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News"Unprecedented" demand crashes Seven Days site
The launch of Channel 4’s ambitious multi-platform reality show Seven Days was dealt a blow on its first night as its website crashed due to “unprecedented numbers” accessing the site.
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NewsIndies break new ground with first Canvas projects
Endemol, Maverick, Mint Digital, So TV and Somethin’ Else are among the companies developing projects for IPTV service Project Canvas, which will launch as YouView next year.
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NewsAll3 boss hits out at TV licence fee freeze
All3Media chief executive Steve Morrison has warned that “playing” with the BBC licence fee would be tantamount to “pulling a pin out of a grenade” in the UK production sector.
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NewsC4 visits trapped miners
Channel 4 and US broadcaster PBS have ordered a fast-turnaround doc from Pioneer Productions on the 33 trapped Chilean miners.
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NewsFlintoff signs up for Zig Zag sports series
Zig Zag Productions has scored more than £4m worth of commissions, including an extreme sports series for ITV4 starring recently retired cricketer Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff.
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NewsComedy Central UK seeks British comedies to sit with Friends
BROADCAST COMEDY FORUM: Comedy Central UK is hunting for two British comedies to pair with Friends as part of a push for UK commissions to make up one third of output by 2013.
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NewsC5 conjures up illusionist gameshow
Channel 5 has ordered an entertainment series that combines magic and illusion with a gameshow.
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NewsSchneider: British comedy is "watered down"
BROADCAST COMEDY FORUM: Comedy is suffering and being “watered down” because of excessive compliance, writer and actor David Schneider has said.
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NewsInbetweeners wins best sitcom at Rose d'Or
Hit E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners has scored a prestigious international television award.
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NewsLiving TV Group’s staff play waiting game for Sky jobs
Living TV Group staff will discover next week which jobs will be available to them at new owner BSkyB.
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NewsIndustry mentors set indies on path to faster growth
Indies including Outline Productions and Nutopia are targeting faster growth with the support of a Nesta-backed industry mentoring scheme.
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NewsBird wins commissions for BBC North ent team
BBC Entertainment North’s new creative director, Dominic Bird, has staffed up his team and won two BBC3 commissions that build on existing brands.
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NewsWag TV to make murderers’ wives series for C&I
Factual specialist Wag TV has won a trio of orders including Married To A Murderer, its first commission for the Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsScreen England locked in funding talks with DCMS
The UK’s regional screen agencies will have to wait around a month for clarity on their future funding.
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NewsChris Moyles plays down on-air rant
Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles has played down an on-air rant against the BBC for not paying him for two months, claiming he could be “moody” first thing in the morning.
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NewsOutright chalks up more Blood, Sweat And... sales
Outright Distribution has inked fresh sales for hit BBC3 factual franchise Blood, Sweat And…, and signed two new titles from indie Love Productions.
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NewsDRG sells Collision and Criminal Justice 2 to Italy
ITV1 drama Collision and BBC1 legal series Criminal Justice 2 are to be broadcast in Italy, following a brace of sales by distributor DRG.
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NewsTarget signs up Indian Doctor
Target Entertainment has acquired international distribution rights to a forthcoming BBC1 daytime drama series starring Sanjeev Bhaskar.
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NewsDistributors Survey 2010: sneak peek
Distributors are bullish about the outlook for the coming year, after weathering the economic storm of the last 18 months, Broadcast’s Distributor Survey has revealed.
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NewsCaroline Aherne developing ITV1 sitcom
BROADCAST COMEDY FORUM: ITV1 is eyeing a sitcom from Royle Family writer Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope as it seeks to broaden its scripted comedy output beyond Benidorm.