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NewsZig Zag ties with Barcroft on first series
MIPCOM: UK indie Zig Zag is extending its partnership with global giant Barcroft Media, with the pair co-producing a series for the first time.
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RatingsDoctor Who ends with 6m
SATURDAY: The series finale of Doctor Who beamed up more than 6m viewers as The X Factor fell to a series low at the judges’ houses stage of the competition.
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NewsUK exports rise to £1.4bn
UK indies saw international revenues climb again last year, with exports rising by 13% to £1.4bn, a new report has found.
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NewsWhitney heads to Comedy Central
MIPCOM: Comedy Central has acquired NBC Universal comedy Whitney which features LA-based comedian, actor and writer Whitney Cummings portraying a fictionalised version of herself.
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RatingsThe X Factor hits new high
SUNDAY: The X Factor recovered from a below-par Saturday performance to record a series high of more than 11.5m viewers as the finalists were unveiled.
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NewsDiscovery signs up mafia Wags
MIPCOM: Discovery Networks has acquired reality series Mob Wives which it will air across Europe on its lifestyle channels.
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NewsFremantleMedia revives The Villa; doubles kids investment
MIPCOM: FremantleMedia is to revive late ’90s Sky1 reality format The Villa and the company’s distribution arm is doubling its investment in kids content.
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NewsITV secures US Prime Suspect sales
MIPCOM: The US version of Lynda La Plante’s Prime Suspect will travel to 30 countries as part of a raft of deals secured by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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NewsHat Trick's Episodes sold into Japan
MIPCOM: Hat Trick International has sold series one and two of comedy series Episodes, starring Friends actor Matt LeBlanc, to Japanese broadcaster Wowow.
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RatingsIdiot beats X Factor again
FRIDAY: Sky 1’s comedy travelogue An Idiot Abroad again out-manoeuvred ITV2’s The X Factor USA despite falling back from its debut performance.
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NewsMeet the Russian Gene Hunt
BBC Worldwide has revealed the first images from the forthcoming Russian version of Life of Mars.
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NewsCreative England reveals board line up
BBC4 controller Richard Klein, Twofour chief executive Charles Wace and Maverick TV’s digital director Jonnie Turpie have joined the board of Creative England.
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NewsTurner dips into micro-payments with Adult Swim
Turner Broadcasting is to start renting shows from comedy channel Adult Swim via Facebook as the broadcaster adopts a micro-payments model.
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NewsITV's Best House to be remade in Canada
MIPCOM: Shiver-made ITV daytime format May the Best House Win has been commissioned by broadcasters in Canada and Belgium.
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NewsZodiak launches Being Human Facebook game
MIPCOM: Zodiak Active has launched a Facebook role-playing game based on BBC3 and Syfy US drama Being Human.
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NewsBBC4 buys two Scandi dramas
MIPCOM: BBC4 hopes to pick up on the success of The Killing with another Scandinavian crime drama centred on the discovery of a dead woman’s abandoned body.
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RatingsHotel Inspector trampled by Doc Martin
MONDAY: The return of The Hotel Inspector suffered in the path of ITV1’s juggernaut drama Doc Martin.
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NewsDMAX orders Jodie Marsh bodybuilding doc
Glamour model Jodie Marsh is to compete in a bodybuilding competition for a new documentary for Discovery’s youth-skewing channel DMAX UK.
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NewsStand Up For The Week returns with new line up
Open Mike’s Stand Up For the Week is returning to Channel 4 with a new host and line-up for its third series.