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NewsTarget secures Bounty
Target Entertainment has picked up animation studio Silver Fox Films' 26 x 11-minute series Bounty Hamsterfor international distribution.
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NewsUS DVD deal for Contender's Peppa Pig
Following its launch on Cartoon Network's new Tickle U pre-school block in the US, Contender Group's animated series Peppa Pighas been picked up by Lions Gate Family Entertainment for a home video launch in autumn 2006.
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NewsNick UK picks up Decode's Sadie
Nickelodeon UK has picked up a further 26 episodes of Decode Entertainment's live action series, Naturally Sadie.
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BKN outsources production to India
Aim-listed children's entertainment company BKN has struck a $10m deal with Indian animation studio UTV Toonz, to handle production of its 26-episode 3D series Kong The Next Generationand another yet to be titled series.
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NewsDisney pinches Nick exec
Disney has poached Nickelodeon executive Paul O'Higgins to oversee its on and off-air marketing across Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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NewsNTL in IPTV trial
NTL is launching a TV over broadband trial service featuring content from MTV, Turner, ITN and UKTV.
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NewsRadio 1 rapped for foul-mouthed tirade
BBC Radio 1 has been reprimanded by Ofcom for broadcasting a barrage of expletives at 7pm.
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What the critics said: Afterlife
ITV's latest offering for Saturday nights is the much-hyped paranormal drama Afterlife, and the first installment divided the critics, writes Belinda Williams.
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Production - On Location - Wandering souls.
Director Richard Parry found himself wrestling with his conscience when tragedy struck during the filming of a series about the lives and legal wrangles of the travelling community.
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NewsMobile TV firms lobby Ofcom
Companies backing the Oxford mobile TV trial hope the launch of the initiative next week will finally persuade Ofcom to officially licence the service.
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NewsPEER POLL: GCap
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Was GCap right to end the double act of David Mansfield and Ralph Bernard?
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Sky chief calls for relaxation of media rules
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has branded the European Commission's (EC) proposals to tighten media regulations as 'doomed.'
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Welsh indie wins inaugural network order
Welsh indie Telesgop has won its first network commission, a 6 x 30-minute observational series for BBC4 showing the behind the scenes drama of an amateur rural orchestra.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Debbie MacDonald
Debbie MacDonald, vice-president, programming director, Nickelodeon UK, on promoting healthy lifestyles and the success of an open submission scheme.
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Green Green Grass wins Xmas special
The Green Green Grass, BBC1's spin-off sitcom from Only Fools and Horseshas already been given its own Christmas special. Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, the BBC's head of comedy, has ordered Shazam Productions to make the one-off which will start filming next month. John Sullivan is currently working on ...
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Morrissey format will grill celebs
Neil Morrissey has devised a format in which celebrities face a grilling from the public - and has volunteered to be the first guinea pig for the show. Strippedwill see stars take the stage alone to face a 'warts-and-all' question and answer session from the audience. ...
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Yates to front Initial show for CBBC
Initial, part of Endemol UK, is working on a 10 x 56-minute series for CBBC, hosted by former Top of the Popspresenter Reggie Yates. Mighty Truck of Stuff, executive produced by Christopher Pilkington and David Hallam, will air live on Saturday afternoons ...
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Talkback and Company win four Emmys
UK producers Talkback and Company Pictures have landed four awards at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
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HBO buys The Sex Inspectors from Talkback Thames
Fremantle International Distribution has sold Talkback Thames' controversial sex therapy series The Sex Inspectorsto US broadcaster HBO.
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Format focus: Speedword Sudoku
With sudoku all the rage in newspapers it was only a matter of time before a TV format was developed, but will it translate to the screen.