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Eden lost from Fox schedule
US network Fox is continuing to pay indie Mentorn around $500,000 a week for new episodes of reality show Forever Eden despite saying it has no plans to screen them, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 swoops on 50 episodes of US reality hit about teenagers
Channel 4 has picked up 50 episodes of US cable reality hit Switched! to broadcast in its T4 youth slot, writes Glen Mutel.
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MacIntyre's millions makes first sales
Fremantle International Distribution has made its first sales of investigative documentary series MacIntyre's Millions. The 3 x 60-minute series, originally shown on Five last year and made by Shine and Extreme Productions, has been picked up by 13 broadcasters including Korea's Q Channel, Kabel 1 in Germany and National TV ...
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C4I strikes deals for Derren Brown
Channel 4 International has sold two series featuring psychological illusionist Derren Brown to Finland. Brown's new series Trick of the Mind and Derren Brown Mind Control have been picked up by Finnish station YLE. South Africa's SABC has also picked up Trick of the Mind, which finished its 6 x ...
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TV-Loonland Appoints head of studio
Animation house TV-Loonland has appointed Beth Parker to the role of head of studio for its Telemagination studios. Parker, who joined the firm as head of production in 2001, will be responsible for overseeing all TV-Loonland shows such as The Cramp Twins, Pongwiffy and Little Ghosts. Parker will also continue ...
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Fremantle pushes more hit uk comedies
Fremantle International Distribution has made further sales of hit comedies Men Behaving Badly and Benny Hill. Classic shows from the late comedian Benny Hill are to be seen on BBC America, Hungary's Humor TV and Bulgaria's National TV, adding to the 137 counties that already screen his programmes. Men Behaving ...
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Cloud 9's the tribe sells to Sweden
Cumulus, the distribution arm of Cloud 9 Screen Entertainment, has inked a new deal for its hit series The Tribe. Swedish children's channel, the SVT-owned Barnkanalen, has picked up the third season of the show, which follows a group of youngsters who have to fend for themselves in a society ...
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Capital and Hutchison team up for Xfm digital push
Capital Radio has joined forces with Hutchison Whampoa to launch an Xfm-branded digital radio aimed at attracting younger listeners to the burgeoning technology.
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RDF appoints Millichip
RDF Media has bolstered its distribution division with the appointment of Living TV senior commissioning editor Jane Millichip.
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Ministers clash over junk food
Health Secretary John Reid faces opposition from media secretary Tessa Jowell in his bid to ban junk food TV ads during children's television programmes.
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BBC man joins indie
Indie Objective Productions has poached the producer behind BBC2 shows Britain's Best Sitcom and the I Love? strand, Stephen McGinn, to oversee its archive-based programming. McGinn joins as a series producer, responsible for researching, developing and producing archive-based formats ...
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TV-Loonland hiring
Animation house TV-Loonland has appointed Beth Parker as head of studio for its Telemagination studios. Parker, who joined the company as head of production in 2001, will be responsible for overseeing all TV-Loonland shows such as The Cramp Twins , ...
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Johnny Vegas to star in ITV drama
ITV has moved to bolster its comedy output by ordering a six-part comedy drama starring Johnny Vegas and recommissioning Frank Skinner's series Shane and The All-Star Comedy Show.
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Five docs explore ?curse' of Noel Edmonds
The 'curse' of Radio 1, reality TV and bearded presenter Noel Edmonds is to be explored in a series of Five documentaries.
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RDF turns its attention to British excess for Five doc
An alternative look at the excesses of British life will be explored in a new Five strand from RDF Media, writes Michael Rosser.
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C4 in talks over Popworld radio station
Channel 4 has started talks with UBC Media that could lead to the broadcaster venturing into radio for the first time.
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Emap in radio licences push
Emap has created a dedicated team to bid for at least 30 new radio licences and has hired Steve King from Forever Broadcasting to spearhead the drive.
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Unique return
Xfm's former programme controller Andrew Phillips has re-emerged as head of commercial programming for Unique. He will now develop programme ideas for Unique intended to be attractive to both commercial radio stations and advertisers. The radio indie, owned by UBC Media, is handing Phillips responsibility for boosting the number of ...
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Ronan in Shelltown
Former Boyzone singer Ronan Keating has been signed up to voice a new children's CGI animation. A two-minute pilot of Shelltown is currently being made by indie Cosgrove Hall featuring three egg-shaped characters Splat, Cracker and Exactly. Cosgrove Hall hopes to go into full production ...
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S4C restructures
Welsh channel S4C has completed a three-month restructure of its commissioning department with two new appointments. Lowri Gwilym will join as commissioning editor for general factual from BBC Wales and handle all documentary and current affairs output for the channel. In addition, film, TV, theatre and opera director Ceri Sherlock ...