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    Fremantle lures Dancing on Ice producer to the US

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    FremantleMedia North America has lured Dancing on Ice exec producer James Sunderland to the US, where he will join the creative team behind such productions as American Idol, American Inventor and ...

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    Electric Sky tops up for Sunnyside

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    Brighton-based distributor Electric Sky has bagged a number of new factual titles in time for this week's Sunnyside of the Doc programme market in La Rochelle.

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    Prehistoric Park picked up down under

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    Fremantle International Distribution has secured a number of key sales for Impossible Pictures' new multi-million pound factual series Prehistoric Park, following its launch at MipTV in April.

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    Mobile deal for Baby Cow world cup song

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    A teaser of Baby Cow's new animation Fulking Hillwill appear on mobiles ahead of a TV commission, following a deal brokered with Phones International Group by Target Entertainment.

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    Granada America to make paranormal show for Discovery

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    Granada America has picked up a commission from Discovery Channel in the US for a new paranormal reality series which attempts to solve murder cases with the help of psychic sleuths.

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    Celador International buys rights to Mr & Mrs

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    Classic ITV gameshow Mr & Mrsis being updated for UK and international audiences by Who Wants to be a Millionaire? distributor Celador International.

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    Comment: Food for thought

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    While there's been plenty of fuss about what the impact of restrictions on junk food ads might be on ITV, there's been little talk of what it means for UK production and distribution.

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    Piers Morgan makes strong US debut

    2006-06-23T10:45:00Z

    Piers Morgan is on track to repeat the American success of Simon Cowell, as the new talent show he judges on debuted with ratings of over 12 million on US network NBC.

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    Hustle to be re-made by Fox as a US movie

    2006-06-23T09:40:00Z

    Kudos Film & Television drama Hustleis set to move to the big screen after US studio 20th Century Fox picked up the film rights to the BBC 1 series.

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    Five returns to Animal Planet hit

    2006-06-22T08:30:00Z

    Five is to reversion a further six episodes of the popular Animal Planet US series Austin Stevens Adventuresto air later this summer. The order was made by Five's wildlife and factual acquisitions editor Bethan Corney. It follows the success of the first six episodes, which ...

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    BBC arm sells Five's Suburban Shootout

    2006-06-22T08:30:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has sold Five comedy Suburban Shootoutto nine international broadcasters. Worldwide's indie unit has inked deals with NOS Holland, DR TV Denmark, YLE Finland, RUV Iceland, Canal Jimmy Italy, Kanal 5 Sweden, TV3 Norway, Comedy Network Canada and VRT Belgium. The comedy, produced by ...

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    C4 buys Runaway and Kidnapped

    2006-06-22T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has nabbed the rights to a new Darren Star drama, starring former New Kids on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg, as its LA Screenings spending spree continues.

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    BBC Worldwide hires Latin American head

    2006-06-21T08:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has hired Jessica Rodriguez to head up its Latin American and Hispanic channels.

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    ITV makes first LA Screenings buys

    2006-06-20T12:35:00Z

    ITV's new director of acquisitions, Jay Kandola, has made her first purchases from the LA Screenings, picking up a US drama for each of its three digital channels but no new series for ITV1.

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    BBC in bid to improve Israeli-Palestinian coverage

    2006-06-20T09:25:00Z

    The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen is to be given an expanded role as the BBC moves to improve its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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    Fremantle brings drama and docs to Discop

    2006-06-12T16:00:00Z

    Fremantle International Distribution (FID) will be looking to tie up further deals for US drama series Falcon Beach at Discop, after its successful launch at last month's LA Screenings.

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    Fox orders 24 film script

    2006-06-09T08:00:00Z

    Jack Bauer finally looks set to head to the big screen after US studio 20th Century Fox commissioned a script for a feature-length film version of its drama 24.

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    Five wins Screenings favourite Shark.

    2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Five is believed to have fought off stiff competition from ITV to snap up the rights to 20th Century Fox legal drama Shark, one of the best received shows at the recent LA Screenings, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Nigella Feasts sells to more than 70 countries

    2006-06-08T08:00:00Z

    ID Distribution has pre-sold Nigella Lawson's new US show Nigella Feastsinto over 70 territories worldwide, even before filming on the series has begun.

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    Zeal strikes deal to distribute CD:USA

    2006-06-08T08:00:00Z

    Distributor Zeal Television has secured its first sales of American weekly music show CD:USA.