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    Lee Collins in line to host ITV2 chat show

    2008-06-18T17:39:33Z

    ITV2 is eyeing Justin Lee Collins as the host of his own Sunday-night chat show.

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    ITVP and Fox tie-up to develop US/UK remakes

    2008-06-18T17:35:33Z

    ITV Productions will produce a UK version of classic US sitcom Dharma and Greg as the first part of a major international production partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Television.

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    Fincham turns to ITVP for identity theft drama series

    2008-06-18T17:32:42Z

    ITV Productions has won what is thought to be new director of television Peter Fincham's first original drama commission - to make a series about identity theft.

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    Thurman to star in BBC2 drama

    2008-06-18T17:25:07Z

    Uma Thurman is to play a recovering alcoholic adulteress in one of two celebrity-packed BBC2 play adaptations being co-produced with HBO.

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    Ant & Dec in talks to Double Your Money

    2008-06-18T17:15:48Z

    Ant & Dec indie Gallowgate Productions is in talks to revive the classic Hughie Green quizshow format Double Your Money.

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    Waddell Media in US expansion

    2008-06-18T16:50:20Z

    Northern Ireland indie Waddell Media has made major inroads in the US by opening a New York office and signing a development deal with Discovery US.

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    BBC3's Cohen savages Lily Allen critics

    2008-06-18T16:49:03Z

    BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has launched a robust attack on critics of Lily Allen and Friends, arguing that the show is exactly in line with the channel's efforts to bring on new talent.

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    Five plays Top Trumps with super machines

    2008-06-18T16:45:09Z

    Five is planning a series based on the classic card game Top Trumps, which will pitch the world's super-machines against each other in a battle of credentials.

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    Darlow probes The Brain for History US

    2008-06-18T16:42:01Z

    Darlow Smithson Productions US is to examine whether people are born evil in a two-hour special about the mind for the History Channel US.

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    ITVP recalls outbreak of WW2

    2008-06-18T16:41:39Z

    ITV Productions is to tell the story of the day Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in an inter-national co-production for ITV1 and France 3.

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    Spin-offs prove their weight in ratings gold

    2008-06-18T16:34:55Z

    Broadcasters love spin-off shows and their performance in recent weeks will have done nothing to dampen that.

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    Five orders raft of factual shows

    2008-06-18T16:31:40Z

    A 30-part documentary on the Highlands emergency services will be a key part of Five's factual output over the coming year.

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    New campaign for Kiss 100

    2008-06-18T16:18:42Z

    Kiss 100 will launch a major marketing campaign to support the Rickie and Melvin breakfast show.

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    UBC receives offer for Cliq music service

    2008-06-18T16:15:56Z

    UBC Media has received an approach from a major radio company about the possible acquisition of its Cliq music download service, Broadcast understands.

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    Radio facing a hike in royalties set to rise

    2008-06-18T16:12:51Z

    Commercial radio stations are bracing themselves for a rise in music royalty payments as copyright collection agencies look to combat declining music sales.

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    Intelsat to carry Olympics

    2008-06-18T15:57:24Z

    Commercial satellite operator Intelsat has signed a deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to provide video carriage of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to Europe.

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    Megahertz to refit EPIC

    2008-06-18T15:55:00Z

    Systems integrator Megahertz Broadcast Systems has won an EU-wide tender to re-equip the former Anglia TV studios in Norwich.

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    Vision in Take Away deal

    2008-06-18T15:51:58Z

    Vision Independent Productions has closed a deal with Germany's Schwartzkopff TV for 180 episodes of BBC food challenge show Take on the Take Away.

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    Five buys Nat Geo slate

    2008-06-18T15:49:23Z

    Five has acquired seven new history and scientific shows from National Geographic Television International (NGTI).

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    Cineflex makes Euro deals

    2008-06-18T15:41:02Z

    London-based distribution company Cineflix International has signed a number of deals with Greek and Belgian broadcasters.