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UK hour for Iberia
Viewers in Spain and Portugal are to be offered a daily hour of UK comedy and drama, after a deal was struck between BBC Worldwide and the People + Arts channel. The channel's Iberian feed - a joint-venture between BBC Worldwide and Discovery - will carry a specially branded ...
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Scolnik to Nat Geo
National Geographic has appointed Betsy Scolnik as vice-president of content operations, reporting to Nat Geo digital media president Chris McAndrews. The US-based Scolnik will develop new markets for Nat Geo content in wireless, video games, broadband and education.
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Hit to make Thomas radio show for Fun
Hit Entertainment is to produce two new radio shows for digital children's station Fun Radio, in which it holds a 47.5% stake. From 3 October five to 10 minute Thomas & Friendsstories will go out on weekdays at 3.30pm. Hit has also produced a daily 10.30am ...
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Frontier hiring
Frontier Post has hired online editor/colourist Gareth Williams to boost the facility's finishing team. Williams joins from the BBC where he was an in-house editor for five years. His credits include Panorama, Holidays in the Danger Zone, and ...
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Granada sells US reality hit to French
Starting Over, a Bunim and Murray reality format represented by Granada International, has been commissioned by French network TF1. An initial order of 50 x 60-minute episodes has been placed for the reality series which gives women the opportunity to make extraordinary changes in their lives such as embarking on ...
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Format Focus: Showhouse
Primetime home makeover shows seemed a thing of the past but an Irish indie wants to revive them.
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Postman Pat firm posts profits rise
Entertainment Rights, the rights firm behind Postman Patand Basil Brush, has reported a 56% increase in profits. Turnover increased by 37% to£12.4m while operating profit was up to£1.2m for the six months to 30 June. Deals with HBO in the US and ...
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Edit & Sound finishes Dylan doc
The Edit and Sound Store was responsible for post-production on Lone Star's Arenadocumentary, Dylan in the Madhouse. The 60-minute programme traces Bob Dylan's first visit to London in the 1960s. Film editors Dave Howell, Geoff Pope and Linda Featherstone of Lone Star ...
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Sky One orders doc on Kate moss fall
Sky One has commissioned Scream Films to make a fast turnaround documentary charting the fall from grace of supermodel Kate Moss. Kate Moss: Fashion Victim?is an hour-long special looking at the media outcry which followed printed pictures of Moss taking drugs and her subsequent dismissal by ...
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Five doc follows disabled skateboarder
A film entitled Half Woman Half Skateboardwill form part of Five's fourth series of its Extraordinary Peoplepopular science strand this winter.
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Two more departures at GCAP
Two more leading executives are to leave radio giant GCap Media, following chief executive David Mansfield's departure last week. Commercial director Linda Smith and operations director Paul Davies - both former Capital Radio directors - will leave shortly. The news came as GCap announced merger savings of£25m, up from the£7.5m ...
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Debonnaire takes reins at Springer indie
Avalon, the UK indie and PR firm behind Jerry Springer - the Opera, has named former chief operating officer of Talkback Thames Sally Debonnaire as managing director. Debonnaire, who left Talkback last week, will report to Jon Thoday and Richard Allen-Turner, joint managing directors of the ...
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Granada scoops HBO factual deal
Granada International has scored a coup by replacing Channel 4 International (C4I) as the distributor of HBO's documentary and family programming slates.
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RDF wins rights to dance show
RDF Rights has secured international distribution for a new talent show, executive produced by Pop Idol's Simon Fuller and former LWT entertainment head Nigel Lythgoe. So You Think You Can Dance,produced by 19TV and Dick Clark Productions, has been a solid performer for ...
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Clocking Off writer pens postal drama
Daniel Brocklehurst, one of the writers behind Clocking Off, has won his first series commission with a six-part BBC1 drama about postal workers.
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Channel X unveils Manchester staff line-up
Channel X, the comedy indie behind Shooting Stars, has unveiled the staff line-up for its new Manchester-based venture, Channel K, formed with talent agency Karushi.
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Quiz Nation debuts Celebrity Sudoku
Optimistic Entertainment is making a live daily series called Celebrity Sudokuto kick off its new look Quiz Nation channel. The two-hour show, being executive produced by radio presenter Richard Bacon and Flipsideassociate producer David Owen, uses nine celebrity faces instead of the ...
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Cartoon network superhero exclusive
The Cartoon Network has optioned exclusive broadcasting rights in the US for Gene-Fusion, an animated action adventure produced by Belfast-based Banjax Studios, Pop6 and Beckett Entertainment. The film will be delivered in late 2006, with a 26 x 30-minute TV series to follow in 2007. The ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Karen Brown
The BBC's daytime commissioning editor - out of London and entertainment is most excited by a project chronicling one woman's efforts to transform a deprived housing estate
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ITN broadband move
ITN has signed up to broadband TV service GreenGrass, a pre-pay internet broadcast network set to launch next year which aims to make it easier and more cost-effective for broadcasters to launch internet versions of their channels.