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NewsComment: Broadband's brave new world
While most UK producers have generated little or no revenue from new media platforms to date, growth in VOD and download services over the coming months is likely to change this.
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NewsFireworks lines up new deals for Emmy Awards
Fireworks International has struck a series of international sales for the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be broadcast live from LA on August 27 on NBC.
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NewsFremantle inks dinosaur deals at Discop
Fremantle International Distribution has concluded a raft of deals in central and eastern Europe with flagship factual series Prehistoric Parkgenerating strong sales.
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NewsOff the Fence in Asian co-pro
Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence has teamed with France 5, Bang Singapore and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to co-produce the investigative documentary The Lost Kingdom of Guge.
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NewsDutch company suspends shares after Millionaire bid
2waytraffic, one of the companies bidding for the rights to the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?format, has this morning suspended its shares.
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NewsAl Jazeera makes jailed reporter bureau chief
Al Jazeera has appointed a reporter currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for collaborating with Al Qaeda as the chief of its planned Madrid office.
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NewsInside Disney Channel's world
Disney Channel's Rich Ross on how he is changing the strategy for the channel in the UK
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NewsCBS fails in bid for genealogy format
Wall To Wall has turned down an offer from number one US terrestrial network CBS to make an American version of its hit series Who Do You Think You Are?- but is still in talks about the format with other broadcasters.
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Spelling's 7th Heaven to air on Hallmark
Aaron Spelling's 7th Heaven, is to return to UK screens, following a deal signed by the Hallmark Channel with US studio CBS Paramount.
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US Strictly Come Dancing up for Emmy
Richard Hopkins, the managing director of start-up indie Fever, has been nominated for an Emmy - alongside fellow executive producers Conrad Green and Izzie Pick - for his work on the US version of Strictly Come Dancing, which is produced for Disney-owned network ABC by BBC Worldwide.
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Research Centre chooses indies
The Research Centre has selected a new group of indies to take part in the second year of its international programme, which sees executives visiting the US and Canada for meetings with broadcasters including HBO, Discovery, MTV and National Geographic.
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Strawberry hires sales executive
UK-based distributor Strawberry Entertainment - the international sales arm of AIM-listed MEM - has hired Fabrice Gaude to manage sales and commercial development in western Europe, Japan, South Africa and Latin America.
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RDF Rights secures first-look deal with Spun Gold TV
RDF Rights has tied up a two-year, first-look deal with indie Spun Gold TV, which covers all international TV and consumer product rights to its output.
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Format Focus: Inked
This docu-soap format goes behind the scenes at a glamorous tattoo parlour in a Vegas casino.
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Second series commission for Planet Sketch
Decode Entertainment and Aardman Animations have been commissioned by Canada's Teletoon and CITV to make a second series of Planet Sketch.
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2waytraffic acquires format creator
Aim-listed interactive TV company 2waytraffic has acquired Dutch format developer Intellygents, the company behind Endemol International's new gameshow Take it or Leave It, for an initial consideration of Eu5 million.
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NewsITV gambles on a slice of American primetime
It's been nine years since ITV last aired a US series in primetime, but last week the channel finally bit the bullet and snapped up a drama from Lostcreator JJ Abrams, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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Worldwide names channels CFO
BBC Worldwide continues to ramp up its channels business with the appointment of Philip Vincent as chief finance officer.
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NewsBBC America takes to The Street
BBC America has acquired Jimmy McGovern's latest BBC drama series The Streetas well as a feature-length episode of his multi-award-winning crime drama, Cracker.
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French home for Southern Star's Meerkats
Australian distributor Southern Star International has sold series one and two of Meerkat Manorand all three series of Forensic Investigatorsto France's AB Droits.