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    Premier League in Likeaballs deal

    2006-07-25T08:30:00Z

    The makers of CBBC cartoon The Likeaballshave signed an exclusive deal with the FA Premier League - the first time the league has tied up with a kids' TV programme.

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    MercuryMedia strikes deals for 9/11 doc

    2006-07-24T16:00:00Z

    MercuryMedia has secured a number of deals for US 9/11 documentary Loose Change,which is currently attracting the attention of several US studios interested in co-producing a theatrical version.

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    Fremantle takes Abbey Road to the world

    2006-07-24T16:00:00Z

    Fremantle International Distribution has picked up the rights to new Channel 4 music series, Live From Abbey Road, which will include performances from such artists as The Killers, The Who, Paul Simon and Diana Ross.

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    Fireworks gets Heavy

    2006-07-24T16:00:00Z

    Fireworks International has landed the international rights to some 35 hours of content from leading US broadband entertainment network Heavy.

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    Sparrowhawk ramps up for mobile launch

    2006-07-24T16:00:00Z

    Sparrowhawk Media is gearing up for the commercial launch of its video texting service TxtBig and exploring other new opportunities for its content library, following the appointment of John Morris as managing director of its distribution arm.

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    Bellamy stamps his mark on BBC3

    2006-07-24T11:10:00Z

    New BBC3 controller Julian Bellamy has unveiled his first new season schedule, commissioning a slew of popular factual series including Grime Scene Investigation ( GSI) and Say No to the Knife.

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    Spun Gold handles new C4 doc

    2006-07-24T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary following compulsive masturbators as they try different ways to kick their habit.

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    Heidi Thomas pens 1920s drama for BBC1

    2006-07-21T16:00:00Z

    Heidi Thomas, the screenwriter behind I Capture The Castleand Madam Bovary, has penned an eight-part drama for BBC1 set in 1920s Liverpool.

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    Reeves and Vegas sign up for O'Briain grilling

    2006-07-21T10:20:00Z

    Vic Reeves, Johnny Vegas and Ruby Wax have been confirmed as guests on Dara O'Briain's new BBC2 chat show.

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    BBC2 to aim for 'broad appeal'

    2006-07-20T13:15:00Z

    BBC2 controller Roly Keating has said he is leaving the targeting of 16 to 24-year-old viewers to BBC3, focusing instead on 'broad appeal' for the channel's autumn launch.

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    BBC2 discovers nature in major daytime series

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Wildlife presenter Chris Packham is to present a major daytime series for BBC2 about the best locations to capture the beauty of British nature, with 10 shows being dedicated to each of the seasons.

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    BBC2 adds variety

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    BBC2 is reviving the variety show in a daytime series to be hosted by Brian Conley. Let Me Entertain You, being made by Lion Television, sees the studio audience vote on performers, with the winners from each show going through to a grand finale. The ...

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    C4 gets on bike for 3 Minute doc slot

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned four new short films for its 3 Minute Wonderslot in a competition run by the broadcaster together with ITN Source and the Brit Doc Festival.

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    ITV set to chop 30 minutes from lunchtime news

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    ITV is set to cut 30 minutes from ITV1's one-hour lunchtime news show as part of its bid to stem the channel's ratings decline.

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    Second outing for BBC4's Modernism

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    BBC4 series Living with Modernismhas been commissioned for a second run.

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    R4 books post-watershed Chatterley

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Radio indie Catherine Bailey Productions has been commissioned to adapt DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Loverfor BBC Radio 4.

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    C4 docu-drama to tell the story of Waco siege

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Darlow Smithson will attempt to uncover what really happened during the infamous Waco siege in a big-budget feature for Channel 4 and the US Discovery Channel, its first commission since being acquired by IMG Media.

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    Destiny's Child join C4 talent show

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has signed up Mathew Knowles - the father of Beyoncé - and the members of Destiny's Child to feature in talent series Chancers.

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    C4 books Church for Friday nights

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Charlotte Church is to become the new face of Friday night entertainment on Channel 4.

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    C4 hopes Freshly Squeezed will wake up breakfast slot

    2006-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned its first long-running breakfast entertainment show since the demise of Risein 2003.