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C4I to distribute Find Me a Family
Channel 4 International has acquired the global distribution rights to Find Me a Family, a new formatted documentary series from Zig Zag Productions that will air on C4 next year. The show will unite a senior citizen with a family in need of old-fashioned advice and help from the aged. ...
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Format focus: Ballroom Bootcamp
This new reality/entertainment hybrid focuses on uplifting personal stories rather than routine humiliation.
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Five to bring back Swinging sketch show
Five's first homegrown comedy commission, Swinging, a sketch show about relationships and sex, has been recommissioned by the broadcaster.
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BBC3 orders Little Britain studio show
Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams are to star in a Trisha-style chat show in which they will be quizzed on aspects of the show by a studio audience.
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FX picks up comedy
The FX channel has boosted its comedy slate by buying a pair of sketch shows from Comedy Central. It has picked up the first two seasons of Chappelle Show, written and hosted by Dave Chappelle, for its Comedy Thursdays slot. It will air on FX from January next year. The ...
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Sky airs Star Wars
BSkyB has signed a major content agreement to show the entire Star Wars saga in 2006. Sky has bought exclusive UK TV rights from Lucas Films and Twentieth Century Fox for the films and will air them from August 2006 to coincide with the start of the pay-TV window for ...
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Latin Pop Idol next
Talent show Pop Idol is heading to Latin America. This is the 30th territory the format has been sold to. Indie Fremantle Media has partnered with Sony Entertainment Television (SET), one of Latin America's leading cable entertainment channels, to make Latin American Idol (working title). The show will begin airing ...
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Turner is back on TV with Housewives
Anthea Turner, the former GMTV presenter whose career hit the skids following a disastrous appearance in OK! magazine, has resurfaced with a new reality show for BBC3. RDF Media's 8 x 60-minute series Perfect Housewives (working title) will see the former Blue Peter presenter attempt to educate the nation's incompetent ...
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Five ups spend and axes The Farm
Five is increasing its programme budget to more than£200m next year, director of programmes Dan Chambers has confirmed. He said the budget for 2006 would be up at least£10m from the£190m signed off for this year, taking the budget to 'substantially more' than£200m. However, he said the extra cash would ...
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ITV1 plans DNA daytime show
SMG TV Productions has landed another ITV1 daytime order, with a 10-part factual series about DNA testing.
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Hallmark snaps up BBC dramas
The Hallmark Channel is on the lookout for UK drama acquisitions and has kicked off its new strategy by buying BBC hits Spooks and Hustle.
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NewsFive in£10m-plus budget boost
4.15pm: Five is increasing its programme budget to over£200m next year, director of programmes Dan Chambers confirmed today.
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NewsNat Geo buys Rough Trades
10am: National Geographic International has picked up the pay TV rights to Rough Trades, a series lookingat unusual professions throughout the world.
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NewsComment: Unlocking the potential of mobile
Online chatrooms are buzzing with rumours that Apple is to unveil a new video iPod this week, a development that mobile TV evangelists have long been predicting will radically transform our viewing habits, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsTarget bulks up on US reality
Independent producer and distributor Target Entertainment has snapped up the latest reality series from the makers of ABC Family's hit format Switched.
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NewsExtreme picks up lifestyle catalogue
London-based Extreme Entertainment has continued its push into factual and lifestyle content with the addition of over 700 hours of short-form programming from UK producer PeakViewing Transatlantic.
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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.