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NewsRDF in first-look deal with Rival
RDF Rights has struck two new first-look deals with London-based formats outfit Rival Media and US reality producer Asylum Entertainment.
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NewsNAB Show Focus: Storage and workflows
As IT engineering becomes the biggest challenge facing media production, Will Strauss looks at some of the storage and workflow products that will be on show at NAB
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Celebs to examine UK's culinary diversity
Chef John Torode and comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli have teamed up to explore the diverse culinary communities of multicultural Britain for a UKTV Food show.
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NewsUS shows draw in the desired demographic
US acquisitions might not always bring in huge audiences, but they can bring in the type of viewers that broadcasters like.
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NewsBBC rapped over Live Earth swearing
Ofcom has ordered the BBC to formally apologise to viewers after it repeatedly broadcast the word “fuck” during its coverage of the Live Earth concerts.
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TV must not exploit world's remote tribes
We are concerned by Tom Beard's comments about the future of “anthropological” TV series (Broadcast, 04.04.08).He disagrees with the assertion that there are “supposedly a wealth of traditional communities that have little or no contact with the rest of the world,” claims that “a lot of these groups do ...
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NewsVirgin 1 probes police work in the Caribbean
Virgin 1 is boosting the original content of its primetime schedule with a factual series that follows the activities of police in the Caribbean.
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NewsBBC strikes Wii deal with Nintendo
The BBC and games manufacturer Nintendo have joined forces to allow the corporation to stream its iPlayer service on the Wii console.
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Good news for Blinkx helps media bounce
The stock market recovered ground this week, with the FTSE 100 hauling itself above the 6000 level, before dropping back slightly. The majority of companies in the Broadcast 20 have followed the wider market to close up on the week.
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NewsSPTI eyes producers after Gogglebox deal
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is keen to take stakes in a raft of “complementary” UK producers after agreeing its first deal with factual entertainment start-up Gogglebox Entertainment.
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Airey promotes Oelze
ITV has handed its top German executive the responsibility of setting up production operations in Europe and emerging markets.
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NewsOfcom tightens rules on participation TV
Ofcom has unveiled proposals to toughen regulations for participation TV shows following the premium-rate phone-in scandals that were uncovered in 2007.
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Ent Rights promotions
Basil Brush owner Entertainment Rights has promoted Chloe van den Berg to executive director of international.
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Living picks up glamour model reality series
Living TV has added to its stable of modelling programming by acquiring the rights to Make Me a Supermodel US.
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NewsGranada sells factual formats to Spanish TV
Spanish broadcasters are set to remake a pair of ITV formats following a deal struck by Granada International.
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NewsS4C to go Around the World in 80 Toilets
MIPTV: Welsh broadcaster S4C is to co-produce a new documentary series named Around the World in 80 Toilets.
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NewsBack of the net for ITV1's Champions League match
ITV1 continued to benefit from its Champions League coverage last night as 8.4m people tuned in for the game between Liverpool and Arsenal from 7.45pm.
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NewsTV critics 9 April '08
'... this series looks like a classic.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsPandamonium at ITN Factual
MIPTV: Animal Planet International has commissioned ITN Factual to produce a series on the world's leading panda breeding and research facility in China.