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NewsFuller follows Beckham to LA
Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment is to produce a six-part reality series for US network NBC following former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham as she sets up home in LA.
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NewsFremantle picks up more US drama
FremantleMedia Enterprises has acquired two new dramas from Toronto and LA-based production company Blueprint Entertainment, including a dark series about spouses who have killed their other halves starring cult director John Waters.
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Endemol strikes deals for Anna Nicole doc
Endemol International has struck a series of deals for Initial's one-off documentary Anna Nicole Smith - A Life Through A Lens.
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Worldwide strikes deals for Novel and Ragdoll
BBC Worldwide has struck deals in the US and New Zealand for two of its flagship pre-school series, including its first international sale for the latest offering from Teletubbiesproducer Ragdoll.
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Canadian deal for Scottish design duo
Scottish presenters Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan, stars of Five's How Not To Decorateand BBC2's Million Pound Property Experiment, have struck an exclusive two-year production and development deal with Canadian cable channel HGTV.
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Joost picks up i-concerts
Music VoD service i-concerts has struck a UK distribution deal with Joost, the new broadband TV venture from Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis.
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NewsEndemol produces mobile music video for MySpace star
Endemol has teamed up with MySpace star Tila Tequila to produce a music video exclusively for mobile phones.
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NewsShaq to front RDF US format
Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal has been signed up by RDF to front the US version of its format Unfit Kids.
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Monster strikes deals for Planet Rock Profiles
Dublin-based distributor Monster Distributes has closed a number of new deals for ITV's music biography series Planet Rock Profiles.
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NewsBBC and IBM sign tech partnership deal
The BBC has signed a joint projects deal with technology firm IBM that will kick off with state-of-the art image video search technology being applied to CBeebies and CBBC content.
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NewsLife on Mars and Longford up for BPG gongs
BBC1 series Life on Marsand Channel 4 drama Longford lead the nominations for this year's Broadcasting Press Guild Awards with four nominations each.
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NewsSky One axes Vorderman's Big Brain Game
Sky One has ditched sudoku show Vorderman's Big Brain Gameafter just one series.
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Sports deals see North One head to Oz
Indie North One is opening an office in Australia on the back of securing two major sports contracts in the territory.
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NewsNickelodeon picks up Those Scurvy Rascals
Nickelodeon has acquired the multi-platform rights to animation series Those Scurvy Rascalsfrom entertainment rights company Entara.
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NewsBBC3 to screen six comedy pilots
BBC3 has commissioned six new comedy pilots including a sketch show presented from a gay perspective and a sitcom about teenage life written by an 18-year-old.
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Glastonbury rights sold to NBD Television
NBD Television, the distribution arm of DCD Media, has acquired the rights to distribute television highlights of this year's Glastonbury Festival.
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NewsABC's Six Degrees goes back on air
US network ABC has rescheduled drama series Six Degreesafter it was pulled in November, but the show could still be sidelined to ITV2 or ITV3 when it airs in the UK.
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NewsITV gets access to Queen's guards
Lion TV has secured exclusive access to the troops who guard the Queen for a major new primetime series for ITV1.
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TX: Fallen Angel: What makes a killer?
A three-part adaptation of a reverse-narrative thriller signals a new direction for ITV drama.
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Apprentice star in Sky One doc
Former The Apprenticecontestant Syed Ahmed will spend£20,000 of his own money trying to launch a new business in a 60-minute Sky One documentary.