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NewsHit US shows made available on iTunes
MTV Networks International, The Walt Disney Company and Apple have joined forces to allow UK iTunes downloads of full-length television shows from some of America's biggest channels.
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NewsITV2 takes boxers on a ghost hunt
ITV2 is lining up Amir Khan, Joe Calzaghe and Chris Eubank to take part in its Ghost Hunting With...franchise next year. [ALL]
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NewsEmap pleased with bidder interest
Emap finance director Ian Griffiths has told Broadcastnow.co.ukthat the company's board has been 'encouraged by the level of interest' in the group's assets. [ALL]
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NewsBBC3 unveils third Body Image season
BBC3 has commissioned eight documentaries for its third Body Image season, including the story of an 18-year-old who travels to Thailand to undergo a sex-change. [ALL]
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NewsLife on Mars creators given drama greenlight
BBC1 has given the greenlight to Bone Kickers, a new drama from the co-creators of Life on Mars.[ALL]
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NewsBlog: A presenter's view of Edinburgh
Presenter Kate Garraway waxes lyrical about Paxo's GMTV rant, fighting for recognition with Kirstie Allsopp and being inspired by the next generation of television makers. [ALL]
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NewsZodiak buys Bullseye TV
Scandinavian group Zodiak Television is to acquire London-based production and distribution company Bullseye TV. [ALL]
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NewsFrears blasts MacTaggart lecture
The director of Oscar-winning movie The Queen, Stephen Frears, has described Jeremy Paxman as a public school bully following the Newsnightanchor's MacTaggart lecture. [ALL]
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NewsCake strikes US deal for Skunk Fu!
Children's programming distributor Cake Entertainment has sold animated series Skunk Fu!to US broadcast network Kids' WB!
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NewsEndemol formats optioned in Korea
Korean production company Olive9 has optioned five Endemol International formats ahead of this year's BCWW (Broadcast Worldwide) conference in Seoul.
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NewsUnderground Ernie goes Worldwide
BBC Worldwide has picked up the international programme sales and merchandising rights for Joella Productions' animated pre-school series Underground Ernie.
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NewsOutright inks deals for TV Asahi format
Outright Distribution has secured new deals in Belgium and the Netherlands for its Japanese format Ranking the Starsand racked up options in seven other territories for the celebrity panel show.
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Off the Fence sells docs to Russia
Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence has stuck a raft of deals in Russia for its latest slate of docs, including two titles from Bristol-based indie Quickfire Media.
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3DD makes three appointments
3DD Entertainment has made a number of new appointments, hiring Anita Barnard as sales manager, Steve Wood as financial controller and Jane Parker as legal and business affairs executive.
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RDF appoints new kids sales boss
RDF Rights has appointed former Jetix and Hit Entertainment exec Henrietta Hurford-Jones as head of children’s TV sales.
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NewsNBC seals Sparrowhawk acquisition
NBC Universal has confirmed its acquisition of Hallmark International owner, Sparrowhawk Media, for a reported $350m (£174m), as exclusively revealed by Broadcastearlier this year. [ALL]
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NewsFive boosted by new channels - but at a cost
Update:The owner of Five, RTL, has sliced£83 million from the value of the broadcaster saying that rising programming costs and the loss of call TV revenues means it is no longer worth what was paid for it. [ALL]
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NewsEdinburgh round-up: the best of the rest
Gerry McCann has called for the media to scale back its coverage of his daughter's disappearance; BBC News head Peter Horrocks brands Sky News 'the McCann channel' due to its current extensive coverage of the missing four-year-old; and the BBC is challenged over its global warming coverage. Click through to ...
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NewsAnna Ford: Thompson lacks social skills
BBC newsrooms operate in an 'atmosphere of fear' fuelled by job cutbacks which are damaging the corporation's news output, according to former BBC newsreader Anna Ford. [ALL]
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NewsTest the Nation brings in 3.6m
This year's Test the NationIQ test was something of a let down with the results programme only interesting 3.6m (16.2%) at 9pm. [ALL]