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Making Waves pulled after failing to make a splash
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard has pulled the channel's ambitious£6m naval drama Making Waves from peaktime after disappointing ratings.
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Crown Media ends Hallmark bidding
The deadline for firm bids for Crown Media's international Hallmark business closed this week, with Japanese giant Sony tipped as the strongest bidder.
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NewsSambrook: Hutton no longer an issue for us
Outgoing BBC director of news Richard Sambrook claimed this week the Hutton inquiry was no longer an issue for the corporation's journalists.
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BBC to send soap stars to Africa
Characters from BBC1 soaps such as EastEnders could find themselves in Africa next summer as part of plans to relocate the channel to the continent for a week of special programming.
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Pact pushes for better radio deal
Producers' alliance Pact is lobbying the BBC in an attempt to secure improved terms of trade for its members that make radio programmes.
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NewsFive show puts celebs in 19th-century farm
Five's new reality show from Big Brother producer Endemol will challenge celebrities to fend for themselves on a 19th-century farm.
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NewsBBC halts£6m film as Equity cries foul
A£6m BBC project to create a big-screen movie made entirely by amateurs is facing the axe amid criticism from actors' union Equity that it would deprive professional actors of work.
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NewsPact warns ITV over terms of trade
Pact chief executive John McVay fired a warning shot at ITV this week, saying he was very near to making a formal complaint to Ofcom if the broadcaster does not begin new terms of trade discussions with independent producers very soon.
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NewsDigital switchover set to cost£1bn
Broadcasters have told media secretary Tessa Jowell that the cost of digital switchover could be as high as£1bn.
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Living TV orders more Queer Eye
Living TV has commissioned a second series of the British version of hit US gay makeover show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy - and has also succeeded in selling the show back to America.
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Mahoney moves to C4I from BBC
Channel 4 International (C4I) has poached BBC Worldwide senior commissioning editor Joe Mahoney to take up the new role of head of commercial development.
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Five Saturday slot for duel masters
Five has acquired the latest animé series from the maker of Pokémon after signing a deal with distributor Entertainment Rights. Duel Masters will air in Five's Saturday morning action slot, targeting boys aged seven to 11, from the autumn. The 26 x 30-minute series, spawned by a Japanese comic and ...
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Benny Hill show set for BBC America
BBC America has picked up classic slapstick comedy The Benny Hill Show following a deal with Fremantle International Distribution. The popular Thames Television series made in the 1960s and 1970s will join the channel's schedule from October. In addition, Fremantle has sold the home entertainment ...
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India's star TV in gameshow format deal
Distraction Formats has sold the rights of gameshow Dirty Rotten Cheater to Star TV in India. The format, in which contestants must guess who has been given all the answers, will go into production this autumn. An Italian version, produced by Magnolia, recently premiered on ...
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NBC takes chance on double or nothing
US network NBC has begun pre-production on a reality special, based on a Sky One show, in which a man bets everything he owns on one spin of the roulette wheel. Double or Nothing , made by Target Entertainment in the UK, will follow one ...
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Web premiere for new WB drama series
The WB, Warner Bros' youth channel in the US, is to become the first network to premiere a new drama series online. The first episode of Jack and Bobby will be available to AOL's 3.5 million broadband subscribers for a week later in the summer. ...
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Format focus: Studio 7
Studio 7, which debuted in the US last week on The WB, is a none-too-subtle mixture of Weakest Link-style grilling ...
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Bravo orders to probe bad Brits
Bravo has stocked up on factual content with three series looking at the rougher side of Britain's provincial towns.