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    Bafta names BBC film best of British

    2005-02-14T10:18:10Z

    The BBC-backed feature film My Summer of Lovelanded the best British film award at this weekend's Bafta Film Awards.

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    Sony eyes Jackson for Euro role

    2005-02-14T10:13:22Z

    Sony Pictures Television International is looking to poach Granada America chief Paul Jackson to beef up its European production clout.

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    The Brits entertain 7m

    2005-02-11T11:55:38Z

    The glitz of the annual Brit Awardsbrought a peak audience of 7 million (31%) to ITV1 at 9.30pm.

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    MTV launches Advance Warning Europe

    2005-02-11T11:28:00Z

    MTV is to roll its US new music show format Advance Warninginto Europe.

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    SMG rebuffs Alli Virgin radio bid

    2005-02-11T11:20:49Z

    SMG has rejected a£100m bid for its Virgin Radio business from a private equity group led by Labour peer Lord Waheed Alli.

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    Playboy TV fined£25,000

    2005-02-11T10:33:22Z

    Ofcom has slapped a£25,000 fine on softcore sex channel Playboy TV for broadcasting graphic sex.

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    C4 sets up£10m new ideas fund

    2005-02-11T10:26:27Z

    Channel 4 has stepped up its search for innovative programming by launching a new dedicated£10m fund.

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    Brown asks TV execs to back Year of Volunteer

    2005-02-11T09:54:05Z

    Mark Thompson, Andy Duncan and Charles Allen were among a number of senior TV executives who met chancellor Gordon Brown this week to help raise the profile of the government's Year of the Volunteer initiative.

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    PEER POLL: BBC1

    2005-02-11T08:30:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Would BBC1 benefit from a change in controller?

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    Who should rule the BBC?

    2005-02-10T12:11:50Z

    Charles AllenITV supports a strong BBC and the renewal of the Charter. But it has long been clear to the industry that the BBC governors' dual role as management and regulatory board does not work. The events of the past two years have proved that beyond doubt and now Lord ...

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    8.8m support England game

    2005-02-10T11:07:09Z

    England's lacklustre performance on the pitch in a friendly tie against Holland still brought in the viewers to BBC1 with a peak audience of 8.8 million (36.1%) at 9pm.

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    Wall to Wall wins US order from FX

    2005-02-10T08:30:00Z

    Wall to Wall has won the first commission to be awarded outside the US from cable network FX with a documentary-style drama similar to its BBC one-off Smallpox.

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    Biggest Loser heads for Living TV

    2005-02-10T08:30:00Z

    Living TV has picked up US format The Biggest Loserfrom Reveille productions, the producer behind the US version of The Office.

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    House finds home at Hallmark

    2005-02-10T08:30:00Z

    Hallmark has bought the multichannel rights to US medical drama Housefrom NBC Universal International Distribution. The show features British actor Hugh Laurie in the lead role as Dr Gregory House, 'a brilliant but anti-social diseases specialist'. Due to debut in April, the 16 x 60-minute series ...

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    C4I to co-pro science doc with Kabel 1

    2005-02-10T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 International has signed Germany's Kabel 1 as a co-production partner for science special Extraterrestrial, a 100-minute documentary being made by Big Wave Productions for C4 and National Geographic US. Other deals include sales of Pioneer Films' Krakatoato ZDF in Germany ...

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    Most Identical sells to Spain's TV3

    2005-02-10T08:30:00Z

    Television Corporation International has sold Mentorn's factual format Most Identicalto Spanish network TV3. The show, which hunts for the nation's most identical set of twins, will be produced by Madrid-based Four Luck Banana and will run over three one-hour episodes. The format and completed show, originally ...

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    Airborne hires ID to push bra doc

    2005-02-10T08:30:00Z

    Airborne TV has appointed ID Distribution to handle international sales of documentary ...

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    Airey tops bill at this year's Miptv

    2005-02-10T08:30:00Z

    Dawn Airey, managing director of Sky Networks, is to deliver the keynote speech at this year's MipTV programme market in Cannes. Her speech, titled 'Fast Forward to TV 2015', will focus on the growing importance of new technologies such as PVRs. It will also examine new emerging business models. This ...

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    BBC worldwide feeds BBC food to norway

    2005-02-10T08:30:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has signed a new carriage deal with UPC Norway to take its three-year-old cable channel BBC Food. The move adds over 31,000 households to the channel's reach, which now totals 1.7 million across Africa and Nordic Europe. The channel features celebrity chefs and airs programmes such as ...

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    Format focus: Eat Yourself Whole

    2005-02-10T08:30:00Z

    After a glut of fat-fighting shows comes a programme which looks at alleviating medical conditions through diet.