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NewsSky One buys Stargate Atlantis
Sky One has bought the rights to Stargate Atlantis , the spin-off to sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 , as well as apocalyptic drama Revelations from MGM International Television Distribution.
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News'Strictly Come Dancing' sold to Australia
Hit BBC1 entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing has been sold to Australia in a co-production deal between BBC Worldwide and Granada Productions.
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NewsChorion in deals for 'Noddy'
Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to bring the£10m CGI animated series Make Way For Noddy to ten new territories.
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NewsTrisha quits ITV to join Five
DAYTIME diva Trisha Goddard has quit ITV after six years and defected to Five to host a new weekday morning show as well as a number of primetime projects.
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NewsStrong start for Wife Swap USA
RDF Media's life switch format Wife Swap debuted on the ABC network in the US this week with promising ratings.
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NewsSchoonmaker quits Odeon
Tim Schoonmaker, the former head of Emap's TV and radio division, has quit his job as chief executive of Odeon cinemas.
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NewsRDF bags rights to hyped new ITV format
Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to the new ITV reality show from the team behind I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.
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NewsPEER POLL: Panorama
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Panorama in need of a revamp to improve?
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NewsOfcom proposes£300m new PSB channel
Ofcom today said a new interactive not-for-profit TV channel should be set up to show public service programmes.
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Enter the firefighter
It's a great time to be taking the show forward,' says Kathleen Hutchison on her appointment as EastEnders ' new executive producer. But if it's the best of times to be taking over, it's also the worst of times.
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NewsBland: increase indie quota to 40%
Former BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland has called for the independent quota to be raised to 40% within the next three to five years and to widen the definition of what constitutes an independent.
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NewsITV presses for on screen logos
ITV is pressing for regulatory change that will allow programme sponsors to have their logos on the screen throughout a show rather than just at the beginning and end.
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BBC2 to examine world disasters
The BBC is to recreate how some of the world's most horrific recent disasters occurred, in a new series of drama-documentaries for BBC2.
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Channel 4 targets grey market for daytime
Channel 4 is pushing ahead with plans to cash in on the grey market in its daytime schedule, ordering a long-running series about middle-aged people undergoing major life changes.
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C4 to air health treatment doc
Channel 4 is continuing the quest for self-improvement with a documentary series in which a series of celebrities try extreme health treatments around the world.
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Channel 4 rebooks Green Wing
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of hospital comedy Green Wing from indie Talkback before the first run has even finished.
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Tiger to make Vicar Christmas special
Tiger Aspect is producing a Christmas special of comedy series The Vicar of Dibley for BBC1. Richard Curtis will be writing the show with Paul Mayhew-Archer, as well as executive producing alongside Jon Plowman and Peter Bennett-Jones. While the storyline has not been re-vealed, the ...
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C4 orders second Shariah TV series
Channel 4's commissioning editor for religion, Aaquil Ahmed, has ordered a second series of Shariah TV. The 8 x 60-minute show explores what it means to be British and Muslim in the current political climate. Produced by CTVC, the series will feature Islamic scholars ...
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Silicone chicks gets second run
Discovery Health has commissioned indie TwoFour to produce a second series of factual entertainment show Silicone Chicks for next year. The 15 x 30-minute run tracks five people undergoing the latest cosmetic procedures available in the UK, as well as showing non-cosmetic alternatives in each ...
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Animal Planet lines up new shows
Animal Planet has commissioned a raft of new series, including two from indie Oxford Scientific Films (OSF). Lyndal's Lifeline sees presenter Lyndal Davies travel to an animal sanctuary with over£5,000 to help the project. OSF will also produce Meerkat Manor ...