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XYZnetworks signs acquisition deal
XYZnetworks has signed a multi-year volume deal with distributor RDF Rights, part of the RDF Media Group, to acquire new titles.
The LifeStyle Channel, LifeStyle FOOD and LifeStyle YOU will now have access to titles including Location Location Location, The Secret Millionaire, Ladette to Lady, Wife Swap, Relocation Relocation, How to Look Good Naked, The House of Tiny Tearaways and Tough Love.
XYZ has agreed to a minimum of 300 hours of first run exclusive content across its portfolio of channels with equal footing to FTA television to acquire key titles.
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Shine Australia to produce Junior Masterchef
While MasterChef Australia is produced by FremantleMedia Australia, Junior Masterchef will be produced this year by Shine Australia for Network TEN.
The newly-established production company retains the rights for the MasterChef spin-off from its parent Shine Group, which licensed the rights to the original show to FremantleMedia. The deal did not include FremantleMedia having all spin-off rights.
Shine Group CEO Elisabeth Murdoch launched the new production company in Melbourne today at George Calombaris’, Press Club restaurant. She was joined by her joint Australian CEOs, Mark and Carl Fennessy, formerly of FremantleMedia Australia.
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October:
2.1m as Hey Hey thumps MasterChef
Matt LeBlanc signs for ‘dumbed-down’ sitcom
Top Gear airship mishap
Comedy Channel series slims down to special
Hot Seat beats Deal (for real)
Chris Lilley lands joint ABC, HBO, BBC series
Sunday Arts gravitates to online
Letterman admits affairs with staff
Josh Lawson for US comedy series
Nine pulls Hey Hey repeat
Angry Hey Hey fans call for Nine boycott
GO! has official launch
Sacked WIN boss takes legal action
Nine News crew rattled in Indian report
Nine says Daryl asked to drop repeat
NRL final scores 2.41m
Letterman: “My wife has …
Balloon hoax all for Mythbusters-style show
The parents of ‘balloon boy’ were looking for a way to generate media attention to help them pitch a Mythbusters-style show to TV stations, according to a former colleague.
Colorado police have said they expect charges will be filed in the case of the 6-year-old boy who vanished for five hours while the world thought he was zooming through the sky in a flying-saucer-like helium balloon.
The publicity-hungry Heenes have not been arrested, a sheriff said but he expects to recommend charges of conspiracy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, making a …
‘Balloon boy’ family appeared on Wife Swap
6 year old Falcon Heene, the boy from Colorado who today was found alive after fears he had been stuck in a home-made helium balloon, appeared on an episode of the US Wife Swap series and a follow-up reunion.
Falcon, 6, is the son of Richard and Mayumi Heene. His father Richard is a storm chaser and scientist. According to tv.com, the family was known for their risk taking. An LA Times articles noted, “The Heene family, with its three rowdy boys, is anchored by father Richard, whose anger arrives in sudden …
Survivor: Tocantins for summer
Survivor: Tocantins will be airing on Nine during the summer.
The 18th season, set in Brazil, aired in the US in February. It follows Survivor: Gabon currently airing on GO!
Also set to come across summer is the long-awaited return of UK fantasy series Primeval with its mix of CGI dinosaurs and family adventure.
Nine also promises Fringe, What’s Good for You, Wife Swap, ER and The Mentalist for summer.
More titles are yet to be revealed.
ABC renews Housewives, Betty, Grey’s, Brothers & Sisters
America’s ABC has announced renewals for several key series: Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, Ugly Betty, Private Practice, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Wife Swap, Supernanny, Dancing with the Stars, The Bachelor and America’s Funniest Home Videos.
They join Lost, which is set to return for its final season as part of a three-season pickup in 2007.
Housewives creator Marc Cherry told the media and ABC he wanted a similar four-season renewal for his show, but ABC has opted to add on only another year to his current agreement.
Absent from the …