: Cyber Group takes Zou to PBS Kids Sprout
French producer and distributor Cyber Group Studios has sold its preschool series Zou to the…