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NewsPortman buys Party Animals rights
Portman Film and Television has acquired the inter-national distribution rights to World Productions' Party Animals.
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Decode sells Sketch show to Nicktoons
Decode Entertainment has sold kids animation series Planet Sketchto Nickelodeon's 24-hour US animation network Nicktoons Network.
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NewsBroadcast Letters 26 January 2007
The letters that have appeared in this week's issue of Broadcast - 26 January 2007.
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Fremantle improvises comedy for ITV
Fremantle Media is developing comedy improvisation format Thank God You're Here for ITV1.
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NewsProfile - Who does he think he is?
Profile of Ben Gale, the new BBC commissioner for features and factual entertainment
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NewsOn the Box - Teens triumph over history
You Don't Know You're Born 's twist on celebrity genealogy failed to engage Mat Steiner but youth drama Skinsoffered him just what he wanted - escapist fun
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NewsC4 genealogy show to investigate British Empire
Channel 4 is getting in on the genealogy boom with Empire's Children, a new series from Who Do You Think You Are? producer Wall to Wall.
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Streetmate returns
Tiger Aspect is reviving its dating show Streetmatefor ITV2 and is eyeing Dancing on Icepresenter Holly Willoughby to front it.
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BBC mulls new TOTP
The BBC is considering a Top Gear-style music show as a reworked mainstream replacement for Top of the Pops.
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Screentime gets Outright rebrand
Screentime Partners, the international distributor acquired by Shed for£2m last autumn, is being rebranded as Outright Distribution as it looks to increase its line-up of third-party producers and expand into new genres.
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Glut of current affairs wins 10 million viewers
Once we were starved of current affairs in primetime, now there's a glut on Monday nights. At 8pm last Monday (15 January) ITV1's Tonight- featuring Ann Widdecombe versus the hoodies - had the popular edge, attracting 5.5 million/22% share. In its new Monday night slot ...
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Dancing on Ice warms up ITV1's Saturday
The return of ITV1's hit entertainment format Dancing on Icedazzled the viewers as the centrepiece of a new look to ITV1's Saturday peaktime line-up.
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BBC formats poaches Pizey from Granada
The BBC has poached Granada controller of features Clare Pizey to become creative director of its features and formats studio, the London-based division which produces a wide range of programmes including hits Top Gear, Watchdog and Crimewatch UK.
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NewsSave Kids TV bids for a slice of PSP
Save Kids TV is in talks with Ofcom about getting a large chunk of the proposed public service publisher (PSP) fund to create a new 'golden age' of children's television.
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NewsBig Brother's big mess
At 6.08pm on Monday 22 January, Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson released a statement expressing profound regret for 'any offence that may have been caused' by certain Celebrity Big Brothercontestants' behaviour.
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NewsOff the Record 26 January 2007
The bill's in the post Given the BBC is looking to cut two Newsnightjournalists under plans to axe around 108 jobs from news, some staff must be feeling a little sensitive at the moment. So it probably didn't ...
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NewsBBC1 wins channel of the year award
BBC1 was this week named channel of the year at this week's Broadcast Awards while independent producer Kudos Film and Television won indie of the year.
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NewsC4 bosses hit back in Big Brother storm
Channel 4 chiefs Andy Duncan and Kevin Lygo this week defended the broadcaster against the storm of protest that has erupted around racism and Celebrity Big Brother- and insisted that no staff would lose their jobs as a result of the furore.
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News'We made the right decision'
With Channel 4 under fire for its handling of the CBB row, Kevin Lygo and Andy Duncan spoke exclusively to Broadcastabout the controversy.
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