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NewsUKTV Style reorders The Clothes Show
UKTV Style has commissioned fashion magazine format The Clothes Showfor a second run.
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UKTV's new chief plans to diversify
UKTV's incoming chief executive, David Abraham, has said that UKTV Gold relies too much on classic sitcoms.
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NewsCarriage crisis escalates
The carriage deal crisis between Sky and Virgin Media has escalated, with the latter wanting to take its Bravo and Trouble channels off the satellite platform.
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NewsPact lobbies MPs in kids campaign
Pact has stepped up its campaign to save kids TV after pressing MPs to launch an urgent review into funding for children's programming.
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Veteran kit and crew hire firm goes bust
Picture Canning Company, one of the largest and oldest kit and crew hire firms, has collapsed with the loss of 30 jobs.
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Warner and Buena Vista rivals team up to launch indie
Two former rival executives from Warner Brothers International Television and Buena Vista International Television have teamed up to create a London-based indie.
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NewsKorean broadcaster buys Top Gear for digital service
BBC Worldwide has sold almost 40 hours of Top Gearto a South Korean mobile TV broadcaster.
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On the box - Wild West and wilder cops
The Wild Westfilled Adrian Wills with a sense of injustice at Billy the Kid's conviction, while Cops with Camerasseemed preoccupied with 'hard entry'.
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Living links with Fireworks for Blood Ties
Living has struck a deal with distributor Fireworks International to acquire 22 x 60-minute Canadian supernatural crime thriller Blood Ties.
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NewsBBC gears up for indie rights deals
BBC Worldwide's indie unit hopes to sign a raft of new media rights deals with independents after reaching an agreement to distribute comedy producer Baby Cow's content on new media platforms.
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NewsRadio indies braced for BBC budget cuts
Radio indies have said BBC Radio 4 is poised to slash millions from its commissioning budget and are blaming the cuts on the corporation's lower than expected licence fee settlement.
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NewsSky's bullying backfires
Virgin and Sky's battle dominates the headlines, but another David and Goliath-style spat is brewing, writes Broadcast editor Lisa Campbell
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Xfm upload site to back new talent
GCap's alternative music network Xfm is to boost the number of unsigned acts it uses in its stations' schedule following the launch of a My Space- style initiative.
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RTE hires Sideline for baby show
Dublin-based indie Sideline Productions is making 8 x 30-minute primetime series Baby on Boardfor Irish broadcaster RTE.
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NewsIn the audience
Andy Stout joined the audience at a recording of Harry Hill's TV Burpat Teddington Studios.
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Tiger Aspect to make Haddon drama
Tiger Aspect has been commissioned to make a 90-minute drama for BBC1 by the novelist who wrote The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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Ascent VP moves on
Ascent Media vice-president of operations Keith Williams has quit to join film and audio facility Goldcrest Post as chief executive of its UK and US operations.
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Midnight Transfer targets new areas
Film rushes facility Midnight Transfer is restructuring its operations in a bid to diversify into restoration and re-mastering.
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Apprentice star in Sky One doc
Former The Apprenticecontestant Syed Ahmed will spend£20,000 of his own money trying to launch a new business in a 60-minute Sky One documentary.
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TX: Fallen Angel: What makes a killer?
A three-part adaptation of a reverse-narrative thriller signals a new direction for ITV drama.