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NewsRandom House acquires BBC Books
Publisher Random House has acquired a majority stake in BBC Books in a move expected to put jobs at risk. BBC Worldwide will maintain a shareholding in the division, which will continue to license book publishing rights for BBC programmes, and work within the corporation's editorial and commercial policy guidelines. ...
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Wallace joins indie behind E4 Music
Former Sky One director of original programming Jo Wallace has joined Remedy Productions, the indie behind E4 Music.
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BDA shoots Movies 24 idents
BDA has created the new channel idents for Movies 24, a new channel from Sparrowhawk Entertainment dedicated to made-for-TV movies. Each narrative ident represents different strands in the schedule and include a vase dropping to the floor and shattering, and a set of pearls falling to a desk.
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20th Century Fox to make Hustle movie
Kudos Film & Television drama Hustleis set to move to the big screen after US studio 20th Century Fox picked up the film rights to the BBC1 series. Fox 2000, which has previously produced hit movies such as Fight Cluband ...
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BBC2/4 orders George Clinton doc
Indie Somethin' Else has won a commission from BBC2 and BBC4 to make an hour-long documentary about the 50-year career of R&B star George Clinton. The Clones of Dr Funkenstein - The Story of George Clinton will include new interviews with Clinton, along with other ...
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C4 to list 100 greatest stand-ups
Channel 4 has commissioned three list shows from Visual Voodoo. The four-part The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, greenlit by commissioning editor Andrew MacKenzie, will allow the public to vote for the greatest stand-ups. Meanwhile, C4's Shane Allen has ordered The 50 ...
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BBC1 comes to aid of rural singletons
BBC1 is to play matchmaker for a group of rural singletons, throwing together 16 people from opposite ends of the country and watching the sparks fly for a primetime observational documentary.
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Teachers' TV recruits
Brook Lapping Education, a division of Ten Alps, is offering two internships to work on Teachers' TV. Designed as an entry-level introduction to the TV industry, the scheme will offer the trainees an 11-month contract. One position will most likely be for a news trainee, working on the weekly Teachers' ...
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NewsRDF to launch own on-demand service
RDF Media is planning to launch its own on-demand broadband service offering viewers the chance to download programmes made by RDF and other indies.
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NewsITV plans push into US syndication
ITV is planning a push into the US syndication market as part of plans to up its profits from Granada America, the company's stateside operation.
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NewsLeader - ITV needs new game plan
It looks as if it will take a change in leadership to spark a revival at ITV, says Broadcasteditor Conor Dignam
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NewsStephen Fry returns to ITV in legal drama
Stephen Fry is to make his first drama series for ITV in over 10 years, with a show about a country solicitor with the human touch.
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Comment: Welcome to my world
The resolved rights battle will be pivotal for the UK's digital future, says Pact's Alex Graham
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NewsRosencrantz buys Justice for Living TV
Living TV's new director of programmes, Claudia Rosencrantz, has drafted in her former ITV colleague Mark Sammon to the role of commissioning editor and made her first three big-budget programming buys.
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Broadcasters lobby on dead bodies rules
Channel 4 and the BBC are fighting new rules which could force them to obtain a licence before showing dead bodies or body parts on television.
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NewsITV and BBC vie for rights to Disney hit
The BBC and ITV are battling it out for the UK terrestrial rights to the Disney Channel's surprise hit original TV movie, High School Musical.
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ITV set to bring back drama to daytime
ITV is to bring back drama into its daytime schedules in a bid to tap into the success that the BBC has had with shows such as Doctors.
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