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Sky Real Lives nets Canadian shows for HD
Sky Real Lives has picked up around 50 hours of Canadian shows from distributor Cineflix International for its recently launched HD channel.
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NewsMonkey Television picks up Make My Day for US
Monkey Television is to follow the lives of unsuspecting Americans in a Stateside remake of its Channel 4 hidden camera show Make My Day.
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NewsUK focus for De Agostini global ambition
European media giant De Agostini Group is poised for an acquisition spree in the UK and the US, with a focus on companies with strong IP catalogues. Brands owned by troubled kids company Entertainment Rights are believed to be at the top of its shopping list.
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NewsGovt scraps plans to help C4 with switchover costs
The government has scrapped proposals to hand Channel 4£14m of licence fee funds for digital switchover as it prepares to speed up wider plans to address the future shape of public service broadcasting.
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NewsBBCWW may buy out DVD arm from Woolworths
BBC Worldwide is in talks with struggling high street retailer Woolworths to buy out its stake in DVD publisher 2Entertain.
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NewsDe Agostini unveils €1bn goal/new brand
Pan-European media business De Agostini Group has revealed ambitious plans to become a €1bn player in the global TV content market.
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NewsOctober Films to produce Nobel Laureate doc
October Films is producing a documentary on the 2008 Nobel Laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.
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NewsAll Star Mr & Mrs to return
ITV1 has ordered a second series of All Star Mr & Mrs following its successful revival earlier this year.
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NewsC4 unveils star-studded Christmas line-up
Channel 4 faces including Russell Brand, Charlotte Church, Alan Carr, Justin Lee Collins, Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are all fronting Christmas specials for the channel.
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NewsMiss Naked Beauty ends on 1.8m
The final of Channel 4's Miss Naked Beauty finished its six-part run with a respectable 1.8m viewers (7.3% share) last night at 8pm.
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NewsDavid Tennant steps up for Shakespeare doc
Doctor Who star David Tennant is set to make a second Christmas Day appearance in a More 4 documentary celebrating Shakespeare's greatest heroes.
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NewsThinktank backs contestable PSB funding
An economic thinktank has called on the government to protect the whole “family” of PSB channels by inviting commercial broadcasters to bid for PSB contracts.
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NewsWorking mums get online soap
Twofour-owned IPTV specialist Digital Bridge is set to launch an online soap targeted at working mothers, which will run weekly on new webTV channel and social networking site Mumspower.com.
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NewsBourne takes top prize for BBC Alzheimer doc
Documentary-maker Sue Bourne and Century Films' documentary Forgotten Heroes: The Not Dead picked up special awards at this year's Mental Health Media Awards.
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Winners: Mental Health Media Awards
Full list of winners at this year's Mental Health Media Awards.
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NewsKaty Brand to front ITV2 special
Comedian Katy Brand will return to ITV2 screens next month in a spoof musical countdown of the “hottest songs of the year”.
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NewsBroadcasters mull web hit Toyboize
TalkbackThames is in talks with broadcasters to take its web comedy series Toyboize to the small screen after its audience topped 1 million.
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NewsTV Critics 26 November ‘08
“Part of a season that rather has it in for the Royal Family.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsBen Shephard to host revived Krypton Factor
Ben Shephard will host the revived game show The Krypton Factor.