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NewsVirgin Media talks with Premier Sports stall
Talks between Virgin Media and sports TV channel Premier Sports to secure content including NRL, Championship Rugby League and NHL Ice Hockey have broken down due to a disagreement over payment models.
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NewsSky Atlantic looks at ad mavericks for Mad Men tie-in
Ridley Scott’s RSA Productions is to lift the lid on the men behind the British advertising industry to tie in with the launch of Mad Men on Sky Atlantic.
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NewsFirst Cut back for 12-part run
The financial value of the human body, the practical process of launching a fertility lottery and the dream of marrying Prince Harry will all feature in the next run of Channel 4’s First Cut strand.
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NewsVictory hires DeHaney to lead factual push
Victory Television is aiming to bolster its popular factual slate and has hired David DeHaney to spearhead the plans.
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NewsCBBC partners with ZDF on Wolfblood
CBBC is teaming up with German broadcaster ZDF to produce a werewolf drama.
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NewsArtists Studio to produce BBC2 Cubitt thriller
A psychological thriller based on parallel storylines of two hunters, written by Allan Cubitt, is set to be a BBC2 serial scheduled for 2013.
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NewsITVS to explore British burial culture for History
The culture of burial and death throughout Britain’s past is to be investigated in an ob doc series for History.
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NewsGravity Rd goes behind scenes at Grazia
Gravity Road has won its first commission to produce an online documentary series for Grazia, which will go behind the scenes at the magazine as it prepares its London Fashion Week collector’s issue.
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NewsUK Screen: cut payment times
Trade body UK Screen Association is lobbying broadcasters to cut the amount of time they take to pay suppliers to 30 days.
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NewsMPs seek SIS payment
MPs have called for the organisers of the India 2010 Commonwealth Games to settle the “millions” of pounds yet to be paid to SIS LIVE, which provided OB facilities for the event.
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NewsDDL boosts capacity in £4m refit
Deluxe Digital London (DDL) will spend £4m revamping its Meard Street base, with investments in additional storage and increased connectivity.
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NewsAXN Mystery in market for content to fill UK season
Japanese broadcaster AXN Mystery is running a seven-month season of UK programming as interest in Britain soars ahead of the London Olympics and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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BBC launches Human Race Olympics tie-in
The BBC’s international news services are launching a landmark season across all platforms that aims to examine “every aspect” of the human body.
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NewsParthenon to Light the Ocean for Nat Geo
Parthenon Entertainment has been commissioned to produce documentary special Light The Ocean, which will air on National Geographic channels in the US, UK and around the world.
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NewsEndemol Sport closes as directors exit
Endemol has dismantled its sports division following the departure of managing directors Gregg Oldfield and Lawrence Duffy - but remains committed to the genre.
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NewsGypsy Blood complaints top 1,000
More than 1,000 complaints have been made about Channel 4 True Stories film Gypsy Blood.
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NewsTOWIE director joins Made in Chelsea
A former director on The Only Way is Essex has been named series producer on Made in Chelsea following Sharyn Mills defection to Britain’s Got Talent.
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NewsBBC Sport revamps with live focus
The BBC Sport website has been overhauled ahead of the Olympics, with a focus on beefing up its live coverage.
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NewsITV cuts football commentators
ITV will not renew the contracts of two of its most senior football commentators after moving its Uefa Champions League coverage to Tuesdays.
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NewsUTV appoints news chief
UTV has appointed Darwin Templeton, editor of the unionist-leaning Belfast paper the News Letter, as its executive editor of news.