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NewsAngelina Ballerina dances around the world
MIPCOM: Children’s indie and rights owner Hit Entertainment has signed distribution deals with 14 international broadcasters for Angelina Ballerina - The Next Steps.
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NewsFME launches kids division
MIPCOM: FremantleMedia Enterprises has launched a new children’s and family entertainment division, and aims to strike partnerships with five or six kids suppliers before MipTV 2010.
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NewsTalkback to co-pro Berlin Olympics drama
MIPCOM: The characters and controversy of the 1936 Olympics will provide the backdrop to a new miniseries, produced as part of a major drama partnership between TalkbackThames and Berlin-based UFA.
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ITV Studios launches in Spain
MIPCOM: ITV Studios has opened a new production centre in Madrid and has hired a managing director to run it – with a two pilots already commissioned.
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BBCW to teach Italians how to cook
MIPCOM: BBC2 gastronomic format Recipe for Success is to be remade for audiences in Italy.
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Cineflix launches branded content unit
MIPCOM: Producer/distributor Cineflix is to launch a new division dedicated to branded content, integrating products into its TV series.
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NewsBBCW sells 200 hours of shows to NZ
MIPCOM: BBC Worldwide has sold a range of drama, factual and entertainment shows into New Zealand that include programmes featuring Louis Theroux and Michael McIntyre.
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NewsBBCW takes Piers and Perrin worldwide
MIPCOM: BBC Worldwide Channels has picked up travelogue series Piers Morgan on… and comedy revival Reggie Perrin for broadcast around the world.
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SPT ups distribution duo
MIPCOM: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has promoted two of its London-based distribution executives.
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NewsDRG goes Renegade
MIPCOM: Digital Rights Group has acquired the international distribution rights to a batch of new factual series as part of its first look deal with Renegade Pictures.
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NewsWaybuloo headed to the Middle East
MIPCOM: Al Jazeera has become the latest broadcaster to pick up CBeebies series Waybuloo.
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NewsNBC Universal in content and branding push
MIPCOM: NBC Universal is to launch a global push to acquire and order original, exclusive and first-run content, and to put its emphasis on five channel brands, led by Universal Channel.
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NewsAbsolute Radio makes programming changes
Absolute Radio has made a series of senior programming team changes, including the promotion of Jo Russell Show producer Paul Sylvester to head of the station’s programme schedule.
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NewsNorth East strategy shapes up with STV/ITV execs
Screen agency Northern Film & Media has hired former STV and ITV Productions executives to help develop the creative industries across the North East.
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NewsChannel TV calls for police action on awards scandal
Channel TV has called for a criminal investigation into the British Comedy Awards phone-in scandal, after members of the TV production team “deliberately” changed the 2005 People’s Choice Awards from Catherine Tate to Ant and Dec.
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NewsBoyle quits Mock the Week
BBC2’s topical panel show Mock the Week will return for two more series – but without outspoken panellist Frankie Boyle.
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NewsBBC staff vote on Salford move
The BBC is to begin recruitment for around 800 jobs at BBC North after almost half of London-based rank-and-file staff agreed to the move to Manchester.
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NewsBradshaw and Starkey clash over Marr interview
Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has stepped up his criticism of Andrew Marr’s interview with Gordon Brown, lambasting an “error of judgement” that was “part of the trivialisation and degradation of our political discourse”.
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NewsSony devises single lens 3D camera system
Sony has developed a camera system for shooting stereoscopic 3D content that requires just a single lens to capture the left and right eyes.
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NewsChannel fined £80,000 over Comedy Awards phone-in scandal
Channel TV has been fined £80,000 by Ofcom for its part in the phone-in scandal that saw Ant and Dec wrongly given a 2005 British Comedy Awards.