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Ten buy Mentorn's US Paradise Hotel
Mentorn has sold the US run of its hit format Paradise Hotel, which picked up strong ratings on the Fox network this summer, to 10 countries. The show, which places 11 people in an exclusive resort with the person who doesn't find a partner being evicted each week, has been ...
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Objective in global tie-up with Ludus
Objective Productions, the indie behind illusionist Derren Brown, has signed a deal with format developer Ludus to promote its stable of entertainment shows worldwide (excluding the US). Formed in 1996 by Andrew O'Connor, Objective's latest credits include Brown's recent Channel 4 Russian roulette stunt, Monkey Magic for Five and Secrets ...
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Place in France expands into rest of Europe
Tiger Aspect is to expand its hit Channel 4 series A Place in France, in which two people set out to buy and renovate a house, with more than 50 new shows taking in other European countries, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Landmark films beauticians for Sky One
Oxford-based indie Landmark Films has landed its first multichannel commission with a 10-part docu-soap for Sky One about a group of trainee beauticians in Leeds, writes Paul Revoir.
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ITV's fat friends reunite for third outing
Kat Mellor's Fat Friendshas been commissioned for a third series on ITV1. The six-part series will begin with a 90-minute Christmas special and will reunite Alison Steadman with Gaynor Faye, Janet Dibley Lisa Riley and the rest of the cast. Joining the series will be ...
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Discovery health to offer guide to botox
Discovery Health channel director Clare Laycock has commissioned three series for January. Botox Babesis a 15 x 30-minute series from Two Four Productions, billed as the ultimate guide to the cosmetic quick fix. Two Four's executive producer is Jill Lourie and Discovery's executive producer is ...
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BBC4 orders five-parter on music greats
BBC4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a series of music documentaries from the BBC's in-house music entertainment department. The 5 x 60-minute pieces, to be executive produced by Mark Cooper, will look at stars such as John Martyn, John Mayall and Gil Scott Heron and will air from December until ...
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Somethin' else to make awards coverage
Somethin' Else has been commissioned by the Brit Awards to produce all the radio programming for international stations around next year's awards, which are being held in London on 14 February. Stations will be offered a selection including build-up shows, live broadcast, highlights shows and exclusive interviews. Steve Ackerman is ...
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POW titles put together by Code
Chris Jennings of Code Design is the man behind the titles for the upcoming ITV primetime drama POW. The 6 x 60-minute series goes out from this Friday and follows the adventures of a group of British prisoners. The titles feature a tracking shot across distressed wooden window slats, which ...
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Here Comes the Sun in the can
The Picture Canning Company has done all the outside broadcast camera work on the BBC's new primetime Saturday night show Here Comes the Sun. Produced by 12 Yard Productions, the 8 x 50-minute show sees two families each week battling against each other to win ...
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St Anne's takes on Henry VIII
St Anne's Post spent six months doing post-production on Henry VIII, a two-part TV drama starring Ray Winstone. Colourist Sam Hollingdale, who completed the grade, said that several battle scenes were given a steely blue look to make the swords and weapons glint and shine. For the execution scenes, as ...
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NewsGranada execs grab top jobs in new ITV
Senior Granada executives are set to take the top programming jobs in the newly merged ITV business, after the£4bn deal was given the go-ahead this week, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsMerged ITV to retain PSB ethos
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard this week said that the network's independence was 'sacrosanct' and it would not be influenced in commissioning decisions by a merged ITV Production business, writes Conor Dignam.
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NewsDyke to champion minorities in TV
BBC director general Greg Dyke, who once famously branded the BBC a 'hideously white' organisation, has been named the television industry's new race champion, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsTelewest entertains Flextech sale
Beleaguered cable company Telewest is understood to be looking to offload its Flextech content division for£750m, according to City sources, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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C4 show will train viewers to guard celebs
Members of the public are to be put through a programme of SAS-style training to see if they have what it takes to become a top celebrity bodyguard in a new Channel 4 reality series, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Regions fear post-merger cutbacks
The ITV merger has sparked fears among Carlton and Granada's regional broadcasters that their in-house production operations may be scaled back and commissions farmed out to independents, writes Paul Revoir.
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McHugh departs C4 entertainment
Channel 4 head of entertainment John McHugh has quit the channel and is tipped to be replaced by Five controller of entertainment Andrew Newman, writes Paul Revoir.
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Bird quits Turner
Andy bird, president of Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) International, has quit the company after nine years with no job to go to, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Broadcasters rally to protect their advertising clout
Channel 4, Five and Sky are set to hold talks within the next few weeks to discuss consolidating their sales arms in a bid to fend off a single ITV sales point, writes Michael Rosser.