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Hallmark pulls out of international TV
US giant Hallmark is pulling out of all its international TV operations including the UK. Its subsidiary Crown Media, which distributes the Hallmark channel in 122 countries and sells programmes from the Hallmark library, said this week it wanted to focus on the US market only. Assets up for sale ...
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NewsSky: bring BBC under Ofcom
BSkyB, has called on the government to bring the BBC fully under Ofcom and give BBC1 and BBC2 specific remits.
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Fake lottery winners run amok in latest Sky show
Sky One is continuing the trend for cruel reality shows with a series in which members of the public dupe friends and families into believing they've won the lottery.
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NewsBBC gets new media head
The BBC has appointed a new controller of its interactive television services, replacing Emma Somerville who was promoted to the role of head of interactive TV programming earlier this year.
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NewsAirey chooses Turner Laing for deputy
Sky Networks chief Dawn Airey has appointed director of film channels and acquisitions Sophie Turner Laing as her deputy.
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NewsSlash gets animated on Bravo
Bravo has landed a new animated sitcom starring guitar legend Slash from rock band Guns n' Roses.
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NewsBBC3 boosts regions with drama promise
All drama on BBC3 will come from outside the M25 in a bid to help boost the regions, channel controller Stuart Murphy has said.
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News1500 jobs go at NTL
NTL is set to axe 1,500 jobs as it consolidates its 13 call centres into three state-of-the-art operations.
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Strong sales for QVC
Shopping channel QVC has reported a 14.2% boost in sales from£197.6m in 2002 to£225.7m in 2003. During the Christmas selling period - from 3 November to 21 December - the channel averaged more than£1m of orders each day. It also handled 12.4 million calls during 2003, shipping over 9 million ...
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NewsLiving TV calls in psychic sleuths
Psychics are to help track down murderers in a paranormal version of Crimewatch for Living TV.
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Universal plans UK crime channel
Universal Studios Networks is planning to launch a crime channel in the UK - despite its previous British offering lasting less than a year.
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Bravo brings Stripperella to UK
Bravo has acquired the Pamela Anderson-inspired animation series Stripperella. The 14 x 30-minute series, which is produced by MTV and originally aired on Spike TV in the US, is the result of a collaboration between legendary comic book writer Stan Lee and Anderson, who ...
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Sci-Fi channel plans relaunch
A modern day version of classic paranormal series The Twilight Zone is to lead a relaunch of the Sci-Fi channel in a bid to shed the channel's niche image.
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Living TV gets queer
Living TV has signed an exclusive life of series deal with NBC Enterprises for the hit US make-over show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Living TV had to beat off competition from rival broadcasters, including terrestrial channels, for the show, which it originally ...
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Top-Up TV claims convincing start
Top-Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview viewers that launched this week, has already attracted 'thousands' of subscribers, according to its chairman, David Chance.
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NewsLudos in partnership deal with DITG
Format house Ludos, the company set up by Action Time founders Stephen Leahy and Trish Kinane in 2002, has signed a partnership deal with technology company The Digital Interactive Television Group (DITG).
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BBC4 revisits art and culture of the 1960s
The 1960s will be put under the microscope in a major season of programmes on BBC4 this summer, including a landmark collaboration with Tate Britain about the decade's art.
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Fox buys FX drama
Fox International Channels UK has bought two drama shows from Warner Bros International Television Distribution for its FX channel on Sky. Carnivale , a 13 x 60-minute series about a travelling carnival, and cop show The Wire will premiere on ...
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Sky plots push into US co-pros
BSkyB is looking to tie down co-production deals with US producers in a bid to secure rights for new shows before they are put out to market.
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Murphy orders street gang doc
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a major foreign language documentary series about street gangs in El Salvador, in the style of the award-winning Brazilian film City of God.