http://www.c21media.netC21 Latest Newshttp://www.c21media.net/uploads/jpeg/asset_145_hl.jpghttp://www.c21media.net/Copyright © C21 Media 2006http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50614&area=74Georgian broadcaster Rustavi 2 is continuing its local production drive with two formats from FremantleMedia Enterprises, as the distributor tots up its Eastern European sales following Discop.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50614&area=74http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50612&area=5French pay-TV channel Canal+ and RTL Group network M6 have set up a joint venture to market advertising aimed at higher-profile demos, and also jointly acquired French TV rights to Europa League soccer.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50612&area=5http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50611&area=79SHOWCOMOTION: BBC North director Peter Salmon has said the opening of Media City in Manchester will improve the public's relationship with the pubcaster and boost growth among the region's indies.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50611&area=79http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50600&area=5Virgin Media digital channel Living kicked off its summer schedule with a live wedding at London's Somerset House as a teaser for its upcoming factual entertainment show, Four Weddings.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50600&area=5http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50590&area=5French production house Banijay Entertainment has expanded eastwards into Germany, taking a 50% stake in the Cologne-based production company behind Beat Your Host and LadyKracher.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50590&area=5http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50584&area=74A local production of Nickelodeon's kids gameshow Guts is to air across China this summer, and MTV Networks International is claiming it is the first time an imported kids format will air in that country.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50584&area=74http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50578&area=79SHOWCOMOTION: The director of BBC North has slammed the idea of "mugging" the UK public broadcaster for a slice of the licence fee to prop up kids content on other channels.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50578&area=79http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50594&area=5Production starts this weekend on Spies and Lies, a new telemovie being made by South Pacific Pictures for TVNZ that stars Antony Starr and British actor John Sessions. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50594&area=5http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50592&area=100Controversial overfishing documentary The End Of The Line is to air on UK digital network More4, and its producers are in talks with Google to host the film on the search engine's homepage.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50592&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50589&area=100Discovery Networks EMEA has created a new position supervising its Nordic channel heads and filled it with an internal promotion.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50589&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50588&area=100Lonely Planet Television, the producing arm of the travel guide company majority-owned by BBC Worldwide, is set to coproduce a second series with National Geographic Channels International.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50588&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50583&area=73UK DIGITAL CHANNELS: No longer the new boy in UKTV's family of channels, Dave's new challenge is to maintain the momentum generated by its successful rebrand. Martin Buxton reports.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50583&area=73http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50581&area=1Edge Group has poached director Sanjay Wadhwani from rival venture capital firm Ingenious Media in a bid to ramp up its investment in TV and other media businesses.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50581&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50580&area=1NBC Universal Global Networks has acquired the first-run UK pay-TV rights to season two of Joss Whedon's drama Dollhouse, to air on cablenet Sci Fi, along with a 13th, DVD-only episode from season one.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50580&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50577&area=74UK superindie Shine Group has reshuffled some of its top-level execs, creating a new group-wide information hub and poaching Digital Rights Group's chief creative officer, Ben Hall.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50577&area=74http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50613&area=89Following the announcement this week that Joost is retrenching to the US, dropping its consumer focus and swapping CEO, Jonathan Webdale reflects on where the 'world's first global TV platform' went wrong.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50613&area=89http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50598&area=100History Channel UK, a joint venture between US cablecaster AETN Television Networks and UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB, is changing its name to AETN UK, effective immediately.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50598&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50597&area=74US distributor Rive Gauche Television has picked up exclusive worldwide rights to 78 episodes of Operation Repo, the reality series airing stateside on TruTV.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50597&area=74http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50596&area=1NEWS BRIEF: ABC in the US has given a cast-contingent order to a new stand-up comedy reality competition from two of the producers of NBC's similarly themed Last Comic Standing.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50596&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50595&area=74NEWS BRIEF: Australian terrestrial Seven Network has picked up 20th Century Fox's unscripted format Beauty and the Geek and is in preproduction on a local version.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50595&area=74http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50593&area=79SHOWCOMOTION: UK kids network CBBC has commissioned two new live-action series, a comedy and a Dragons' Den-style factual format, BBC North's director Peter Salmon announced in Sheffield.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50593&area=79http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50591&area=1NEWS BRIEF: Digital broadcaster UKTV has poached the acting director of emerging markets, EMEA, at BBC Worldwide Sales and Distribution to be its new director of programme acquisitions.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50591&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50587&area=1NEWS BRIEF: The UK's CiTV and GMTV have acquired the first season and upcoming second season of Irish preschool animated series Fluffy Gardens to air within the Fluffy Club morning block.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50587&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50586&area=1NEWS BRIEF: Australian cable network Fox8, part of the Foxtel channel group, has acquired ABC Family's original series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50586&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50585&area=123EASTERN EUROPEAN HITMAKERS: For 12 years, producer and distributor Central Partnership has prized itself on producing quality TV drama for Russia's top stations. But as the recession hits home, the company is moving into creating cheaper content. Adam Benzine reports.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50585&area=123http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50582&area=79NEWS BRIEF: Toei Animation Europe, the Paris-based division of the Japanese animation house, is set to launch two video-on-demand series in France, on TF1 Vision's pay-per-view IPTV service.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50582&area=79http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50568&area=5France 2 programming director Eric Stemmelen and head of drama Jean Bigot have resigned, prompting a top-level reshuffle at public broadcaster France Télévisions.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50568&area=5http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50553&area=1Endemol Sport, the production giant's new sports division, has formed a worldwide cross-media partnership with the richest soccer club in the world.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50553&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50552&area=1Australia's XYZnetworks has hired Hannah Barnes, former digital channels topper for UK broadcaster Five, as director of programming and acquisitions for LifeStyle Channels.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50552&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50575&area=74UK distributor RDF Rights has sold format rights to one of its top unscripted series, The Secret Millionaire, to broadcasters and producers in Europe, North America and Australasia.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50575&area=74http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50573&area=89Joost will be left with just 25 staff, down from over 200 at its height, following the restructuring announced yesterday, with only two people remaining in Europe, C21 understands.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50573&area=89http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50572&area=1Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures is said to be in talks with rival studios including Fox and Sony Pictures about a possible merger for its home entertainment division.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50572&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50571&area=1Troubled French production group Carrere made an unexpected if limited profit in 2008.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50571&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50570&area=5Brazilian powerhouse TV Globo is setting and shooting its next major primetime telenovela, Viver a Vida, in Israel, Jordan and France.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50570&area=5http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50569&area=1Australian public broadcaster ABC has bought more than 40 hours of drama from the Antipodean office of UK distributor ITV Global Entertainment.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50569&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50567&area=5UK indie Maverick TV (10 Years Younger) is at work on a food-focused pilot for terrestrial Channel 4 called Michelin Mums.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50567&area=5http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50566&area=74Disney-ABC women's cable channel SoapNet has licensed unscripted format Bank of Mum and Dad from BBC Worldwide and ordered new original reality series Holidate.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50566&area=74http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50565&area=1Canadian media giant Canwest Global Communications has sold two of its local TV stations to private broadcaster Channel Zero, as it fights to reduce its extensive debt.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50565&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50564&area=100A&E Television Networks and The History Channel Germany are teaming up to launch a bouquet of channels on the Sky platform in Germany and Austria, including History HD for the first time.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50564&area=100http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50561&area=1The CEO of UK terrestrial Five has warned that unless UK broadcasters buddy up to face the future together they're not so much looking at a perfect storm as "staring into the abyss."Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50561&area=1http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50560&area=5Television music supplier and producer Audio Network has launched an international business division to oversee its offices outside the UK.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50560&area=5http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50559&area=89Anthony Lukom, MySpace's UK and Ireland MD, is leaving the social networking giant as part of the company's previously announced downsizing.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50559&area=89http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50557&area=1US cable network FX has unveiled details of its fall schedule, which sees the return of Sons of Anarchy and the penultimate season of Nip/Tuck.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50557&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50556&area=123EASTERN EUROPEAN HITMAKERS: Discop's general manager Patrick Jucaud tells C21TV what visitors to this month's Budapest market have learned and discusses the next Discop Africa, set for September. Click through to watch the show.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50556&area=123http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50555&area=1Australian terrestrial Channel Nine has picked up Oxygen's reality weight-loss show Dance Your Ass Off, days after the series' debut broke viewing records for the US cablenet.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50555&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50550&area=73UK DIGITAL CHANNELS: Four months after rebranding from Five US, Five USA is steadily growing its ratings with a young-skewing schedule that "celebrates America," Five's MD of digital channels and acquisitions Jeff Ford tells Emily Brookes.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50550&area=73http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50576&area=1NBC Universal-owned cable network Sci Fi has acquired the UK pay-TV rights to fantasy drama Legend of The Seeker from Disney-ABC-ESPN Television.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50576&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50574&area=89The online arm of NBC-owned news network CNBC is launching Boom, Bust & Blame, a multimedia web series examining the global economic slump.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50574&area=89http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50563&area=1NEWS BRIEF: NBC Universal-operated Sci Fi channel is to expand its reach in Poland by launching on one of the country's largest digital platforms.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?article=50563&area=1http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50562&area=100NEWS BRIEF: US cable network Animal Planet is to debut China's Last Elephants, a 48-minute film produced on commission by the UK's Off The Fence Productions.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50562&area=100http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50554&area=89NEWS BRIEF: Female-skewing US cable network Oxygen Media is launching its firsts original web series, based on the memoirs of actress Tori Spelling.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50554&area=89http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50551&area=100NEWS BRIEF: US cable network MTV has ordered a second season and a one-off special for teenage pregnancy reality series 16 And Pregnant.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?article=50551&area=100