All Broadcast articles in 08 October 2004 – Page 5

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    Reed extends its deal for Mip

    2004-10-06T08:46:00Z

    Reed Midem, the organizer of the Mip television festivals, has secured a new 10-year deal with the City of Cannes.

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    Frances Tuesday Tops Monday

    2004-10-05T11:27:19Z

    ITV1 boosted its peak-time figures last night with Tamzin Outhwaite's new drama Frances Tuesday, which averaged 8.5 million (36.6% share) between 9pm and 10.30pm.

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    Zeiler raises hopes of C4/Five merger

    2004-10-05T11:00:57Z

    RTL chief executive Gerhard Zeiler has raised hopes of a merger between the company's UK network Five and Channel 4 by saying he is prepared to accept a minority stake in the combined broadcaster.

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    RDF picks up rights to new Granada show

    2004-10-05T10:22:04Z

    Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to a new ITV reality show from the team behind I'm a Celebrity?.Get Me Out of Here!

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    Living launches new channel

    2004-10-05T09:45:16Z

    Flextech is ramping up efforts to make Living TV the UK's sixth channel by launching a new service dedicated to reality entertainment.

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    'Dr Who' lands in Canada

    2004-10-05T09:42:00Z

    Canadian public broadcaster CBC Television has become the first channel to buy the new series of Dr Who , months before it is due to air in the UK.

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    Hilary takes the helm of BBC America

    2004-10-05T09:19:54Z

    Bill Hilary, the former head of entertainment for the BBC, Channel 4 and Granada, has been confirmed as the new head of BBC America.

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    Aardman secures CITV commission

    2004-10-05T09:11:51Z

    Aardman, the Oscar-winning animation studio behind Wallace and Gromit , has secured a CGI sketch show for CITV.

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    Ofcom chief defends plans for PSB

    2004-10-04T12:53:23Z

    Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has defended controversial plans to create a new£300m public service broadcaster, saying it will keep the BBC competitive and help promote innovative programming.

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    Saturday Night Takeaway off to a good start

    2004-10-04T12:44:43Z

    Ant and Dec's new series of Saturday Night Takeaway on Saturday night had a good start with 8 million (38.9%) from 7.05pm-8.15pm.

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    King Rollo splits from production arm

    2004-10-04T11:48:40Z

    King Rollo Films, the animation production house behind classic kids series Mr Benn , has split its production arm from its rights-holding company.

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    Dyke suggests ideas for 'Panorama'

    2004-10-04T11:44:06Z

    Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has branded ideas to populise Panorama as 'terrible'.

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    Dyke criticizes 'popular Panorama'

    2004-10-04T11:42:33Z

    Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has branded ideas to populise Panorama as 'terrible'.

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    C4 orders 100 hours of sports

    2004-10-04T11:34:21Z

    Channel 4 has ordered around 100 hours of original sports programming from Hot House Productions to cover the winter ski season

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    Sky One buys Stargate Atlantis

    2004-10-04T10:47:37Z

    Sky One has bought the rights to Stargate Atlantis , the spin-off to sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 , as well as apocalyptic drama Revelations from MGM International Television Distribution.

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    'Strictly Come Dancing' sold to Australia

    2004-10-04T10:40:28Z

    Hit BBC1 entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing has been sold to Australia in a co-production deal between BBC Worldwide and Granada Productions.

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    Chorion in deals for 'Noddy'

    2004-10-04T10:26:26Z

    Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to bring the£10m CGI animated series Make Way For Noddy to ten new territories.