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NewsLiving to revisit Jade and Four Weddings
Living has ordered a fresh tribute to Jade Goody a year after her death, and is testing a spin-off format based on its hit reality show Four Weddings.
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NewsFilm-makers pay tribute to ‘passionate’ Mulvey
Film-makers given their break by Sarah Mulvey on Channel 4’s First Cuts strand have contacted the late commissioner’s family in thanks for her support - and her often rigorous demands.
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NewsITV links with Eyeworks to take Popstar overseas
ITV1’s Popstar To Operastar is to be remade for an overseas market for the first time, with a new version of the show lined up for the Netherlands.
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NewsProject Canvas to offer split-screen interaction
Project Canvas will offer viewers a split-screen experience with networked conversations on sites such as Twitter appearing next to TV pictures, under plans being drawn up by the platform’s partners.
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NewsTarget to distribute Blitz Street
Target Entertainment Group has picked up the international distribution rights to new Channel 4 series Blitz Street.
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NewsBBCW picks up stand-up rights as Carr goes to NZ
BBC Worldwide has secured the rights to a raft of comedy stand-up titles from Open Mike Productions and has sold Alan Carr’s chatshow to New Zealand.
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NewsITV orders best of An Audience With...
ITV Studios and Shiver are co-producing a series celebrating the best of ITV1’s strand An Audience With…
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NewsFormer Five man Menzies to head Twofour Arabia
Twofour Group has hired former Five head of features Alex Menzies to head a new Middle East and North Africa division based in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsAgency role reunites Grade with ITV stars
ITV insiders and indies have welcomed Michael Grade’s “return to his roots” as the new non-executive chairman of talent agency James Grant Group, but some warned Grade’s “poacher-turned-gamekeeper” position could mean more co-pro deals for ITV Studios.
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NewsC4 hires Miranda’s Evans to beef up its comedy team
Channel 4 has expanded its comedy commissioning team with the appointment of Miranda producer Nerys Evans.
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NewsBBC3’s Cohen: ‘I haven’t had contact with C4’
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has quashed speculation that he is discussing a move to Channel 4.
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NewsWalsh to host talent-spotting ITV1 gameshow
Law & Order: UK actor Bradley Walsh is set to host a Zeppotron gameshow for ITV1 in which celebrities and audience members try to spot ordinary members of the public who have an unusual talent.
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NewsBhaskar to star as immigrant doctor for BBC1 daytime series
Sanjeev Bhaskar is to star in the next BBC1 daytime drama, as a high-flying immigrant doctor who finds himself working in 1960s Wales.
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NewsKemp and Jones to raise Amazon awareness via Sky 1 shows
Sky 1 has ordered factual shows fronted by Ross Kemp and Steve Jones that will air around World Earth Day and boost awareness of the broadcaster’s Rainforest Rescue charity campaign.
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NewsDelia show crew owed £150,000
Freelancers who worked on BBC2’s Delia Through The Decades are owed a total of £150,000 - and the cooking superstar is herself about £50,000 out of pocket.
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NewsSTV to stream Corrie to mobiles
Scottish broadcaster STV is to offer full-length on-demand access via mobile to hit shows including Coronation Street, Dancing On Ice and Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.
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NewsWheeler departs ITN On after 14 years
Nicholas Wheeler, managing director of multiplatform arm ITN On, has left the business after 14 years as part of an ongoing restructure.
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NewsAziz withdraws £5m ITV claim
A local newsreader who attempted to sue ITV for £5m on the grounds of race, sex and age discrimination has withdrawn her claim against the broadcaster.
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Future Film plans March stock market move
Future Film Group PLC, the international financier and film producer that owns a stake in Pepper Post, is planning to float on the Stock Exchange next month.
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NewsBBC to apologise for "distorted" facts on Panorama
The BBC Trust has ordered an on-air apology from the BBC after en episode of Panorama “distorted known facts” and breached its own impartiality rules.