All articles by Alex Farber – Page 268
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NewsOutright secures distribution deal with Title Role
Manchester indie Title Role, responsible for Britain’s Biggest Heists and Crimes That Shook Britain, is to give Outright Distribution exclusive first-look rights to its forthcoming content.
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NewsFive hands JLC’s Heads Or Tails second chance with repeats
Five will repeat a cut-down version of Heads Or Tails in a bid to build momentum behind the Justin Lee Collins-fronted show.
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NewsDisney offers mobile VOD with 3
Walt Disney has agreed a deal to stream on-demand episodes of shows including Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy via mobile to 3 subscribers.
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NewsFive cooks up AFP deal with Flora
Five is extending its portfolio of AFP cooking shows with a new series backed by Flora and featuring chefs Jean Christophe Novelli and Matt Tebbutt.
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NewsFive opts not to launch Freeview HD channel
Five has delayed plans to launch its Freeview HD channel until 2012 due to the high costs involved.
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NewsSPT hands CPL's Ashbourne creative role
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has appointed CPL’s Victoria Ashbourne to help create new formats and revamp its back catalogue of shows.
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NewsMarc Almond fronts Radio 2 Brel doc
Former Soft Cell frontman March Almond is hosting a Made in Manchester doc series for BBC Radio 2 on singer-songwriter Jacques Brel.
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NewsMatch.com ditches dating on BT Vision
Match.com has scrapped its interactive dating service from IPTV platform BT Vision just six months after it launched.
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NewsFive plunges into the red
RTL Group has cut the value of Five by €22m (£20m) after the broadcaster reported a total loss of €41m (£37m) for 2009.
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Broadcast Digital Awards 2010 get focus on content
The Broadcast Digital Awards have been revamped for 2010 with an added emphasis on rewarding standout programmes and funding deals.
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NewsDavid Jason coup for Five West End doc
Sir David Jason is to mentor an amateur dramatic society in a format for Five that has been earmarked for a potential series.
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NewsLiving acquires US comedy drama
Living has acquired US comedy drama Drop Dead Diva from Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to bolster its spring schedule.
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NewsEx ITV boss apointed exec chairman at EMI
Former ITV chief executive Charles Allen has been appointed executive chairman by struggling record label EMI.
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NewsMSN strikes raft of content deals
MSN is moving its long-form MSN Video player out of beta and ramping up the amount of content it features to 1,000 hours following a string of fresh deals with indies.
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Bravo snaps up gladiator drama Spartacus
Bravo has acquired widely-hyped gladiator drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand to headline its summer schedule following its success in the US.
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Sky's Michael Wilson to host Jazz FM series
Jazz FM has launched a new weekly magazine show hosted by former Sky business editor Michael Wilson.
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NewsBoomerang signs £4m deal with S4C
Indie Boomerang Plus has signed a three-year £4m deal to produce content for S4C’s pre-school service Cyw.
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NewsEndemol's Thomson drafted in at Tiger Aspect
Tiger Aspect will not directly replace former managing director Andrew Zein and has instead hired Endemol’s Richard Thomson as its director of operations.
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NewsSony Entertainment TV debuts via BT Vision
Sony Pictures Television has agreed its first UK deal with IPTV provider BT Vision to distribute two on-demand channels featuring hit US content such as Damages and Diff’rent Strokes via the service.
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NewsMTV picks up teen shows in scripted drama drive
MTV has acquired hit US scripted dramas The Secret Life Of The American Teenager and archive series Sweet Valley High from ABC as it puts a renewed focus on the genre.