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    Most Haunted Live to air in the US

    2005-10-24T16:00:55Z

    Living TV's Most Haunted Live Halloween will be simulcast in the US on Discovery-owned Travel Channel at the end of this month, following a deal negotiated by Minotaur International at Mipcom.

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    Strong sales for The Queen's Sister

    2005-10-24T15:59:38Z

    Channel 4 International secured a number of significant deals across its slate of programming at Mipcom, with Touchpaper drama The Queen's Sister proving a favourite with buyers.

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    Granada International secure deal with TV Polaska

    2005-10-24T15:58:39Z

    Granada International has sold the rights to 11 Hollywood TV movies and a selection of classic films to Poland's state broadcaster, TV Polaska.

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    Dic eyes acquisitions after Aim listing

    2005-10-24T15:18:59Z

    US animation producer and distributor Dic Entertainment is looking to expand its European presence following a successful listing on London's Aim market earlier this month.

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    Martini and S+V in motor sport tie-up

    2005-10-24T15:17:36Z

    TV Corp subsidiary Sunset + Vine has teamed up with Martini to produce an advertiser-funded series on international motor sport.

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    Aardman secures deals for Shaun

    2005-10-24T15:16:37Z

    Bristol-based Aardman Animations is looking into setting up its own international distribution arm, after securing a raft of pre-sales for new BBC series Shaun the Sheep (40 x 7-minutes) at last week's Mipcom.

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    BBC Worldwide reunites with Ragdoll

    2005-10-24T15:15:07Z

    BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Anne Wood's Ragdoll to handle worldwide distribution of the Teletubbies creator's next two children's series, In The Night Garden and Tronji.

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    Target picks up Fifi's follow up

    2005-10-24T15:13:28Z

    Target Entertainment has picked up distribution of Chapman Entertainment's follow up to the successful pre-school series Fifi and the Flowertots.

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    Little Princess begins production

    2005-10-24T15:12:15Z

    UK animation house The Illuminated Film Company has begun production on new pre-school series The Little Princess, based on the successful books of writer/illustrator Tony Ross.

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    ER picks up more Barbie

    2005-10-24T15:07:01Z

    Entertainment Rights has struck an agreement with Mattel for the home entertainment and TV rights to the next three animated Barbie movies, bringing the total number of Barbie films distributed by ER to nine.

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    Friday rethink for Xfm

    2005-10-24T15:05:20Z

    London indie station Xfm is to revamp its Friday daytime schedule to overcome problems caused by new breakfast show host Lauren Laverne's existing TV commitments.

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    Abbey inks European deals

    2005-10-24T15:04:53Z

    Abbey Home Media Group's animated pre-school series Wide Eye has been picked up by German children's channel Ki.Ka, while infant learning series, Baby Bright has been released on DVD in France by UFG.

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    First broadcaster lined up for My Teen Genie

    2005-10-24T15:02:58Z

    London-based Talent Television and leading French producer/distributor MoonScoop have signed French public broadcaster France 2 as co-developer on the new teen live-action series My Teen Genie.

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    All3Media tops $1m with Serious sales

    2005-10-24T14:59:59Z

    All3Media International has sold all three of the available series from the the BBC children's factual strand Serious? to Discovery Kids in the US.

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    8.1m think ITV1 has The X Factor

    2005-10-24T12:33:53Z

    ITV1's The X Factor increased its lead over BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing in the battle for Saturday night viewers with an average audience of 8.1 million (37.8%) at 6.15pm.

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    6.4m say farewell to BBC1's Monarch

    2005-10-24T11:45:18Z

    The last ever episode of BBC1's gentle Sunday evening drama Monarch of the Glen bowed out with a peak of 6.4 million (24.8%) at 9.45pm.

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    Paul Ross to produce Ant and Dec Xmas special

    2005-10-24T10:57:39Z

    11am: TV and radio presenter Paul Ross is to executive produce the ITV Christmas special of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.

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    Ross to produce Ant and Dec Xmas special

    2005-10-24T10:57:38Z

    TV and radio presenter Paul Ross is to executive produce the ITV Christmas special of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.

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    Five extends rights to Noddy until 2012

    2005-10-24T10:47:54Z

    Five has picked up seven more years of children's classic Noddy, extending its rights deal to 2012.

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    BSkyB can buy over 80%of Premiership games

    2005-10-24T10:45:37Z

    The European Commission will allow BSkyB to buy over 80% of Premier League football matches for the 2007 to 2010 seasons.