All Broadcast articles in 17 December 2004 – Page 3
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Sci-Fi on spending spree.
The Sci-Fi channel has picked up a slew of new drama series including Paramount's primetime NBC hit Medical Investigation, writes Susan Thompson.
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Format Focus: Taking care of business.
It seems likely this US format, in which experts turn around failing businesses, will come to UK screens, writes Paul Revoir.
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RDFR in Aussie deal.
RDF Rights has grown its international footprint by signing a first-look deal with new Australian producer the Essential Viewing Group, writes Maria Esposito.
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Forever Eden to air in UK on Five.
Mentorn's $20m US series Forever Eden, which the indie hoped would be the world's first never-ending
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Commissions - Prism makes gaming show for Jetix.
Prism Entertainment is to make PXG, a gaming show, for Jetix, the soon-to-be rebranded Fox Kids
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Commissions - Bravo follows Vigilantes and their videos.
Bravo has commissioned a 15 x 30-minute factual documentary series featuring video footage of criminals filmed
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Commissions - Indies get early access to UK secrets.
Whistledown Productions and Takeaway Media are to jointly examine secret government papers from 1974 for a
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Commissions - BBC1 looks at major modern protests.
The BBC's next current affairs day, due to air in the run-up to next year's expected
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Commissioning - Five orders Zig Zag gossip show.
Five has commissioned Zig Zag Productions to make a humorous, weekly popular culture review show, in
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Commissioning - Mandrill films live nuptials.
Mandrill Television is to film a series of weddings and show them live as part of Discovery Health's biggest ever order, writes Susan Thompson.
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Commissioning - Commissioner's Q&A - Estelle Hughes.
CiTV editor Estelle Hughes is looking for a sitcom to sit comfortably beside the hit series My Parents Are Aliens and is mixing drama and magic in a new series set in Scotland.
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DABs set for Xmas boost.
Digital radio is set for a boost with retailers and broadcasters predicting DAB sets will be one of this Christmas's must-have gifts, writes Susan Thompson.
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BBC: wait until March for job cut details.
Unions have been told by the BBC that they must wait until March for exact details
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Commissioning - More Trauma for BBC.
The BBC has given a vote of confidence to its gritty hospital documentary series Trauma by commissioning more than 16 hours of new shows to air across BBC1 and BBC3, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC3 showcases docs in winter line-up.
BBC3 has put documentaries centre stage in its winter season, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC docs exec to boost Bristol.
Producers in Bristol have welcomed the BBC's decision to move a key factual commissioner to the
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RTS WEST WINNERS.
Testimony Films won the best network factual award for the third year in a row at
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GENEALOGY TRAVELS.
Wall to Wall has sold its hit BBC2 genealogy format Who Do You Think You Are?
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SHAPS DIVERSITY ROLE.
Granada chief executive Simon Shaps has become the new head of the Cultural Diversity Network, the
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ITV sheds a further 80 jobs in regional cutbacks.
ITV is to wipe a further 80 jobs off its regional head count with cuts in the north, Anglia and ITV Wales, writes Paul Revoir.