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NewsITV to develop music formats with Globe
ITV Productions' entertainment department is developing a raft of music-based programmes after joining forces with Globe, the production arm of Universal Music.
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NewsDropping kids pays off for ITV
ITV1's controversial decision to drop its weekday CITV strand has led to a surge in viewers, with the commercial network's share for the 3.30pm to 5pm slot more than doubling.
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NewsHeggessey: indies can earn more from rights
Talkback Thames chief executive Lorraine Heggessey has suggested an X-Factor broadband channel as an example of one of the ways indies can extract more value from the new terms of trade.
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Five' Hidden Lives is 'most shocking' yet
Five has commissioned its shock-doc Hidden Lives strand for a third series, with 6 x 60-minute programmes featuring stories from around the world.
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Nickelodeon's Me: TV heads for US peak
Nickelodeon's US channel is launching its own version of Nickelodeon UK's live studio web/TV format Me:TV.
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NewsTorchwood heads to Network Ten
BBC Worldwide's Australasian arm has sold sci-fi drama Torchwoodto Australia's Network Ten. It is the corporation's first drama deal with the broadcaster for 15 years.
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NewsShaps moves swiftly to recommission hits
ITV director of television Simon Shaps has demonstrated his confidence in his current slate by recommissioning three big new shows.
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Nesbitt returns for Murphy's Law
Undercover cop Tommy Murphy will return to BBC1 in a fifth series of the drama Murphy's Law.
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NewsLife on Mars writers reveal new projects
The co-creators of Life on Marsare developing two new dramas for the BBC and ITV1 under their newly formed indie Monastic Productions.
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NewsBennett wades into Saturday Kitchen row
Director of BBC Vision Jana Bennett will look into the Saturday Kitchenphone-in furore and prepare a dossier for director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsOn location - Kitchen Confidential
How did Five's two-part drama set in a Glasgow restaurant manage to serve up a gourmet dish on a greasy-spoon budget? Executive producer Douglas Rae spills the beans.
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NewsIcstis to probe Saturday Kitchen claims
Premium rate phone line regulator Icstis has launched a formal investigation into the BBC's Saturday Kitchenfollowing claims some pre-recorded shows were still encouraging callers to phone in.
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NewsParents value kids TV, Pact tells MPs
Pact has presented a parliamentary select committee with evidence that homegrown kids programming contributes to the UK's cultural identity, as it attempts to get MPs to join its campaign to save kids TV.
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NewsBBC: Saturday Kitchen will now be live
The BBC has decided that every episode of its cookery show Saturday Kitchenwill be broadcast live following recent claims that some pre-recorded programmes still encouraged viewers to call in.
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NewsPEER POLL: Children's TV
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Ofcom act to protect children's programming? Click hereto vote.
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Ladette to Lady gets third outing on ITV1
RDF has been commissioned to make a third series of Ladette to Lady, the ITV1 series which attempts to transform some of Britain's most unrepentant ladettes into perfect ladies.
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NewsBBC3 reporter sets off to find eternal youth
The woman who went on a 30-day drinking binge to demonstrate the effects of alcohol abuse will be the subject of a new BBC3 series exploring how far people are prepared to go in pursuit of eternal youth.
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Dai4Films hunts new comics for BBC Wales
Dai4Films is to film untapped comic talent in clubs across Wales in Funny Business, a new four-parter for BBC Wales.
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C4 deals out poker foursome
Channel 4 is to cash in on the UK's poker boom with a deck of programmes dedicated to the game later this year.
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Corrie Confidential helps ITV's afternoon revival
Last week was half-term for many schools. If you spent it at home with the kids, did you check out ITV1's new afternoon shows? They're not kids programmes exactly, I'm talking about Coronation Street Confidentialwhich aired every day last week at 3pm and ...