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NewsMerton to host improv pilot
Paul Merton has been signed to present the pilot for the UK version of Australian format Thank God You're Herefor ITV1.
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NewsSetanta unveils star shows
Setanta is to air The Friday Football Showat 6.30pm from 10 August, kicking off with former ITV frontman Des Lynam interviewing Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill (pictured).
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NewsWidow praises Watson doc
The wife of the Alzheimer's sufferer at the centre of the Paul Watson documentary scandal has commended the filmmaker's work. [ALL]
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NewsPaul Watson: I did not intend to deceive
Documentary maker Paul Watson has claimed that ITV turned down his initial offer to clarify that his film Malcolm & Barbara: Love's Farewelldid not portray the actual moment of Malcolm Pointon's death. [ALL]
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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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Fremantle 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.