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RDF Rights seals 2-year deal with Betty
RDF Rights has handed Liz Warner's indie Betty an exclusive two-year development deal.
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ID renews its first-look deal with Colonial
The new deal will extend their collaboration into next year and will see more than 20 hours worth of programming delivered for international distribution over the next year. ID will be taking a number of Colonial's titles to Mipcom in October.
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NewsZig Zag on hunt for ‘American Winehouse'
Zig Zag Productions has won a commission worth more than $4m to go in search of an “American Amy Winehouse”.
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NewsOfcom: C4's PSB future is a ‘pressing priority'
Ofcom has rejected a BBC-only PSB model as unworkable and has revised its remaining PSB options to protect the “pressing priority” of funding Channel 4.
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NewsBBC1 hands Hammond Saturday night Wipeout
Richard Hammond has landed his first Saturday night presenting job on BBC1, hosting the corporation's version of assault course gameshow Wipeout.
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NewsSpeech: Ed Richards, Ofcom, 17 Sep '08
Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards speech to the Royal Television Society on 17 Septmber, 2008, titled Taking the Next Steps Forward.
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MTV exec joins Maverick
MTV UK and Ireland director of development Jilly Pearce has joined Maverick Television as an executive producer.
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NewsRichards: Ofcom won't be swayed by ITV
Ofcom will not be swayed by ITV's attempts to “paint an apocalyptic scenario” about its future, the regulator's chief executive Ed Richards has warned.
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CBeebies nets birthdays
CBeebies has launched a birthday service on the CBBC website that allows users to email personalised films, similar to the channel's birthday greetings slot.
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NewsITV to revive C4's classic Graham Taylor football doc
ITV is to air an extended version of the landmark Graham Taylor documentary that went out 14 years ago on Channel 4 and has ordered a new film featuring the former England manager.
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NewsHatton to host Nuts TV chat show
Ricky Hatton is to host a live weekly chat show on Nuts TV in the channel's highest profile commission to date.
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NewsAll3M acquires Illumina Digital
All3Media has made its first new media acquisition, snapping up multiplatform producer Illumina Digital.
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NewsBrydon's Arbie wins BBC4 pilot
Rob Brydon's fledgling indie Arbie is to produce a comedy drama pilot for BBC4 about a wealthy Russian family living in London.
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NewsITV hails Britannia High as 360 landmark
ITV has heralded a new era of 360-degree commissioning as it gears up to launch a ground-breaking array of multiplatform content around teen musical drama Britannia High.
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NewsFremantle Media unveils new gaming division
Fremantle Media will develop online games based on shows such as Hole in the Wall as the first initiative from a division charged with creating new revenue streams.
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BBC2 to co-produce Hat Trick comedy
BBC2 is to screen medieval comedy Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire after signing up as co-production partner on the Hat Trick Productions comedy.
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ITV1 to revisit Aspel's WW2 childhood
Michael Aspel will be reunited with friends he met as a World War II evacuee in a daytime show for ITV1.
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NewsC4 to show 'real Grange Hill'
Channel 4 is lining up a real-life Grange Hill from the producers of its latest fly-on-the-wall series The Family.
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NewsFive loses features head Menzies
Five head of features Alex Menzies is to leave his role at the end of the year.
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News2.7m embrace C4's Family
Channel 4's new observational documentary The Family got off to a solid start at 9pm last night with 2.7m viewers (11.5%).