Articles for June 15th, 2012
TLC orders more “American Gypsy Wedding”
TVU.S. cable net TLC has greenlit a second season of My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (pictured) and ordered two hour-long spin-off specials.
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Discovery UK orders science series from Blink, October Films
TVDiscovery Networks International has commissioned You Have Been Warned and World’s Top 5, to air on Discovery Channel in the UK later this year.
Rize scores U.S. commissions
TVThe prodco, with offices in London and Los Angeles, has High School Moms (pictured) slated to air on Discovery Fit & Health in the fall, and Bubble Skin Man set for TLC in late June.
Doc/Fest ’12: BBC, UKTV, Al Jazeera outline commissioning needs
TVCommissioning executives from the BBC, A+E Networks UK, UKTV and Al Jazeera English drilled down into the programming they are looking for and revealed their working budgets at a Sheffield Doc/Fest session yesterday (June 14).
Doc/Fest ’12: Branded television and morality
FILM / TVThe morality of program-makers partnering with media companies formed the overlying thread of a discussion about branded television at Sheffield Doc/Fest yesterday (June 14).
Doc/Fest ’12: Sky Atlantic launches ‘Footprints’ doc strand
FILM / TVExecs from UK net Sky Atlantic unveiled their foray into the documentary space at this morning’s panel at Sheffield Doc/Fest, with the commission of a Nick Broomfield (pictured) doc and the acquisition of Alison Klayman’s Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.
Discovery Latin America launching two HD channels
TVDiscovery Home & Health and Investigation Discovery will complement the company’s existing HD offerings in the region. (Pictured: World’s Worst Mum, set to air on Discovery Home & Health)
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CBC snags “Recipe to Riches,” “Four Rooms”
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