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Target takes Josef Fritzl doc global
Target Entertainment has sold Sky 1 documentary Josef Fritzl: Story of a Monster to eight broadcasters around the world.
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Parthenon wins myth series commission
Parthenon Entertainment has won its biggest series commission to date, a 13 x 30-minute series for National Geographic Channels International that will debunk the myths surrounding famous historical figures.
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Russia to air Hudson plane crash doc
Darlow Smithson Production's (DSP) fast turnaround documentary Miracle of the Hudson Plane Crash has been sold to Channel One in Russia.
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Audience figures take a dip
Viewers have bucked the trend of spending more time in front of the television during times of recession.
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BBC2 drama holds its own
BBC2's one-off drama about the Troubles in Northern Ireland held its own in a tough Sunday night slot.
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Percy warns of funding crisis for high-end docs
Award-winning film-maker Norma Percy has warned that high-end documentary makers are facing a funding crisis as cash from broadcasters, particularly in America, dries up.
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BBC4 unveils landmark Christianity series
BBC4 is to examine the beginnings of Christianity and what it means to be a part of the religion in a new “landmark” series lined up for the autumn.
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RDF hires Stanford-Smith for animation
RDF Media Group has hired Parthenon Kids founder Karina Stanford-Smith to lead a major push into animation.
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Princess MD Scott extends tenure at Shine
Princess Productions co-founder and managing director Sebastian Scott has inked a new contract with super-indie owner Shine Group to stay on for a further 12 months.
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Tombs heads to BBC for strategy position
Former Paramount Comedy exec Matt Tombs has joined the BBC as a business strategy executive within entertainment production.
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Coltrane steps back into police role for ITV thriller
Cracker star Robbie Coltrane is to return to ITV crime drama in a new thriller told from three different perspectives.
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Watch snaps up ITV pilot show
UKTV's Watch has ordered a hidden camera show, originally piloted for ITV1, in which children under five do adult jobs such as running a café.
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Virgin's Webb takes charge of IDS
Virgin Media TV managing director Jonathan Webb has been handed the newly created role of executive director and will take on overall responsibility for its advertising sales house IDS.
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BBC forces producers to cut talent budgets
The BBC is compelling producers to pass on budget cuts to on-screen talent, by demanding a minimum pay reduction for some shows' presenters and actors.
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Shine makes TV quiz for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned Shine Television to make a Buzzcocks-style quiz show about TV.
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C4 plans Bible follow-up to history of Christianity
Channel 4 is to follow up Christianity: a History with a series of personal interpretations of the Bible.
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MPs revive top-slicing threat
MPs and peers reignited the PSB funding debate this week, rejecting media secretary Andy Burnham's favoured partnership between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide and putting licence fee top-slicing back on the agenda.
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MediaCity owners pin hopes on ITV U-turn
MediaCityUK owner Peel Media is still hopeful of persuading ITV to move to the Salford site despite the broadcaster ruling out a deal last month.
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Rival Media wins RTE2 agony aunt show
Rival Media will ask youngsters to act as agony aunts in one of a pair of commissions from Irish channel RTÉ2.
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ITV Global seeks 50% co-pro deal on format sales
ITV Global Entertainment will only sell formats to international broadcasters or producers if it can agree at least a 50% co-production credit for the shows.