ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has signed an exclusive first look output deal with leading factual producer World Media Rights (WMR) following MIPTV. The multi-year agreement will see ITVS GE distributing upwards of 40 hours of World Media Rights’ new factual series. ITVS GE already distributes three of WMR’s series including the brand new Real Story Of…; Animal Black Ops and Fugitive Black Ops. ITVS GE has inked sales for Animal Black Ops with Discovery Networks in Sweden and … [Read more...] about ITV partners World Media
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3rd series for Thunderbirds Are Go
MIPTV– ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures have been commissioned by CITV to make a third series of Thunderbirds Are Go, the smash hit re-invention of the iconic children’s television show, to air next year. Thunderbirds Are Go has also been acquired by DHX Media in a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) and will premiere on its Family CHRGD and Family Channels later this month. … [Read more...] about 3rd series for Thunderbirds Are Go
Leaping forward with Asian formats
Many Asian broadcasters are racing each other to produce that huge format that will travel the globe, recording enormous viewership. Japan started that by selling formats to the international market. Soon after, Korea has been doing likewise with hip-hop bands and formats that followed very quickly. The interest in Grandpas Over Flowers, a reality travel series that first aired on Korean’s tvN and follows elderly backpackers abroad, looks like it could be just the tonic as the country tries to … [Read more...] about Leaping forward with Asian formats
ITV Studios’ new Korean drama
ITV Studios have picked up the supernatural cop drama Who Are You, produced by Korean CJ Group represented by Eccho Rights. The deal is the first licence for a Korean scripted drama in the UK and the third ground-breaking deal Eccho Rights have made to bring the genre to Europe in the past two years. Who Are You is a supernatural cop show with a romantic twist: an elite policewoman falls into a coma after a brutal attack during a raid gone wrong. Six years later, she awakes and resumes … [Read more...] about ITV Studios’ new Korean drama
ITV Studios MIPTV slate
ITV Studios is set to launch a wide range of new and returning entertainment, factual entertainment, game and quiz show formats at MIPTV 2016, including new entertainment series Drive and Come Dine: Champion of Champions, a fresh take on the international hit format, Come Dine With Me. Other titles include I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Hell’s Kitchen, The Chase, Saturday Night Takeaway, Drive, One Hundred And Eighty, It’s Not Rocket Science, Insert Name Here, … [Read more...] about ITV Studios MIPTV slate
Star China premieres on CCTV 3
Shanghai, China- Iris Xia, Deputy General Manager of Star China International Media Limited, announced the premiere of Star China’s hit, original singer/songwriter format, Sing My Song. The highly rated format launched its first episode of season 3 on CCTV 3 on 29 January in China. The premiere earned CCTV 3 a rating of CSM 1.25 and 33.75 million web hits within 24 hours of its premiere episode. ITV Studios Global Entertainment is distributing the Chinese-created format worldwide and has … [Read more...] about Star China premieres on CCTV 3
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