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NewsEndemol poaches Toumazis from Disney
Endemol has hired Disney executive Tom Toumazis as chief commercial officer.
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NewsTV critics 27 August ‘08
“Thirtysomething meets Cold Feet meets Mistresses meets a little bit of The Big Chill meets innumerable other comedy dramas whose names escape me.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsModest beginnings for Mutual Friends
BBC1's new drama series Mutual Friends got off to a disappointing start last night at 9pm with an average audience of 4.6m (19.6%).
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NewsCeleb Scissorhands to return
Hairdresser Lee Staffird will again try to turn celebrities into hair and beauty experts in three weeks in his Camden ‘academy'.
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NewsVirgin Media to put sports highlights online
Virgin Media has teamed up with digital content specialist Perform to launch a free-to-view sports video player.
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NewsGhost Whisperer upsets BBC3's Bride
BBC3's factual entertainment series Don't Tell the Bride returned yesterday at 9pm with 317,000 (1.58%).
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NewsShare the licence fee, say pay-TV viewers
Two in every three pay-TV viewers believe part of the television licence fee should go to broadcasters other than the BBC, according to research commissioned by Discovery Networks UK.
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NewsRed Dwarf to reunite on Dave
Cult BBC comedy Red Dwarf is poised to return after 10 years for a retrospective on UKTV channel Dave.
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NewsBBC3 dares Brits to face terrifying tasks
BBC3 will challenge young Brits to take on the scariest jobs in the world in a new series from the creator of Last Man Standing.
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Chef Rachel to give UKTV a bake-up call
UKTV Food has signed TV chef Rachel Allen to reinvent baking in a major primetime series.
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Sky Real Lives fosters story of adoptive mum
Sky Real Lives and publisher Harper Collins will cross-promote a TV documentary and book based on the story of an adoptive mother of eight children with special needs.
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Banks, bins and builders
Channel 4 documentary strand Cutting Edge will tackle the credit crunch, litter collections and British builders' attitudes towards their eastern European competitors in its latest run.
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NewsMovie plans for German Office
BBC comedy The Office is to get the big screen treatment - in Germany.
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NewsMedieval kids gameshow ordered by S4C
A new children's adventure gameshow inspired by the legend of King Arthur has been commissioned by Welsh-language channel S4C.
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NewsLost revealed as most-talked about show
Lost is the UK's most talked-about show according to a study that claims that TV still dominates the national conversation.
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NewsDiscovery US plans closure of UK branch
Discovery US has announced it is planning to close its UK office following a 30-day consultation with staff.
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NewsTrade buyers likely to drive indie deals
Trade buyers rather than private equity groups will increasingly be the most likely buyers of independent producers, Peter Bazalgette has claimed.
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Shares fall in RTL as earnings edge down
Shares in RTL Group, owner of Five, fell 5.8% after the company reported results for the six months to 30 June 2008.
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NewsTarget hits on indie start-ups
Target Entertainment has signed output deals with two new UK indies that have been set up by experienced producers.
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NewsElectric Sky's bumper factual deal
Brighton-based distributor Electric Sky has announced a raft of distribution deals that bolster its factual catalogue.