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    Rival Media wins RTE2 agony aunt show

    2009-04-08T08:30:37Z

    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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    Russia to air Hudson plane crash doc

    2009-04-07T15:11:23Z

    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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    Parthenon wins myth series commission

    2009-04-07T14:13:28Z

    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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    Target takes Josef Fritzl doc global

    2009-04-07T14:02:38Z

    Target Entertainment has sold Sky 1 documentary Josef Fritzl: Story of a Monster to eight broadcasters around the world.

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    Antonioni quits ITV brands role

    2009-04-07T13:56:42Z

    ITV Global Entertainment's commercial brands director Gustavo Antonioni has left the broadcaster after taking voluntary redundancy.

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    DLT to take C4 execs to the US for drama

    2009-04-07T13:51:25Z

    The indie behind My Family is flying a pair of Channel 4 executives out to Los Angeles to thrash out ideas for a drama penned by a US writing team.

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    Five's Roary racing to Canada

    2009-04-02T12:06:39Z

    MipTV: Five preschool series Roary the Racing Car is on the road to Canada following a deal with Treehouse TV.

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    Fremantle: UK format dominance is waning

    2009-04-02T09:16:02Z

    FremantleMedia senior executive vice-president of entertainment Rob Clark has warned that the UK's dominance of the formats business will slip in the face of stronger competition from abroad.

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    Sky Real Lives to air US reality show Diet Tribe

    2009-04-02T09:12:46Z

    Sky Real Lives has acquired a reality weight loss series that originally broadcast on US cable network Lifetime.

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    MipTV 09: Round-up

    2009-04-02T08:59:00Z

    As the MipTV market in Cannes wraps up, Broadcastnow presents a selection of choice stories from throughout the week.

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    Virgin Media's Sit-Up TV sold to German company

    2009-04-01T15:23:18Z

    Virgin Media has sold its Sit-Up TV business to Munich-based Aurelius for an undisclosed fee.

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    Chuggington on track to Japan

    2009-04-01T15:05:32Z

    MipTV: CBeebies CGI train series Chuggington has been sold to Japan's leading commercial broadcaster by Ludorum.

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    Living acquires US version of 10 Years Younger

    2009-04-01T14:33:27Z

    MipTV: Living has acquired nearly 200 episodes of 10 Years Younger US from Target Entertainment Group.

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    US call for Fonejacker

    2009-04-01T14:27:25Z

    MipTV: E4's notorious prankster Fonejacker will be heading to the US after Hat Trick International sold both series to Comedy Central.

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    Driver Dan steaming towards CBeebies

    2009-04-01T11:26:36Z

    MipTV: Indie 3Line Media has inked a deal with Abu Dhabi production team twofour54 to produce an Arabic and English version of children's series Driver Dan's Story Train for CBeebies.

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    ITV1 kids shows sold to Germany/Japan

    2009-04-01T10:53:13Z

    MipTV: RDF Rights has sold ITV1 kids shows Tricky TV and Finger Tips to broadcasters in a number of key territories, including Germany and Japan.

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    Shine to pilot singing gameshow in Germany

    2009-04-01T10:23:59Z

    MipTV: Shine Germany has won its first business three months before it officially begins trading - to pilot Reveille singing gameshow Fame and Fortune for ProseibenSat 1 broadcaster German Free TV Holding GmbH.

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    HBO gives hope for third Conchords series

    2009-03-31T12:24:28Z

    MipTV: HBO is anticipating a third series of cult comedy Flight of the Conchords, despite rumours that its creators would not return after a second run.

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    First sales for RDF's Waybuloo

    2009-03-31T11:46:39Z

    MipTV: RDF Media Group has signed its first overseas deals for Waybuloo, the£10m preschool show which will make its UK debut on CBeebies in May.

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    Al Jazeera acquires Aardman's Timmy Time

    2009-03-31T10:35:20Z

    MipTV: Aardman is to take Sean the Sheep's cousin to the Middle East after signing a flurry of new deals for his preschool spin off, Timmy Time.