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SMG boss' pay breaks£500,000 barrier
Andrew Flanagan, chief executive of SMG, owner of Scottish TV, Grampian TV and Virgin Radio, saw his pay rise to£562,000, from last year's£476,000, according to the company's annual report. Donald Emslie, the chief executive of SMG Television, had a 35% boost in his pay and received£311,000, up from£230,000 in 2002. ...
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Cowell to give richard dunn lecture
Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell is to give this year's Richard Dunn memorial interview at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. Cowell, whose indie Syco (formerly Simcow) is making X Factor, a major new pop contest for ITV, will give the interview to ITV marketing director Jim Hytner. Organisers ...
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hallmark reports subscriber growth
The international arm of the American Hallmark Channel, put up for sale by owners Crown Media last month, has reported a 5% growth in subscribers. The business, which includes channels in the UK, Latin America and Asia, grew its subscriber base to 57.3 million for the three months to 31 ...
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Classic FM to spend£1m on marketing
Classic FM is to launch a£1m marketing campaign in a bid to continue the upward momentum of its audience figures. Owner GWR has ploughed the money into the national station following last week's Rajar report, which revealed that Classic has boosted its audience by 300,000 listeners to record a total ...
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UK programme sales hit£520m
The worldwide success of shows such as Living with Michael Jackson helped lift international sales and licensing deals of British programmes to almost $1bn last year.
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Electric Sky provides spark for Fox Italia
UK distributor Electric Sky has secured a major deal with Fox Italia that will see it become a significant provider for the network's new channel for women, writes Michael Rosser.
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American animation to debut on Trouble
Flextech teen channel Trouble has bought Game Over, a new animation from US distributor Carsey Warner penned by The Simpsons writer David Sacks. The 6 x 30-minute CGI series, which follows a group of computer games characters and features the voice of film star Lucy Liu, will kick off on ...
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Atkinson comedies sold into europe
Fremantle International Distribution has sold two Rowan Atkinson sitcoms to 12 countries. Mr Bean and The Thin Blue Line have been picked up by Super RTL in Germany, RTL in the Netherlands, TVNZ in New Zealand and YLE in Finland. Canal 7 in Chile, Artear in Argentina, M2 in Morocco ...
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kiddies show wide eye has world in sight
Abbey Home Media has sold pre-school BBC co-production Wide Eye to nearly a dozen broadcasters. The series is made by King Rollo Films and features voiceovers from Anton Rogers and Jane Horrocks. Buyers of the 26 x 10-minute series include ABC in Australia, M Net in South Africa, TV3 in ...
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Ultimate documentaries are global hit
Five documentary strand The Ultimates has been licensed to Discovery Asia by distributor Cineflix International. The 6 x 60-minute technology series was made by Wark Clements, Pioneer Productions and One on One Productions. The strand includes Ultimate Trains, Ultimate Crashes and Ultimate Explosions. The show has now been licensed to ...
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Target takes on new head of licensing
Target Entertainment has hired Helen Howells as director of international licensing. Howells joins Target from 4 Kids Entertainment. In her new post, Howells will manage the licensing of Target properties such as Meg and Mog and Funky Valley - while identifying programmes for acquisition.
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BBC prime enjoys leap in polish viewers
BBC Prime, the corporation's entertainment channel in Europe and the Middle East, has added 265,000 homes to its presence in Poland. The carriage deal with broadband platform the Aster Group will take the channel's reach in Poland to 1.8 million.
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NFL passes super bowl rights to ITV
ITV has taken over the terrestrial rights to air American football's Super Bowl live in the UK from Five in a three-year deal. The agreement kicks off next year with Super Bowl XXXIX held at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on 6 February . Due to the time difference, it ...
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Voodoo to make video shock doc
ITN-owned production arm Visual Voodoo has picked up a series of commissions, including a Saturday night special for Channel 4, which charts the most shocking and extreme pop videos ever made.
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Second EastEnders Xmas Party planned
The cast of EastEnders are to be brought together again this Christmas for a second variety special. This year's 60-minute EastEnders Christmas Party is expected to follow the same format as last year's, which aired on Christmas Eve, and saw ...
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Attaboy wins two Discovery H&L orders
Attaboy TV has scored two commissions from Discovery Home & Leisure. The Salvager , is a 15 x 30-minute series for September presented by a Hell's Angel who turns junkyard finds into furniture. Daniel Allum produces with Steve Grizzell as executive producer. Attaboy is also ...
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Living chases Robbie into haunted house
Living TV is bringing back its celebrity haunted castle show I'm Famous and Frightened and is lining up popstar Robbie Williams to be in it. Scream Films has been commissioned to make a 3 x 180-minute second edition of the reality show, in which eight ...
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BBC drafts in its own ?Jane Tennison'
The BBC is set to launch a new long-running crime series featuring a hard-edged female detective after buying the rights to six novels by author John Connor.
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Commissioner's Q&A
A Welsh Simpsons is the unlikely production on the wish list of head of English language programmes, BBC Wales Clare Hudson, who is most impressed by indies that can use rejection to become stronger.
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BBC3 criticised by governors
The BBC governors have conceded that digital channel BBC3 is too reliant on celebrity shows and repeats of BBC1 hits such as EastEnders.