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Living TV to make Access Hollywood co-pro
Flextech's Living TV channel has nailed another deal with US broadcaster NBC with plans to make a European version of entertainment and celebrity show Access Hollywood, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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BBC puts family on SAS course
The BBC is to undertake a nationwide search to find Britain's toughest family who will be put through their paces by former SAS soldier Chris Ryan, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Younge: live matches not right for BBC
BBC Sports head of programmes and planning Pat Younge has defended the decision not to bid for live Premiership matches, claiming the corporation did not want to show irrelevant games, writes Paul Revoir.
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Lack of belief at ITV added to debacle
ITV director of marketing Jim Hytner has admitted that the network's Saturday night ratings disaster last month was made worse because many people at the company did not believe in the programmes, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsJowell urges movement on indie rights
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has called on broadcasters and Ofcom to have the new codes of conduct for independent producers in place by the end of the year, writes Colin Robertson.
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TV Corp faces call for post closures
The results of a City investigation into independent television production in the UK released this month will make bad reading for TV Corporation's 30-year-old post subsidiary, Molinare, and its sister company, Visions, writes Sam Espensen.
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Reality looks to SMS for hit
A sms text-based reality TV show could be the next big money spinner, according to a panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival, writes Sam Espensen.
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Brands bolster 3G
Revenue from 3G phones is likely to be generated by using existing brands rather than original content, according to the head of interactive at Endemol. Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival in a session examining the future for 3G technology, Peter Cowley said: 'brand new content is problematic. How is ...
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NDS nabs IDP assets
Digital pay-TV technology provider NDS has snapped up some of the assets of the French interactive TV technology company Interactif Delta Production (IDP), which was recently put into administrative receivership by the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris. The News Corporation company acquired all of IDP's intellectual property assets, including the ...
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McMillan buys DRCs
The rental division of McMillan has bought four of the BBC's new WiScape Digital Radio Cameras (DRCs). The cameras, which retail for about£36,000, will be used for outside broadcast, sport and corporate events for clients like STV and Carlton. Business development director at McMillan Angus Knight said the DRCs are ...
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B&S gets Treatment
PR and marketing agency Bubble & Squeak has launched a programme and film development division. The Treatment Salon will offer services including negotiating product placement, set design proposals, assistance in presenting pitch tapes and documents, and help with commissioning editors. The department is already working on several projects, including documentaries ...
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RDF to make Oz reality hit for ITV
ITV1 has commissioned three primetime shows from leading indie producers for next year, including a round-the-clock quiz format and a property makeover programme where couples will compete with each other to decorate flats, writes Gavin Stamp.
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BBC Schools looks at dangers of reality TV
The cult director behind films such as Repo Manand Sid and Nancyhas been asked to make a drama on the dangers of reality television for BBC Schools, writes Paul Revoir.
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Tern wins£1.5m of factual orders
Scottish indie Tern Television Productions has picked up a raft of orders worth£1.5m, writes Michael Rosser.
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Living TV orders child abduction doc
Living TV channel controller Richard Woolfe has commissioned 10 x 30-minute Child Snatchers, a joint production from Scallywag and Pre-requisite Films, examining the issue of parental child abduction. Set to air on 20 October, the producers are Tish Adudua for Scallywag and Neil Blewett for ...
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Radio 4 to explore why history is funny
Radio indie Testbed Productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to create a 2 x 30-minute investigation into how comedy plumbs history for laughs. Ha Ha Historywill explore how writers have used the past for humorous material such as ...
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All Out wins three orders from Radio 4
Olympic athlete Diane Modahl will present a 5 x 15-minute series for BBC Radio 4 discussing the experiences of Olympians. Olympic Stories, from indie All Out Productions, will air during the next Olympic games in 2004 and is produced by Rebecca Sandles. R4 has also ...
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Carlton biopic marks 9/11 anniversary
Carlton International has sold its TV movie biopic of former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to leading Japanese commercial station TV Tokyo. Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story, made by Carlton America, will be broadcast to mark the second anniversary of the 9/11 New York terrorist ...
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Scandinavia scoops 70 hours of C4
Channel 4 International has sold more than 70 hours of programming to Scandinavian broadcasters. Broadcasters in Denmark (TV2), Finland (YLE and Nelonen), Sweden (Kanal 5), Norway (TV Norge) and Iceland (RUV) have snapped up a range of programmes including Ali in Da USA, documentary ...