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Vision in Take Away deal
Vision Independent Productions has closed a deal with Germany's Schwartzkopff TV for 180 episodes of BBC food challenge show Take on the Take Away.
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Megahertz to refit EPIC
Systems integrator Megahertz Broadcast Systems has won an EU-wide tender to re-equip the former Anglia TV studios in Norwich.
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Intelsat to carry Olympics
Commercial satellite operator Intelsat has signed a deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to provide video carriage of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to Europe.
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NewsRadio facing a hike in royalties set to rise
Commercial radio stations are bracing themselves for a rise in music royalty payments as copyright collection agencies look to combat declining music sales.
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UBC receives offer for Cliq music service
UBC Media has received an approach from a major radio company about the possible acquisition of its Cliq music download service, Broadcast understands.
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New campaign for Kiss 100
Kiss 100 will launch a major marketing campaign to support the Rickie and Melvin breakfast show.
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NewsFive orders raft of factual shows
A 30-part documentary on the Highlands emergency services will be a key part of Five's factual output over the coming year.
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NewsSpin-offs prove their weight in ratings gold
Broadcasters love spin-off shows and their performance in recent weeks will have done nothing to dampen that.
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NewsITVP recalls outbreak of WW2
ITV Productions is to tell the story of the day Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in an inter-national co-production for ITV1 and France 3.
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Darlow probes The Brain for History US
Darlow Smithson Productions US is to examine whether people are born evil in a two-hour special about the mind for the History Channel US.
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Five plays Top Trumps with super machines
Five is planning a series based on the classic card game Top Trumps, which will pitch the world's super-machines against each other in a battle of credentials.
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BBC3's Cohen savages Lily Allen critics
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has launched a robust attack on critics of Lily Allen and Friends, arguing that the show is exactly in line with the channel's efforts to bring on new talent.
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Waddell Media in US expansion
Northern Ireland indie Waddell Media has made major inroads in the US by opening a New York office and signing a development deal with Discovery US.
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NewsAnt & Dec in talks to Double Your Money
Ant & Dec indie Gallowgate Productions is in talks to revive the classic Hughie Green quizshow format Double Your Money.
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NewsThurman to star in BBC2 drama
Uma Thurman is to play a recovering alcoholic adulteress in one of two celebrity-packed BBC2 play adaptations being co-produced with HBO.
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NewsFincham turns to ITVP for identity theft drama series
ITV Productions has won what is thought to be new director of television Peter Fincham's first original drama commission - to make a series about identity theft.
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NewsITVP and Fox tie-up to develop US/UK remakes
ITV Productions will produce a UK version of classic US sitcom Dharma and Greg as the first part of a major international production partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Television.
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NewsLee Collins in line to host ITV2 chat show
ITV2 is eyeing Justin Lee Collins as the host of his own Sunday-night chat show.
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NewsRuggie Media ceases trading
Ruggie Media, the indie behind Sky One hit Nothing but the Truth, is understood to have ceased trading.
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NewsExecs: timid broadcasters are ‘watering down' PSB shows
Broadcasters are “watering down” public service content by being too risk-averse, leading producers have claimed.