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NewsSky 1 pilots format from new Noel JV
Sky 1 is to test a Price Is Right-style format jointly developed with Noel Edmonds.
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NewsMore 4 to air Nick Griffin’s Battle For Barking
More 4 is to mark the general election with a documentary depicting Labour MP Margaret Hodge’s attempts to hold onto her seat against British National Party leader Nick Griffin.
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ITV Studios looks to radio stations for FM funding
ITV Studios is in talks with record companies and radio stations to help piece together a Primeval-style deal to fund a second series of Chris O’Dowd sitcom FM to air on ITV2.
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NewsC4 eyes Deeley pilot
So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley has signed up to front a new treasure hunt entertainment format, where people race around UK cities to win a big cash prize.
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NewsSGO profits from an upsurge in 3D
SGO is reaping the benefits of the surge in interest in 3D in the UK, securing eight deals for its stereoscopic-capable finishing system Mistika.
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NewsBravo broadens its appeal with con artist drama from Fox
A USA Network comedy drama about a quick-thinking con artist has been collared by Bravo.
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NewsShaw prepares to front live treasure hunt stunt
Extreme Male Beauty star Tim Shaw is set to be the centre of a bizarre multiplatform stunt in which people across the UK will hunt for a small steel box containing him, two cameras and £30,000.
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Eyeframe to integrate PPC’s DVD department
Soho’s Eyeframe has taken on the Picture Production Company’s DVD department and plans to merge the staff and kit with its own new media facility services.
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NewsBBC S&PP packages Ingex for indies
BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) plans to offer the BBC R&D-developed Ingex acquisition technology to producers as a standalone service.
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Rise Films scores coup with rights to Semenya story
Factual indie Rise Films has beaten ITN and Oprah Winfrey to secure world exclusive documentary access to Caster Semenya, the South African world champion athlete at the centre of a gender controversy.
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NewsFriends to swap C4 for Comedy Central
Comedy Central UK will become the new home of Friends next year after succeeding with a 12-month “all-singing, all-dancing” campaign to land the show from Warner Bros.
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NewsNickelodeon drops splat for ‘older’ identity
Nickelodeon UK is ditching its famous orange splat as part of a major global rebrand.
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NewsC4 earmarks prime AFP slots for new ent ideas
Channel 4 is opening up its 10pm and 11pm slots to AFP for the first time.
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NewsBragg heads back to the South Bank for last hurrah on ITV1
The South Bank Show, the long-running arts strand that was controversially ditched by ITV, is set for a last hurrah with a 10-part series mixing new interviews with archive footage.
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NewsBBC Trust orders review of sports rights spending
The BBC Trust is to launch a major review into the BBC’s spending on sports rights.
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NewsDon’t cave in on star salaries, BBC urged
Execs, in-house producers and indies have urged the BBC to stand firm on its refusal to reveal talent deals in the face of mounting media and political pressure.
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NewsProduct placement for Corrie, but not X Factor
ITV has drawn up a top 10 list of programmes that are ripe for product placement that includes Coronation Street and Emmerdale - but not The X Factor.
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NewsTwofour talent sways Mackenzie
Twofour’s “mindblowing” multiplatform team was the deciding factor in Channel 4 head of factual entertainment Andrew Mackenzie’s decision to become group creative director at the indie.
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NewsSea Patrol UK to return
Wall to Wall series Sea Patrol UK is to get an extended 8 x 60-minute run for its second series.
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NewsDaredevils picked up in US
RDF Rights has sold documentary series Daredevils to international broadcasters including Discovery-owned Animal Planet in the US.