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NewsBBC outlines public value tests
The BBC's governors have unveiled plans for licences to control each of the corporation's services, and proposals for a market impact test for all new services launched.
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NewsSmith & Jones reunite for BBC1
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones are reforming their comedy double act for a new BBC1 series.
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NewsHallmark goes late night with The Shield
Hallmark has signalled a change in direction for its late night programming block by purchasing hard hitting cop series The Shield.
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NewsPremier League respond to EC over football rights
The Premier League said yesterday [24 October] it has responded to European competition commissioner Neelie Kroes' letter asking for further clarity concerning the forthcoming auction of rights.
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NewsLiving TV buys Boston Legal 2
8am: Living TV has picked up exclusive rights to the second series of David E Kelley's Boston Legal, in which actor Michael J Fox guest stars.
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NewsTames to join Nova International
8am: Roger Tames, ITV Tyne Tees' head of sport, is to leave the broadcaster to join Brendan Foster's production company Nova International.
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NewsKate Winslet to judge TCM Classic Shorts
8am: Kate Winslet and Dame Helen Mirren are returning to judge the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Classic Shorts competition, as part of a 16-strong panel.
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NewsBBC join with DJs Coldcut to launch contest
8am: A website offering clips from the BBC archive has attracted a quarter of a million visitors since launching last month, and now hip-hop duo DJs Coldcut have created a music video from the footage.
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NewsComment: Money go round
It might have been a good market for Ricky Gervais, Jamie Oliver and Stelios Haji-Ioannou, but the big buzz at last week's Mipcom was all about the money men rather than the talent, writes Dominic Schreiber.
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NewsBT look to end cross-promtion of Sky
BT is set to dump its promotion of BSkyB following the broadcaster's£211m aquistion of BT rival Easynet.
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NewsCommunity Channel lines up Lenny Henry
The Community Channel has commissioned another series of interviews hosted by Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow and has lined up comedian Lenny Henry to take part.
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NewsBBC not guilty of product placement
A BBC inquiry into product placement has cleared programme makers of being caught out by a newspaper sting.
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NewsUS expansion for Diverse
Diverse Production has found a US home for its Channel 4 format Escape to the Legion and is gearing up for further expansion in the States after racking up over $5m worth of commissions this year.
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NewsCrime and poker pay for RDF Rights
RDF Rights has chalked up a number of UK deals for US cable network Court TV and picked up 80 hours of poker programming from Welsh indie producer Presentable.
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NewsTWI to distribute BBC's Timewatch
TWI has secured international rights to the BBC's long-running flagship history strand Timewatch.
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NewsBBC2 rapped by Ofcom over Pulp Fiction
BBC2 has been rapped by watchdog Ofcom for screening the movie Pulp Fiction, despite appealing against the complaints three times.
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NewsBusy Mipcom for Fremantle Media
RTL-owned Fremantle Media unveiled a raft of international sales and commissions at last week's Mipcom, along with an exclusive international output deal with Daisy Goodwin's new independent production company, Silver River.
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Worldwide secures Extras deals
Ricky Gervais's struggling actor Andy Millman was a big hit with international buyers in Cannes, with BBC Worldwide racking up sales in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and across Europe for new comedy Extras.
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Endemol to launch mobile channels
Endemol chief creative officer Peter Bazalgette unveiled plans for two mobile phone 'channels' and a new UK production division dedicated to mobile content as he addressed delegates at Mipcom's Mobile Day last week.
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Twofour secures international commissions
Independent producer Twofour TV has made further inroads into the international market, with a new commission from Japan's NHK and a US version of its Sky One documentary series Cruiseline in the works.