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Crick moves to TLC
Discovery's US non-fiction entertainment channel TLC has poached Zig Zag Entertainment's Ed Crick to the role of director of UK development. Taking up his post immediately, Crick will work to identify, acquire and deliver new series formats and specials for TLC. He will be based at Discovery's London office and ...
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Creature Comforts crosses pond
Aardman Animations has sold both series of its award-winning animation Creature Comfortsto BBC America and pre-sold the second series to Australian broadcaster ABC.
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Big Wave to launch flatliners research
Indie Big Wave is to follow the biggest study of near death experiences ever undertaken, filming patients who have survived being clinically dead for a Channel 4 documentary.
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BDS microsoft deal
Broadcasting Data Services has expanded its existing agreement with Microsoft to supply electronic programme guide (EPG) data for the computer giant's digital entertainments application, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition. The BBC Broadcast-owned listings bureau will now expand its slate of Microsoft EPGs from the UK, Germany and France into ...
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Half of BBC docs execs to be culled
The BBC's documentaries and contemporary factual (D&CF) department is to lose up to half of its executive producers as a result of director general Mark Thompson's drive to cut more than 420 posts in the factual division.
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Trouble hires BBC exec to lead rebrand
Flextech has hired former BBC senior commissioning executive for factual Celia Taylor as deputy channel controller, Challenge and Trouble.
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Sharpe sequel scooped by BBC
BBC Worldwide has won the rights to distribute Sharpe's Challenge, the next instalment of the popular ITV series, poaching the drama from Granada International, which has previously handled international sales for the Sharpe programme brand.
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Teletubbies is nice little earner for BBC
Teletubbieshas been named as the BBC's most lucrative show ever, making the corporation£120m. According to a report in the Telegraph, the pre-school series made by Ragdoll Productions has been sold in 75 countries and made the sum for BBC Worldwide since its launch in 1997. Its nearest ...
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Cameramen awards
Cameraman Nigel Meakin has received an Award of Merit by the Guild of TV Cameramen (GTC) for his outstanding camera work. The altitude sickness-defying camerman won for his photography on Annapurna to Everest, an episode of Michael Palin's travel series Himalaya. Cameraman ...
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ITV inks four-year awards deal
Indigo Television has signed a four-year deal with ITV to produce the National Television Awards, guaranteeing that the event will be on air until at least 2008.
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GWR ties up asian distribution deal
Guinness World Records TV (GWR) has signed MAX Entertainment to represent its programming throughout Asia. The deal with the entertainment arm of sports marketing agency Total Sports Asia covers both TV and mobile content distribution. GWR and Thumbs Up are producing a second 12 x 30-minute series of ...
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Pre-school animation airs to worldwide audience
Granada International's pre-school animated series Pocoyohas secured distribution in a raft of territories following a successful launch at Mip TV earlier in the year.
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Gay channel in US to air Fingersmith
Fremantle has sold lesbian drama Fingersmith, penned by Tipping the Velvetauthor Sarah Waters to Viacom's gay cable channel, Logo. The distributor has also sold one of its most reliable gameshow formats Family Feudsto John De Mol's Dutch cable ...
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Abbey wins licence
Ofcom has awarded a 12-year commercial licence to Abbey FM, a format owned by The Radio Business, CN Group and The Local Radio Company. The station, which is expected to launch some time next year, is to focus on local music and information aimed at 25 to 64-year-olds and will ...
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C4 to show CCETV's Motley Crue special
Clear Channel Entertainment TV (CCETV) has sold its high definition concert special Motley Crue: Carnival of Sinsto Channel 4. The company is currently developing a reality format with US cable network Spike TV, which it also hopes to sell internationally, plus it is negotiating with pop ...
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3DD wins rights to 'Robbie day' concert
3DD Entertainment is to distribute Robbie Williams - Live in Berlin, a concert special produced by Done and Dusted, which will be offered as a 60 or 80-minute package. A deal has been finalised with German broadcaster ProSieben, which will air the concert as part of ...
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BBC2 sees autumn fall in viewers
BBC2 has suffered the most dramatic decline in audience share since the start of the autumn schedules with the channel showing an 11% year-on-year fall.
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Allen in line for£1.5m share options
ITV chief executive Charles Allen could bag over£1.5m after he was handed new share options. If Allen meets a tough set of performance criteria over the next three years, he will land 1,386,059 shares worth£1.5m. Also set for a share bonanza is ITV's new director of television, Simon Shaps, who ...
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Tangled web of rights
With the rapid rise of download technology, broadcasters and producers agree the old model of primary rights is outdated. Now the fur is flying over how valuable online rights should be divided.
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Hitting the spot
Men's channel Bravo is hoping its hefty investment in Ultimate Fighting Championship, a brutal mixed martial arts contest, will pay off by creating cult viewing which lifts the channel out of its niche.