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NewsSeinfeld confident Marriage Ref will air in UK
MIPCOM: US comedian Jerry Seinfeld is “extremely confident” that his new show about married couples will be remade in the UK and expressed a desire for more feel good comedy over humiliating reality shows.
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NewsBBCW to boost local content
MIPCOM: BBC Worldwide is set to expand its international presence by ramping up locally produced content across all of its international channels, and boosting ad sales around the globe to help drive revenues.
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NewsITV's six-figure offer for England qualifer rejected
Rights holder Kentaro turned down a six-figure sum from ITV to show the highlights of the England World Cup qualifier against Ukraine on a terrestrial station.
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ITV Studios signs with Foxtel
MIPCOM: ITV Studios has inked a deal with Australia’s largest subscription television operator, Foxtel, which will give the production house first look rights to co-financing future productions for the broadcaster.
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NewsAdobe adds to Flash mobile options
Flash Professional CS5, the latest version of Adobe’s interactive applications development software, will allow designers to create apps that can be exported to the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
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NewsRiedel secures MediaCityUK deal
Systems integrator TSL has ordered an intercom set-up from Riedel Communications for installation at MediaCityUK in Salford.
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NewsWRN encodes MUTV archive
The content management services arm of WRN has completed a mass encoding and asset management project for Manchester United TV designed to improve productivity at the football club channel.
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NewsJarvis joins Root6
Root6 Technology has appointed Mike Jarvis as its new channel manager for Europe.
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NewsGearhouse secures The X Factor audio deal
Gearhouse Broadcast has retained the contract to supply radio microphones and audio systems for the live studio rounds of ITV’s The X Factor.
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NewsStormHD adds Unity
StormHD has invested in a new Avid Unity Media Network in order to provide shared storage capabilities at its Covent Garden post-production facility.
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NewsHat Trick brings Israeli panel format to BBC2
MIPCOM: Hat Trick Productions is adapting Israeli news panel show format The Bubble for BBC2.
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RatingsCriminal Justice picks up speed
The second episode of BBC1’s stripped five-part Criminal Justice comfortably outperformed ITV1’s The Fixer with 4.7m viewers (19.9%) last night.
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NewsScrabble - the TV show
MIPCOM: ITV Studios is gearing up to turn the board games Scrabble, Pictionary and Uno into new television shows, following a deal with Mattel.
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Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref secures first sales
MIPCOM: Jerry Seinfeld’s new series about married couples has been picked up in Abu Dhabi – the first sales by Endemol Worldwide Distribution for the show.
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NewsBBC Trust issues public consultation on editorial guidelines
The BBC Trust has cracked down on “intimidation, humiliation and aggressive behaviour”, in a post-Sachsgate overhaul of the BBC’s editorial guidelines.
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Sky hires BBC Vision exec Gibney
BSkyB has named BBC Vision chief marketer Naomi Gibney as its new director of marketing and communications for Sky Networks.
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NewsBanijay close to deal for stake in Zig Zag
Pan-European TV firm Banijay Entertainment is on the verge of acquiring a majority stake in Zig Zag Productions, in a deal thought to be worth up to £20m.
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NewsITV in talks to co-pro Single Handed
ITV is in talks with RTE to come in as a co-pro partner on the second series of Touchpaper Television’s police drama, Single Handed.
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NewsBBC plans Casualty webisode
Casualty is to get its first web-only episode at the end of this month.
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NewsUTV resigns from RadioCentre
TalkSport parent company UTV Media has resigned from the commercial radio trade body, RadioCentre, citing Global Radio’s influence on the group.