All Commissioning articles – Page 605
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NewsGuinness World Records returns to Spain
Guinness World Records TV's El Show De Los Recordsis back on the air in Spain, following a deal with Spanish production company Europroducciones.
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NewsExtreme sales for Minotaur
Flextech-owned distributor Minotaur has sold Twofour Productions' Extreme: Skinny Celebritiesand Extreme: Celebrity Surgeryin seven territories.
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NewsOpus Dei doc racks up more sales
Canadian distributor Ellis Releasing has secured further international sales for CTVC's Channel 4 documentary Opus Dei and The Da Vinci Code.
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Tiny Tearaways make US debut
Outline Productions is to make a version of its BBC3 hit parenting show House of Tiny Tearawaysfor The Learning Channel in the US.
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Novel and Darrall Macqueen selected for Cartoon Forum
New series from Darrall Macqueen, the company behind CBBC's Sunday morning show Smile, and Fimblesproducer Novel Entertainment are among the 10 British animation projects selected for this year's Cartoon Forum.
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C4I secures sales down under
Channel 4 International has sold a package of eight titles to Australia's ABC as part of a major output deal with the public broadcaster.
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NewsPact looks to up the ante at Mipcom
UK producers' presence at this year's Mipcom TV festival in Cannes has been given a massive boost after producers' alliance Pact announced a new initiative aimed at securing increased access to buyers and distributors for UK indies.
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NewsFive launches two new channels
Five has confirmed plans to launch two new, free-to-air digital channels this autumn.
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NewsBBC defends pundit Ian Wright
The BBC has defended comments by Ian Wright, after the former England footballer and commentator condoned England players 'diving' (faking a foul) during a recent match against Hungary.
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NewsFremantle US boss backs Ant and Dec
The chief executive of Fremantle Media North America, which will produce Ant and Dec format The Con.Testin the US, has backed the Geordie duo to present the show.
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NewsBBC World introduces webcam pundits
BBC World is offering football fans in countries from Iran to the Antarctic the chance to take part via webcam in a live programme to be screened during the World Cup.
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NewsEurosport and Player bag big money pool game
Eurosport and Flextech's new sports gaming channel Player has picked up the rights to a pool tournament boasting the biggest ever prize fund in the game and also featuring snooker legends Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jimmy White.
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NewsBBC axes health series citing 'busy' presenter
The BBC has axed a series of health programmes featuring Ben Goldacre - a doctor and a science columnist for The Guardiannewspaper - claiming he is too busy to complete the shows.
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NewsBBC re-opens Beirut bureau after 15 years
The BBC has re-opened its Beirut news bureau, 15 years after deciding to leave the country due to the worsening security situation.
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Scarlet TV to investigate forensic science
Scarlet Television is making a 6 x 60-minute series on the development of criminal forensic science for the Australian Crime & Investigation Network. To Catch a Thiefis executive produced by Scarlet managing director Paula Trafford and was commissioned for broadcast next year by Rod Caird, ...
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Commissioner's Q & A - Janey Walker
Channel 4's head of education and managing editor wants to hear from indies which know how to reach teenagers who wouldn't usually tune into educational programming.
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Living looks at why celebrities split up
Living TV has commissioned three hour-long documentaries off the back of its Extreme: Celebritiesspecial.
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Relaunched CD:UK ditches old presenters
Five has axed CD:UKpresenters Myleene Klass, Lauren Laverne and Johnny Pitts from its new-look version of the former ITV1 chart show.
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On The Box - Playing the drama queen
Noelle Morris is surprisingly disappointed by period drama The Line of Beauty, but is equally surprised to be seduced by the silly plotlines that characterise Lost
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Available Light to make Sex Wars for ITV
Bristol-based indie Available Light has hired Phillipa Forrester to front a 6 x 30-minute series for ITV on how men and women tackle different tasks. Forrester, who presented Robot Warsfor BBC2, will host Sex Wars, to be screened on ITV ...