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MTV sells top buzzer
MTV Networks International has sold the format of its successful comedy/drama Top Buzzerto Comedy Central in the US. The 'dope opera' premiered on MTV in November 2004 and is scheduled to air on Five from next month. The series was created by MTV's The Greenhouse, a ...
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UTV buys up Juice
Ulster TV (UTV) has acquired the remaining 67% of Liverpool station Juice FM that it did not already own from joint-venture partner Absolute Radio UK. The station will now be integrated into UTV Radio. UTV bought the station from Forever Broadcasting in September 2003 for£3.1m, in partnership with Absolute, an ...
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Sky Travel buys
Sky Travel has bought Taboo, a popular factual series from National Geographic Television International which looks at different cultures. The 11 x 60-minute show features guinea pig-eating in Peru, Hindi devotees who put steel hooks through their skin and people who live in cemeteries in the ...
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Ofcom opens bidding for Tyne FM licence
Ofcom has put one of the last remaining regional FM licences up for grabs, this time covering Tyne & Wear and Teesside.
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Bectu helps NHU crew to win pay deal
Freelance wildlife camera crew at the BBC's Bristol Natural History Unit have agreed a new pay deal - the first since winning collective bargaining rights through union Bectu last year.
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BBC loses Cole to Tigress factual team
Tigress Productions has appointed BBC executive producer Matthew Cole to join its factual entertainment, science and contemporary factual team.
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BBC website revamps to plug key shows
The BBC TV channels' website is to be revamped to focus promotion on just a few key programmes.
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BBC to enhance radio experience on Freeview
The BBC is to revamp its Freeview radio channel service by introducing more interactive elements.
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BBC radio to cover England cricket tour of Pakistan
The BBC has secured exclusive radio rights to the England cricket team's autumn tour of Pakistan - a move new director of sport Roger Mosey said proved the corporation was committed to the sport.
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Yoomedia develops Baywatch game
Baywatchand Blockbustersare being made into interactive TV games on the YooPlay games portal. Telewest and NTL have approved the games, developed by YooMedia under licence from Fremantle Media. All UK digital cable subscribers can play the new games, which allow players to win prizes, on a ...
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Barb to factor in PVR ratings
TV ratings service Barb is to include audience figures from PVRs.
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Licences awarded
Ofcom has awarded 10 community radio licences, in Bradford, Halifax, Chorley, Rochdale, Norwich, Aberdeen, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly and Ardwick and Wythenshawe in the Manchester area. Community radio stations cover small transmission areas, are run on a not-for-profit basis, and are geared to support the local community.
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Asian radio station in deal with Napster
London-based radio station Club Asia has signed up with online music download service Napster to promote Asian music downloads and streams. Under the deal, Club Asia 963 and 972 AM will act as a
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The Hive animates UKTV idents
VTR design house The Hive has created new idents for UKTV Gold's latest season of programmes. The concept is simple - the new programmes arriving are represented by an animated box with UKTV Gold's logo on it falling at high speed through a brightly coloured cloudy sky. Designed by Dunning ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Andrea Hamilton
Sky One's new commissioning editor, features and daytime is proud of her Taste, loves The X Factor and is looking for entertaining lifestyle ideas that appeal to men as much as women.
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Top of the Pops sells to South America
BBC music show Top of the Popshas been picked up by Latin American entertainment channel People + Arts, a joint-venture between BBC Worldwide and Discovery. The programme will be broadcast shortly after its transmission in the UK, with presenter links from Fearne Cotton and guest presenters ...
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GI shares catalogue with BBC America
BBC America has signed a two-year deal that will allow it to cherry-pick 160 hours of programmes from Granada International's back catalogue of drama and comedy. The deal will give BBC America access to a range of Granada International's back catalogue as well as new programmes. The titles involved are ...
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Heart airs shorts
Chrysalis' Heart radio network is to carry advertiser-funded short programmes from Disney for an eight-month period. Each week the station will feature 4 x 1-minute programmes of classic Disney stories, such as Robin Hoodfrom Mondays to Thursdays, with an additional weekend omnibus. Indie Somethin' Else will ...
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Format focus: Ruth 66
The latest reality series from Swedish producer Strix sends a group of pensioners off on a road trip to encounter bikers, supermodels and artists.