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NewsMercury Media takes PBS to new heights
Factual distributor Mercury Media International has struck a deal with US public broadcaster PBS to distribute its content to airlines around the world.
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NewsUS co-pro deal for BBC's Timewatch
New US cable channel Smithsonian Networks has struck a co-production deal with the BBC for its flagship history series Timewatch.
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NewsTVF strikes online deals down under
Factual distributor TVF International has licensed a raft of titles to Australian broadband TV operators Reeltime.tv and Bigpond Movies as it expands its business in the new media space.
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NewsBlog: Wimpy C4 should stand by 'wank week'
Broadcast senior reporter Dan Wootton says Channel 4's last-minute decision to pull 'wank week' is wimpy and, after the way senior executives defended Celebrity Big Brother, hypocritical too.
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NewsEU adds to kids programmes crisis
Fewer children's shows will be made in the UK if the government fails to persuade Brussels to change new TV advertising rules. Film 4 will be forced to show more American movies and ITV news could also be under threat.
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NewsPhillips launches attack on C4
Trevor Phillips has launched a fresh attack on how Channel 4 bosses handled the Celebrity Big Brotherrace row, likening director of programmes Kevin Lygo to a “14-year-old” who boasted to his “mates that he'd got away with it”.
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NewsBBC unveils shortlist for Question Time contract
Cheetah Televison, Ten Alps, Lion Televison and Mentorn have made it onto the shortlist to produce BBC1's flagship current affairs series Question Time- a contract worth over£2m for three years.
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NewsC4 hands out factual regional awards
Channel 4 will recognise regionally produced factual programming in its annual Creative Cities Awards next week with Belfast indie Double Band receiving a gong for its documentary Who Killed Brian Jones?, about the suspicious death of the ex-Rolling Stone.
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NewsDe Mol sells Golden cage to ABC
Big Brothercreator John De Mol has secured his first deal in the US since leaving Endemol by selling reality format The Golden Cageto ABC.
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NewsC4 pulls wank week
Embattled Channel 4, still reeling from the Celebrity Big Brotherrace storm, has delayed its forthcoming 'wank week' as it looks to avoid a fresh round of negative headlines.
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NewsPlaylist returns
ITV has commissioned Endemol-owned Initial to make a third series of celebrity chat and music show The Orange Playlist.
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TX - Monster mayhem
Costing£1m an episode, ITV's latest Saturday drama is an ambitious mix of fantasy and emotion.
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NewsRome makers take on Warriors
The team behind BBC1 series Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empireis creating an epic drama-doc series looking at six famous warriors from history.
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NewsSky One will discover the real Shilpa
Sky One has landed a major scoop with a one-off special on the inside story of Celebrity Big Brotherwinner Shilpa Shetty.
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NewsCommissioner's Q & A: Elaine Pyke
The commissioning editor, drama for Sky One, Two and Three wants breakthrough, noisy ideas for primetime - and she's prepared to back the right idea with a 'mega terrestrial' budget
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Cicada goes to school with Tourette's
Cicada Films is to make a documentary for Five called Teachers with Tourette's, about people who despite suffering from the condition have forged successful careers.
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History Channel follows in Weston's wake
The History Channel is to follow Falklands war hero Simon Weston as he embarks on an emotional journey in search of the people who helped save his life.
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CBB finale fails to fend off return of Hammond
Earlier this week, I spent two hours in a training session about UK programming with a group of executives from a Chinese broadcaster. Speaking through a translator (a phrase I've always wanted to use in this column), we discussed the major programming event of the past few days - the ...
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Rough Cut - Broadband your horizons
Martin Percy explains why a subservient chicken and interactive video are the future
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On the Box - Time for new ingredients
Jamie's Chefstruggled to show Leo Burley anything he hadn't seen in other cooking shows but he was thrilled by the task of relocating buildings in Monster Moves.