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NewsScreentime signs with Fulham for Soccastars
Format specialist Screentime Partners has struck another deal for its reality series Soccastars and tied up a number of options for new BBC Saturday night show What Kids Really Think.
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NewsFremantle Media launches Showtime! at Mipcom
Fremantle Media is looking to follow up the global success of Pop Idol and X Factor with the launch of two European formats that are already proving a hit in their domestic markets.
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C4I picks up Zig Zag's Family format
Channel 4 International has acquired the international rights to a major new formatted documentary series from London-based indie Zig Zag Productions.
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BBC sells Rick Stein down under
BBC Worldwide Australasia has licensed new cooking series Rick Stein's French Odyssey (10 x 30-minutes) to The LifeStyle Channel in Australia and New Zealand's TVNZ.
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Men & Motors brings bikers to Cannes
LA-based Men & Motors International will launch four new titles at Mipcom including a series on World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss.
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NewsCosgrove Hall takes development slate to Mipcom
Creating and owning original properties is a key priority for Manchester-based animation studio Cosgrove Hall, according to its new MD Anthony Utley, who is going to Mipcom with three new shows in development.
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NewsRubber Duck to develop Bzots
Rubber Duck Entertainment, the newly created intellectual property arm of The Contender Entertainment Group, has teamed up with Chicago's Eat Your Lunch to develop a CGI/live-action series based on the US company's Bzotsproperty.
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NewsNick promotes Borkent
Jules Borkent has been promoted to VP, programming at Nickelodeon International.
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NewsCPLG picks up Dragon Booster
Licensing and merchandising agent CPLG has picked up UK rights to the animated series Dragon Booster, from Canada's Alliance Atlantis Communications.
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Southern Star buys into Darrall Macqueen
Australian producer-distributor Southern Star has bought a 75% stake in indie Darrall Macqueen, the producer of BBC2's Smileand interactive children's programming, such as ITV's Play the Game.
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NewsParthenon bulk up on HD shows
Factual producer and distributor Parthenon Entertainment has added four high definition specials to its slate.
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UK worst pet show
Animal Planet has commissioned an eight-part series about the UK's least well-behaved animals called Britain's Worst Pet. The series from Mentorn follows animal experts Trude Mostue ( Vets in Practice, Animal Hospital), Roger Mugford and David Sands as they ...
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Third outing for who do you think you are
BBC2 has commissioned a third series of Wall to Wall's genealogical factual format Who Do You Think You Are?and has revealed the new celebrity line-up for the second series. The second series airs in early 2006 and features Stephen Fry, Jane Horrocks, Jeremy Paxman, Julian Clary, ...
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Parthenon to show secrets of long life
Factual producer/distributor Parthenon Entertainment is making a 60-minute documentary Live Long Live Wildfor National Geographic Channel International - about the oldest animals on the planet. Executive produced by Parthenon's Natalie Humphreys, the show will broadcast early next year. Talks with UK terrestrial partners are ongoing. Parthenon ...
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Test the Japanese
Talent TV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Talent Group, has notched up a third Japanese version of Test the Nationwith indie producer TV Man Union and Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi. The deal follows the success of the first two Test the Nationspecials ...
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LaToya Jackson to star in reality show
LaToya Jackson is set to sign up for a show in which she lives with a British family for a week, helping them resolve family issues. Jackson is in advanced talks to make the as-yet-untitled Five show for Flame TV, the indie behind Celebrity Swaps and ...
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Five wins rights to Pimp My Ride UK
Five has bagged the terrestrial rights to MTV car makeover hit Pimp My Ride UK. The 6 x 30-minute spin-off of the MTV US format is presented by hip-hop DJ Tim Westwood and involves a crew of mechanics taking rusty old bangers and modifying them into ...
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September Films gun spree special
September Films is making a one-hour documentary for Channel 4 about the infamous 16-year-old girl from San Diego, California who inspired Boomtown Rats hit I Don't Like Mondays- part of a new slate of commissions from the indie.
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Men and Motors to film zoo model quest
ITV digital channel Men and Motors has joined forces with Zoomagazine to broadcast the publication's quest for the hottest new star of the modelling world. The competition called Wannabe: Zoo's First Timerswill see an expert panel of judges visit 32 cities including ...
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More industrial revelations at Discovery
Discovery Channel UK has commissioned new indie Bonza TV to make a second series of Industrial Revelations with Mark Williams. Titled More Industrial Revelations,the 10 x 30-minute show will explore the industrial success stories of the 19th century, from the development of ...