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NewsEmap profits down
Emap is on track with its plans to sell the business but has reported first-half pre-tax profits down 16% to£80m.
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NewsFremantle and CMT team for duet
FremantleMedia North America has picked up an order from US cable network CMT for a new reality show designed to find the best country music duet in America.
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NewsRaw Cut appoints development head
Specialist factual indie Raw Cut Television has appointed ex-Initial showbiz editor Hayden Lee as its new head of development.
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NewsEmap profits down 16%
Emap is on track to with its plans to sell the business but has reported first-half pre-tax profits down 16% to£80 million. More follows.
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NewsTV Critics 12 November 2007
TV critics' verdict on programmes - including Stephen Poliakoff’s new drama Capturing Mary - broadcast on 12 November 2007
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NewsSomethin’ Else hires Farrar
Cross-platform indie Somethin’ Else has hired Talkback Thames’ development producer John Farrar in a new developmental role.
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NewsBBC1 to start Choir Wars
BBC1’s latest Saturday night talent show is to stage a contest between amateur choirs.
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NewsTV-Loonland inks Little Princess deals
TV-Loonland has secured a raft of new TV and home entertainment deals for The Illuminated Film Company’s pre-school hit Little Princess (65 x 11-mins).
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Parthenon brings HD docs to Asia
Parthenon Entertainment will head to the Asia Television Forum with a number of new HD docs after selling over 350 hours of programming in the region at Mipcom.
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Electric Sky sells to Viasat
Electric Sky has concluded a raft of deals following last month’s Mipcom, including a package of titles to Scandinavia’s Viasat and two sales for Visual Voodoo’s Cannibal Superstar.
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NewsNBDtv reports record Mipcom
NBDtv has reported a record Mipcom with sales secured across its music catalogue and deals lined up for its latest drama and factual titles.
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NewsParthenon bought by private equity
Factual and kids indie and distributor Parthenon Entertainment has been acquired by Arkaga, a private investment company for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsBBC Trust unsure over Gaelic service
The BBC’s plans for an£18m tri-media digital Gaelic language service are in doubt after the BBC Trust questioned its wider public value.
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NewsBBC kicks off multimedia news era
The BBC has launched its multimedia newsroom today with its boss Peter Horrocks admitting it faces questions over how to cover fewer stories in-depth while still retaining the distinct qualities of TV, radio and web news.
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NewsHit inks new deal for Thomas
Hit Entertainment has struck a new licensing deal with toy company Tomy for its classic pre-school property Thomas and Friends.
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NewsITV1’s Jack draws 5.7m
ITV1’s Remembrance Day drama My Boy Jack shot down the opposition at 9pm last night with 5.7m viewers (24.8%).
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NewsBBC to include music in podcasts
The BBC is launching its first podcasts to feature music clips following a deal with royalties body Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL).
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NewsOnline ad measurement moves step closer
Broadcasters have moved a step closer to measuring the effects of online advertising after joining forces to develop a common standard for streamed, simulcast and downloaded content.
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NewsFuller in Google TV talks
Simon Fuller, the creator of Pop Idol, is understood to have had secret talks with Google over the past year regarding a TV-over-the-internet joint venture.
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NewsDee leaves 5 Live for UTV
BBC Radio 5 Live commissioning editor Moz Dee has quit the station to join UTV Radio as director of programmes in the new year.