News in Brief

Granada International has signed a six-figure coproduction and distribution deal with Court TV. Under the arrangement, Granada gets world distribution rights (excluding North America, but including French Canada) for up to 10 hours of new doc programming from Court TV in the first year, first option on trial footage, and first look on all completed half-hour, hour or multi-part docs.
U.K.-based Channel 4 is in talks with independent prodco Wall to Wall Television about buying into the company. The deal would mark broadcaster C4's foray into production and would require the approval of the Independent Television Commission.