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NewsC4 airs advertiser-funded music series
T4 host Steve Jones and former CD:UK presenter Lauren Laverne will front Transmission with T-Mobile, a new 12 x 60-minute advertiser-funded music series for Channel 4 to air at 11.30pm on Friday nights from 16 June. The commission is being half funded by the mobile ...
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NewsStars in their Eyes faces axe
Stars in their Eyescould be facing the axe after 16 years with ITV sources this week admitting that the future of the show was being discussed.
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NewsBidding war starts for top US shows
The first bidding war has kicked off just days after the LA Screenings, with UK broadcasters battling to secure hot new 20th Century Fox dramas Vanishedand Shark.
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LA Screenings spawn first deals at Sky
Sky One has made the first signings of the LA Screenings picking up Hidden Palmsfrom Dawson's Creekcreator Kevin Williamson and Lovespring International, the new project from Will and Grace's Eric ...
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NewsColin Firth joins cast of BBC1's drama London
Colin Firth, Anne-Marie Duff and Robert Carlyle have signed up to star in Dominic Savage's new BBC1 drama which tackles the issue of homelessness.
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NewsMGM sacks Sony as distributor
Longstanding US film studio MGM - producer of the James Bond film franchise - is to re-establish its television distribution activities, snatching back the rights from Sony Pictures.
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NewsBBC says no to Scottish news bulletin
BBC director general Mark Thompson has ruled out the prospect of a 6pm news bulletin on BBC1 specifically for Scotland, claiming the majority of the country's viewers do not want it.
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NewsFive News looks at end of the world
Five News has commissioned four fast turnaround short films for its daily news bulletins, from Television for the Environment (TVE).
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C4 Opus Dei doc to air in US
Channel 4 documentary Opus Dei and The Da Vinci Codehas been picked up by US producer and distributor Faith & Values Media to air on the Hallmark Channel this June.
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NewsScandis snap up C4 shock docs
Channel 4 International has racked up further sales in Scandinavia for its latest line-up of factual titles, including The Boy With a Tumour for a Face IIand The Falling Man.
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TWI brokers Miss World mobile deal
TWI has brokered a deal between the Miss World Organisation and Indian mobile services provider Mauj Telecom that will see the launch of a range of mobile content based around this year's event.
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NewsNat Geo sells wildlife to ten countries
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has secured deals in ten countries for more than 20 of its recently delivered wildlife titles.
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TVF racks up deals for Geldof doc
Factual distributor TVF International has secured a raft of deals across Europe for its latest slate of programming, including multiple sales for Geldof in Africa.
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Entara picks up Nick's Scurvy Rascals
Children's entertainment company Entara has expanded its portfolio of properties with the acquisition of all rights to the award-winning boys' series Those Scurvy Rascals.
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GI promotes Maxwell
Granada International has promoted Fiona Maxwell to director of operations and servicing.
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NewsFalcon Beach proves popular for Fremantle
Fremantle Media has secured a raft of sales for its new teen drama Falcon Beachafter promoting the series to international broadcasters at last week's LA Screenings.
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NewsSky and AETN confirm UK crime channel launch
A&E Television Networks (AETN) and BSkyB have confirmed they are to launch a crime channel in the UK and Ireland, as first revealed by Broadcast (11.03.05).
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NewsEurosport nets Wenger and Houllier
Eurosport has lined-up Arsene Wenger and Gerard Houllier to provide expert analysis during the World Cup.
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BBC1 orders one-offs
BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has greenlit five one-off comedy dramas. Lenny Henry has co-written Slings and Arrowswith Kim Fuller, a comedy about a dry cleaner who finds love on an Open University course. It is being made by Tiger Aspect, which will also produce ...
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BBC2 to explore Italy from top to toe
Francesco Da Mosto, the Italian architect who presented BBC2's series on Venice, is to make a new series covering the whole of Italy for the channel. Da Mosto is to follow up his 2004 series with Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe, in which he ...