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NewsC4I sells Taliban and Iraqi films
Distributor Channel 4 International has sold a trio of hard-hitting documentaries about Iraqi death squads and Taliban fighters to networks in Belgium, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
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NewsEastEnders star to be US Bionic Woman
Ex- EastEnder Michelle Ryan has landed the role of The Bionic Woman in a US remake of the 70s show.
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NewsIngenious spend£4.15m on Community Television
Ingenious Media Active Capital (IMAC) has made its fourth investment to date with a£4.15 million cash injection into Community Television Networks.
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NewsOfcom launches kids TV review
Ofcom has started its review into the future of children's programming with an investigation into the extent to which the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Five and Teletext are fulfilling their PSB responsibilities.
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NewsICM launches international division
ICM, the US talent agency which has clients that include BBC Worldwide, Granada America and All3Media, has created a new international television and media division.
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NewsNBC strikes first-look deal with Office producer
Hollywood studio NBC Universal has struck a new first-look deal with Ben Silverman, the producer behind the US version of The Officeas well as ABC's hit series Ugly Betty.
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NewsRDF Rights picks up US pre-school series
RDF Rights has added to its growing slate of children's titles with the acquisition of Nick Jr's new half-hour pre-school series Yo Gabba Gabba!
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NewsITV's Boot Camp marches to Georgia
Granada International has licensed the ITV Productions' reality format Boot Campto leading Georgian broadcaster Rustavi 2.
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NewsFA Cup TV rights put out to tender
The Football Association has issued an invitation to tender for its TV rights for the UK, covering the four year period from the 2008/09 season.
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Electric Sky picks up terrestrial titles
Factual specialist Electric Sky has secured distribution rights for a raft of titles commissioned by UK terrestrial broadcasters including Prospect Pictures' Channel 4 Learning series Take Away My Take Away.
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High Point nabs Australian comedy drama
London based distribution company High Point Films & TV has nabbed international rights to a new Australian comedy drama starring Raji James of Eastendersand East is Eastfame.
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TVF International strikes Spanish deals
Factual distributor TVF International has licensed over 20 hours of programming to Spain including 16 hours to Televisió de Catalunya.
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Endemol secures further exposure on MTV
Endemol International's high-tech dating format Exposedhas been commissioned for a further 40 half-hour episodes by MTV in the US.
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NewsTV-Loonland inks raft of deals for Little Princess
German distributor TV-Loonland has secured a string of broadcast and home entertainment deals for The Illuminated Film Company's pre-school series Little Princess.
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BBC Worldwide licenses operas for Voom HD block
US cable channel Gallery HD has bought a package of operas from BBC Worldwide and UK production company Opus Arte for its new Sunday afternoon programming block Opera and an Omelet.
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NewsXena signs up for US Footballers' Wives
Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless is to play bitchy Tanya Turner in the upcoming US version of Footballers' Wives.
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NewsC4 orders more Secret Millionaire
Six more millionaires have agreed to part with thousands of pounds for a second series of The Secret Millionaire on Channel 4.
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NewsSky launches pay DTT service ... on the same day Virgin media rebrands
BSkyB is launching a subscription television service on digital terrestrial television (DTT) this summer, offering four channels understood to be Sky Movies, Sky Sports, Sky News and Sky One.
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NewsRicochet secures string of orders
Ricochet has won a raft of orders for Channel 4, E4 and the BBC including a show on people with unusual attitudes to sex.
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US pilot for How to Look Good Naked
Birmingham indie Maverick Television is to make a broadcast pilot of its hit show How to Look Good Nakedfor US cable network Lifetime.