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NewsDisney seeks local content for UK channel portfolio
Disney is kicking off a push for a range of UK content across its portfolio of channels to support top shows such as Phineas & Ferb and Wizards of Waverly Place.
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NewsAudioboo chief exec slams C4 converged formats strategy
The chief executive of Audioboo, one of 4iP’s biggest success stories, has branded Channel 4’s new converged formats fund a “retrograde step”.
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NewsLunn clients link up to hire tax expert
More than 150 Christopher Lunn & Company clients have joined forces to try to head off costs that could arise from the ongoing HM Revenue & Customs investigation.
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NewsGriffin to join Ambulance Service for Sky 1
Former Holby City star Angela Griffin is to front a peaktime Sky 1 documentary series on the West Midlands Ambulance Service.
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NewsPioneer hires two in bid to crack US
Pioneer Productions has appointed two US-based execs and won a commission from Discovery Channel US as it bids to bolster its position in the country.
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NewsITV1 adds to Perspectives
ITV1 is extending serious factual strand Perspectives with two more films - about Manchester’s Jewish community and the work of LS Lowry - before the series hits the air this spring.
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NewsBSkyB profits up 26%
Sky has grown its operating profits for the six months to 31 December to £520m as 24% of its subscribers now take a bundle of broadband, TV and phone services.
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NewsBBC3 parenting season to probe childbirth choices
The choices and dilemmas involved in parenting, from planning the birth through to breastfeeding and ethical issues, will be examined in a new BBC3 season, Bringing Up Britain.
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RatingsNational TV Awards draw 6.5m
WEDNESDAY: The National Television Awards celebrated with an audience of nearly 6.5m on ITV1 as the cream of the industry were honoured.
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NewsHare-brained idea wins BBC1 Saturday night slot
BBC1 has ordered a Saturday evening entertainment show featuring an animatronic hare and narrated by award-winning comedian Miranda Hart.
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NewsCome Dine served to Ireland
4Rights has sold nearly 160 hours of Come Dine With Me to Irish commercial broadcaster TV3, following the deal with ITV Studios to produce a local version later this year.
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NewsEagle Rock secures Brit Awards
Eagle Rock Entertainment has swooped on the global TV distribution rights to The Brit Awards 2011, previously held by FremantleMedia Enterprises.
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NewsZodiak Wife Swap format sold to India and Russia
Reality series Wife Swap is to be remade for audiences in India and Russia, building on the success of a format that was dropped by Channel 4 more than a year ago.
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Syfy inks martial arts deal
NBC Universal’s SyFy channel has picked up the rights to air the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts from the defunct Bravo - its first move into live event broadcasting.
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NewsC4 turns to Victorian era for online comic
Channel 4 Education is rolling out an animated online comic book about the benefits and dangers of social networking, written by the daughter of Watchmen creator Alan Moore.
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NewsBBC to kick off online survey on UK class system
BBC Current Affairs is launching a nationwide study into Britain’s social class system, backed by online mass-participation service Lab UK.
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NewsBBC orders kids 'karaoke TV' show
BBC Learning has ordered two series of interactive teaching service Talkie Time for CBeebies and BBC Learning Zone.
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NewsSky names Sammon fact ent boss
Sky has appointed Mark Sammon as its head of factual entertainment to work across its range of entertainment channels.
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NewsCrufts returning to More4
Pedigree dog show Crufts will return to More 4 for a second year in March.
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NewsITV to offer mobile voting in three-year deal
ITV is to introduce voting via mobiles for talent show Dancing On Ice after securing a three-year deal with mobile provider MIG.