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NewsAustralia to Come Dine With Me
Channel 4 cookery series Come Dine With Me is to be adapted for Australian audiences by Granada.
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NewsKrod Mandoon axed
The BBC has confirmed it will not order a second series of “swords and sandals” comedy Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire after its funding partner pulled out.
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NewsShine merges distribution operations
ShineReveille International has merged with the distribution arm of Friday TV and rebranded as Shine International.
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NewsTarget enters talks with potential backers
Target Entertainment Group is courting new backers and has appointed merchant bank Quayle Munro’s managing director Hugo Montgomery to advise on the deal.
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NewsDone and Dusted, North One win F1 Rocks shows
Indies North One and Done and Dusted have won lucrative contracts to produce programmes based around F1 Rocks, the new live music event to be staged at Formula 1 race locations around the world.
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Good Food orders the best of Oz food talent
UKTV’s Good Food has acquired 28 hours of content featuring the best Australian culinary talent, including three series from Fremantle Media Enterprises.
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NewsPassion sells Baby Beauty Queens
Passion Distribution has secured sales of Landmark Films’ Baby Beauty Queens to a raft of broadcasters.
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NewsFirecracker heads for US and drafts in Oriel
Firecracker Films has opened a US office and drafted in former IWC Media managing director Sue Oriel to help develop the business.
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NewsBBCW to rebrand Prime as Entertainment
BBC Worldwide is to rebrand its BBC Prime channel as BBC Entertainment across Europe and the Middle East.
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NewsBBCW hires Nigella brand guru to spearhead licensing push
BBC Worldwide has hired Nigella Lawson’s brand guru William Miller to launch new retail ranges for its major on-screen talent.
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NewsSky Arts picks up HBO's In Treatment
Sky Arts has picked up the rights to HBO’s therapy drama In Treatment, featuring Miller’s Crossing star Gabriel Byrne.
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NewsFX buys Life on Mars US
FX is lining up the US remake of Life on Mars for the primetime slot currently occupied by True Blood.
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NewsBBCW hires Endemol exec to grow brands
BBC Worldwide has appointed Endemol exec Jacob de Boer as commercial director working across global brands such as Doctor Who and Top Gear.
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NewsElectric Sky acquires Letts' Notting Hill Carnival doc
A film celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Notting Hill Carnival, produced by Don Letts’ indie Brassneck TV, has been picked up for distribution by Electric Sky.
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NewsKath and Kim creators in new series talks
Kath and Kim writers and stars Gina Riley and Jane Turner are in discussions to produce a fifth series of the hit comedy, or launch a spin-off starring the comedy’s toffy-nosed shop assistants Prue and Trude.
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NewsITV snaps up Endemol physical game show
ITV is poised to add Endemol’s The Whole 19 Yards to its stable of primetime shiny-floor quiz shows.
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NewsElectric Sky spreads factual pandemic
The outbreak of swine flu has proved a boost to distributor Electric Sky which has secured multiple sales of documentary The Virus Empire.
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NewsBaby Borrowers heading to India
BBC reality format Baby Borrowers is to be remade for audiences in India with a celebrity twist.
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NewsE4 buys hit Comedy Central sketch show
E4 has bought the UK rights to Comedy Central sketch show Important Things with Demetri Martin.
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NewsSouthern Star chief Hugh Marks steps down
Southern Star chief executive Hugh Marks has left the company after seven years, and will be replaced by current managing director Rory Callaghan.