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Analysis - Profile - A wheelie good approach to TV.
There is far more to Julie Fernandez than The Office. She's fed up of disabled people being left out of TV and has started her own indie to break down the stereotypes.
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Analysis - On the box - The flick of the bunch.
Dedicated channel-hopper Jane Hewland subjects the week's new drama to a ruthless 'flick' test, which sees Hustle and No Angels both lose out to The OC.
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Analysis - When two become one.
As Hat Trick and Shed snuggle up, the indie sector is buzzing with talk of mergers and consolidations. So who's got their eye on who and what should companies be looking for in a partner, asks Jane Marlow.
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Opinion - In my view - Whose idea is it anyway ...?
Creating formats is a team game, but where does the ownership of an idea begin and where does it end?
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FORMATS & DEALS - LESLIE NIELSON TO VOICE CARTOON FOR TALENT.
Talent TV is to co-produce an animated series with Canadian producer Amberwood Entertainment. Zeroman features the
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FORMATS & DEALS - AUSTRIA'S ORF PICKS UP THREE UK DOCS.
Channel 4 International has sold three one-off documentaries to Austria's ORF. The broadcaster has picked up
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FORMATS & DEALS - EUROPEAN CHANNELS SNAP UP D-DAY DOC.
Factual distributor Electric Sky has secured a raft of sales to broadcasters across Europe for documentary
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COMMISSIONS - ITV ORDERS TWO SHOWS FROM SMG TV.
ITV controller of children's programming Steven Andrew has commissioned SMG TV Productions to make a comedy
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COMMISSIONS - IMAGO TO PRODUCE MALE MAKEOVER SHOW.
Norwich-based indie Imago Productions has been commissioned to produce a male makeover series for Discovery Health.
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LNN Factuals head leaves for indie.
London News Network (LNN) Factuals head Bob Whittaker has become the first ITV regional programme-maker to
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US women's channel picks up Neighbours.
Fremantle Media's long-running Australian soap Neighbours, which airs on BBC1, is to launch in the US on women's cable network Oxygen, writes Michael Rosser.
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NODDY'S MARKET LEAPS BY 95 MILLION.
Noddy owner Chorion has secured a deal with a Chinese academic publisher, which will take the
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FORMAT FOCUS: UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
Twelve couples work together to build a house, but only one of them will move in. It was a success in Germany but a UK version was delayed by difficulties in getting planning permission, writes Michael Rosser.
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FORMATS & DEALS - DONE AND DUSTED TO FILM BRITNEY CONCERT.
Indie Done and Dusted has been commissioned by US channel Showtime to produce live coverage of
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GOVERNMENT WANTS END TO MEDIA 'SCRUMS'.
Broadcasters have been told by the government that they should call a halt to media scrums
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INDIE KIDS RECRUITS GUARDIAN CARTOONIST.
Indie Kids, the production company set up by former Granada director of children's Dan Maddicott, has
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Five and PBS to make D-Day doc.
Windfall Films is to produce a£500,000 docu-drama for Five focusing on the ingenious machinery of
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BBC to challenge wasteful youths.
Young people who rely on their parents to bankroll their lavish lifestyles will be challenged to change their ways in a BBC factual entertainment show, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 raids talent showcase to create comedy series.
Channel 4 has plundered its talent showcase strand the Comedy Lab for the second time in a month by commissioning a 6 x 30-minute sitcom, based on the lives of four friends who work in a Glasgow curry house, writes Glen Mutel.
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COMMISSIONER'S Q&A - Julian Bellamy.
Channel 4's head of factual entertainment is most proud of Brat Camp, which he calls 'engrossing' and 'fantastically watchable'. He is on the lookout for more daring ideas to fill the 23.00 slot.