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MIPTV 2012: OWN takes “Million Dollar Neighbourhood”
TVUK-based distributor DRG has sold the rights to the first 10 x 60-minute season of Million Dollar Neighbourhood, from Canadian prodco Force Four Entertainment, to Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S.
MIPTV 2012: Food Network UK renews original commissions
TVAndy Bates’ Street Feasts and Reza: Spice Prince of India will reappear on the schedule late in 2012, with the hosts heading to new locales.
MIPTV 2012: Discovery Enterprises International launches short-form collection
DIGITAL / TVD10 is comprised of one-to-two minute clips culled from Discovery Communications’ archive of more than 10,000 hours of premium content, and designed for mobile and online subscribers.
MIPTV 2012: FremantleMedia Enterprises, Spurlock’s Warrior Poets team for first-look deal
TVThe partnership will see the global distributor launching numerous series from the U.S. doc-maker internationally, including the Sky Atlantic commission Morgan Spurlock’s New Britannia and the recently announced A Day in the Life.
A+E Networks appoints MD of int’l strategy, digital media
DIGITAL / PEOPLE NEWS / TVChristopher Barry, most recently an SVP with Sundance Channel, will develop and execute strategic initiatives and partnerships for A+E’s international division, and oversee its digital operations.
ZDFE, Steve Burns team up for prodco
TVThe former Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channels exec is teaming up with ZDFE subsidiaries Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion and Studio Hamburg DocLights to create a U.S.-German prodco, which will focus on non-fiction series and specials, as well as fact-based dramas.
“An Honest Liar” claims MIPDoc pitch prize
FILM / TVLeft Turn Films, the prodco behind Sons of Perdition, wowed judges at the MIPDoc International Pitch competition in Cannes with its latest project, which documents the life and exploits of master magician and “professional skeptic,” The Amazing Randi (pictured).
MIPTV 2012: Bruce Tuchman, AMC/Sundance Channel Global
PEOPLE NEWS / TVIn advance of MIPTV, we spoke to Bruce Tuchman, president of AMC/Sundance Channel Global, to hear more about his future international plans for Sundance and WE tv.
MIPTV 2012: Mary Ellen Iwata, The Weather Channel
PEOPLE NEWS / TVIn advance of MIPTV, we spoke to Mary Ellen Iwata, VP of original content development at the Weather Channel, to find out what the network is looking for as it moves more aggressively into original content.
Hot Docs reveals Forum picks
FILMThe 25 projects from around the world selected to take part in this year’s pitch forum include TIFF Pitch This! winner Leone Stars (pictured), and Let the Fire Burn, winner of the Realscreen Summit’s So You Think You Can Pitch? competition in 2010.
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Factual Entertainment Forum 2011 - Bunim/Murray Productions chairman/co-creator of “The Real World” Jon Murray accepts his Hall of Fame award during Realscreen’s Factual Entertainment Awards in Santa Monica, June 2011.