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NewsOTF launches Zig Zag doc
Factual producer and distributor Off The Fence will launch Zig Zag's new documentary The Girl Whose Muscles Are Turning to Boneat MipTV.
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RDF acquires War of the World
RDF Rights has acquired the rights to new history series The War of the Worldfrom Ten-Alps-owned indie Blakeway Productions.
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NewsITV's Allen joins Skillset
ITV chief executive Charles Allen has become a patron of Skillset, the body charged with improving training and skills in the television industry.
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NewsSci Fi launches timeshift channel
The NBC-owned Sci Fi channel is launching a +1 offering on Sky, marking the first step in its expansion drive.
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NewsInsurance company settles with Aardman
Aardman Animation's insurers Norwich Union have valued the Wallace and Gromit models destroyed in a warehouse fire at more than£6,000.
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NewsUlster Television 'outperforms'
Ulster Television has posted pre-tax profits of£20.8m, up 19% from£17.5m the previous year, following the takeover of TalkSport and Ireland's LMFM radio group.
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NewsNUJ threatens ITV with strike action
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is balloting its members in newsrooms across ITV regions on industrial action. The move comes after it failed to secure better pay for journalists forced to take on more work as a result of new technology.
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NewsITV4 gets Telewest slot at last
Telewest has finally agreed new carriage terms with ITV for new channels ITV4 and CITV.
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NewsPEER POLL: Indie market
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: RDF chief David Frank thinks the indie market is overcrowded; is he right?
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Platforms - The new kings of content?
Giants from the business world are changing the rules of the TV game. In the first of a two-part series James Curtis looks at the new players you need to watch out for.
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Runway success
Fremantle International Distribution (FID) has sold the Heidi Klum-hosted US reality series Project Runwayinto 21 countries. The deals make the 10 x 60-minute fashion reality series, with a 120-minute finale and 60-minute follow-up special, one of the UK distributor's most popular properties. Remade as ...
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Sky signs Richardson for species show
Sky One has lined up actress Miranda Richardson for its second series of Final Chance to Save, the 4 x 60-minute documentary series highlighting the plight of some of the world's most famous species. Made by Tiger Aspect Productions for a July broadcast, Richardson will ...
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Sony support rejig
Sony has announced that it is restructuring its UK support services to merge its UK technical helpdesk with the European helpdesk, creating a Europe-wide field engineering support team. The support team will resolve complex repairs and technical queries, while the UK technical helpdesk will join the European helpdesk in Basingstoke ...
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Sumners makes kids outlaws
Sumners has created the titles for SMG TV's Uncle Dad, a 7 x 30-minute children's comedy about a hellish family dumped on their mad Uncle Roy. The titles show children becoming modern-day outlaws with spaghetti western alter egos, combining 2D and 3D animation with live ...
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Specialist programming is the key to selling IPTV
Specialist programming and fewer adverts will be the key selling points of TV over broadband (IPTV), according to research published by management consultancy firm Accenture.
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Maverick to investigate race relations
Maverick is to investigate the state of race relations in Britain for a More4 documentary, 30 years after the launch of the Race Relations Act. Ghetto Britain(working title) is to be presented by Dr Robert Beckford - the theologian and academic who presented ...
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Pilot's Globe Trekker travels the world
UK travel indie Pilot Productions has sold 26 episodes of its series Globe Trekker to Discovery's US Travel Channel. The series, now in its 12th season, also airs on PBS in the US. The company has also licensed almost 200 hours of the ...
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Galloway to host TalkSport phone-in
Celebrity Big Brother pussycat George Galloway is continuing his media career with a new phone-in show on national radio station TalkSport. The Respect Party MP for Bethnal Green and Bow will host a two-hour show from 8pm to 10pm on Saturday and Sunday evenings, starting ...
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Foulser to stay on
Sunset + Vine chief executive Jeff Foulser has decided to remain with the company following the takeover of its parent company TV Corp by Tinopolis. Foulser, along with TV Corp chief executive Peter Salmon, was one of the key executives Welsh indie Tinopolis was keen to retain after the protracted ...
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Format Focus: Operacion Triunfo
The long-running Endemol Spanish talent format which was used as the basis for Fame Academy is set to be revived internationally after being picked up in the US.