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The BBC has ordered four new dramas for BBC One, including surveillance thriller The Capture with David Heyman’s Heyday Television and NBC Universal International Studios, and Marnie Dickens series Gold Digger. London-set spy thriller The Capture, the brainchild of writer-director Ben Chanan (Cyberbully), will begin…

Sixteen directors and their respective projects have been chosen to participate in the Cannes Film Festival's 13th annual Cinefondation Atelier (workshop), which aims to encourage the emergence of new filmmakers. Together with their producers, the helmers will be able to meet potential partners to help bring their…

Marking the beginning of increased investment in drama, Britain's Sky 1 has ordered 10-part series Apocalypse Slough, described as an adrenaline-fueled witty epic about the end of the world. Hailing from Working Title TV and Bigballs Films, Apocalypse Slough will be directed by Emmy-nominated Michael Engler (30 Rock)…

Gareth Neame came to Summer TV Press Tour 2013 to talk about PBS' broadcast of The Hollow Crown – NBCUniversal International's filmed adaptations of four of Shakespeare's most gripping history plays: Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V. Collectively, they're the first miniseries, says Neame…

Wallander, Millennium Triology and Fort Boyard producer and distributor Zodiak Media today said it would reorganize its London- and Paris-based international sales operation, Zodiak Rights. As a result of the restructure, managing director of Zodiak Rights London, Jane Millichip, will exit the company at the end of…

SINGAPORE – 12 April 2012 – NBCUniversal International today announced that Still Standing, its new primetime trivia competition format, has been sold to Chinese broadcaster, Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation. This is NBCUniversal's first format sale to China and the series will be aired in Mandarin, known locally as…

In its second full development cycle, Working Title Television has sold six series projects in broadcast and cable. This is the largest slate in the 21-month history of the TV production company, a joint venture between NBCUniversal International and Working Title Films' Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner that in July…

The ramifications of Comcast's takeover of NBC Universal continue to be felt overseas too. Roma Khanna, president of Universal Networks International, has decided to quit NBCU International. Kevin MacLellan is moving from Los Angeles to London having been named president, international television. He's a Comcast guy…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC Universal International has acquired independent U.K. production company Monkey Kingdom. The pact represents the first acquisition at NBCU International by the company’s TV production president Michael Edelstein. It also marks the third production venture for NBCU International following the 2008…