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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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NewsSky orders high-risk stunt show
Sky One has commissioned indie IWC Media to produce a 10 x 60-minute 'battle of the sexes' stunt show, where two thrill-seeking daredevils attempt to outdo each other every week.
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E4 greenlights comedy shorts to lead into BB
E4 has ordered a series of 10-minute comedy shorts to run at 10pm before Big Brother's Big Mouth.
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UKTV Style to air 50 guys in 50 nights dating series
UKTV Style is sending presenter Sally Gray on 50 dates in 50 nights as part of a new series attempting to create 'the ultimate dating bible for Britain's single girls'.
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Da Vinci Code inspires C4 gameshow
Diverse has signed up Tony Robinson to front a Da Vinci Code-style gameshow currently being shot in the British Museum - part of the indie's fresh drive into entertainment formats. The Time Teamhost is to make two 6 x ...
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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 ...
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Vroom, Vroom revs again on Sky One
Sky One has recommissioned its irreverent motoring series Vroom, Vroom, made by ITV Productions and presented by Jon Desborough, Brendan Coogan, Lisa Rogers and Sunmotoring correspondent Emma Parker Bowles. The series includes stunts, test drives and a regular strand featuring ...
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Food order for UKTV Food
Indie Eagle Media has been commissioned to make a raft of programmes for UKTV Food's autumn schedule including James Martin Digs Deep, a 10 x 30-minute series in which the TV chef sets out to prove that home-grown food tastes better than supermarket fare. Eagle ...
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Commissioner's Q & A - Ceri Sherlock
The commissioning editor for music at S4C on his channel's attempt to raise the standard of rugby terrace singing and upcoming documentaries about the inventor of the saxophone and Cerys Matthews
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Extreme does mobile deal in Portugal
Liberty Global-owned Extreme Sports Channel has signed a deal to bring its action sports content to 3G phone users in Portugal.
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A Place in the Sun finds Canadian berth
Canadian Alliance Atlantic channel HGTV has bought the seventh series of overseas property show A Place in the Sun.
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On the Box - An appetite for voyeurism
Angel Gambino predicts viewers will prefer the plain satisfaction of a summer diet of Big Brotherto the more refined The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.
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Blue skies unit to imagine the future for ITV
ITV is to tackle concerns that it lacks long-term vision by setting up a new research and development 'blue skies' unit aimed at producing innovation across the entire business, including developing new programme ideas.
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Bravo footie show to save hopeless men
Men's entertainment channel Bravo has commissioned a new reality show from Granada which aims to change the lives of 15 dysfunctional males through playing football.
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SRH profits Emap
Media group Emap has bucked the trend of a declining radio advertising market, increasing profits by 50% - largely thanks to its takeover of Scottish Radio Holdings last year. The group, which publishes Broadcastand owns Magic and Kiss radio stations, said operating profits for its ...
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Ofcom under fire
An alliance of health, medical and consumer organisations has accused regulator Ofcom of putting industry profits before children's health in its current consultation on TV food advertising rules to children. The National Heart Forum - whose members include leading medical charities such as the British Medical Association, the Royal College ...
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Seven Stones in docs initiative
Cornwall-based indie Seven Stones Media has launched a£75,000 scheme to help factual film-makers in the county develop documentary ideas for commissioners.
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Five turns up heat with sex series for summer
Five has lined up a risqué documentary series for the summer offering women a cornucopia of sex tips, techniques, advice and scientific explanations of what happens during sexual activity.