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NewsIndustry mentors set indies on path to faster growth
Indies including Outline Productions and Nutopia are targeting faster growth with the support of a Nesta-backed industry mentoring scheme.
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NewsTarget signs up Indian Doctor
Target Entertainment has acquired international distribution rights to a forthcoming BBC1 daytime drama series starring Sanjeev Bhaskar.
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NewsScreen England locked in funding talks with DCMS
The UK’s regional screen agencies will have to wait around a month for clarity on their future funding.
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NewsWag TV to make murderers’ wives series for C&I
Factual specialist Wag TV has won a trio of orders including Married To A Murderer, its first commission for the Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsComedy Central UK seeks British comedies to sit with Friends
BROADCAST COMEDY FORUM: Comedy Central UK is hunting for two British comedies to pair with Friends as part of a push for UK commissions to make up one third of output by 2013.
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NewsDiverse relocates to Bristol in Zodiak rejig
Diverse Productions is moving to Bristol and losing two key execs as a result of a shake-up of the UK operations of the newly rebranded Zodiak Media Group (ZMG).
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NewsIndies break new ground with first Canvas projects
Endemol, Maverick, Mint Digital, So TV and Somethin’ Else are among the companies developing projects for IPTV service Project Canvas, which will launch as YouView next year.
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NewsOutright chalks up more Blood, Sweat And... sales
Outright Distribution has inked fresh sales for hit BBC3 factual franchise Blood, Sweat And…, and signed two new titles from indie Love Productions.
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NewsBird wins commissions for BBC North ent team
BBC Entertainment North’s new creative director, Dominic Bird, has staffed up his team and won two BBC3 commissions that build on existing brands.
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NewsNokia eyes more big TV brands for Ovi apps development
Nokia has kicked off a charm offensive to encourage broadcasters and indies to launch a series of mobile apps for its Ovi platform.
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NewsBBC Vision acts to cut red tape
Jana Bennett has tasked BBC Vision with reducing compliance red tape after taking on board concerns from producers.
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NewsC5 conjures up illusionist gameshow
Channel 5 has ordered an entertainment series that combines magic and illusion with a gameshow.
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NewsC4 visits trapped miners
Channel 4 and US broadcaster PBS have ordered a fast-turnaround doc from Pioneer Productions on the 33 trapped Chilean miners.
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NewsAll3 boss hits out at TV licence fee freeze
All3Media chief executive Steve Morrison has warned that “playing” with the BBC licence fee would be tantamount to “pulling a pin out of a grenade” in the UK production sector.
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NewsDRG sells Collision and Criminal Justice 2 to Italy
ITV1 drama Collision and BBC1 legal series Criminal Justice 2 are to be broadcast in Italy, following a brace of sales by distributor DRG.
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NewsCDN extends diversity awards
The Cultural Diversity Network has added new categories for its second annual awards and is inviting indies and broadcasters to submit their entries.
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NewsDistributors Survey 2010: sneak peek
Distributors are bullish about the outlook for the coming year, after weathering the economic storm of the last 18 months, Broadcast’s Distributor Survey has revealed.
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NewsITV acquires Matt Hatter toon
ITV1 has picked up a new animated fantasy series based around a boy who must defend a ‘multiverse’.
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NewsCaroline Aherne developing ITV1 sitcom
BROADCAST COMEDY FORUM: ITV1 is eyeing a sitcom from Royle Family writer Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope as it seeks to broaden its scripted comedy output beyond Benidorm.
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NewsC4 extends Million Pound Drop
Channel 4 game show The Million Pound Drop – Live will be extended into a weekly series after a second run of stripped episdes.