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News14.6m cheer Liverpool to victory
ITV1's coverage of Liverpool's dramatic win in the final of the Champions League Cup comprehensively dominated viewing with a peak audience of 14.6 million (60%) during the penalty shoot-out, the highest audience for a football match this year.
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Hewland to make Dream Team spin-offs
Sky One has commissioned Hewland International to make two spin-off shows from its long-running soccer soap Dream Team.
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Tragedy strikes at reality show
The History Channel has pulled reality TV show The Colonyfrom its summer schedule after one of its participants was found dead last weekend.
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Sunset + Vine wins Zapcats order
Sunset + Vine has been commissioned to cover the 2005 National Zapcats Championship for the Extreme Sports Channel. The TV Corp-owned indie will make a 9 x 30-minute series following the so-called 'Zapcat' offshore power boats over nine UK events. The championship started on Saturday (21 May) and continues until ...
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Mentorn MD quits
Mentorn's managing director, Charles Thompson, has quit after three years in the post. Thompson, who executive produced Mentorn series such as Paradise Hoteland Forever Eden, has resigned with immediate effect but will stay on the board at TV Corp, Mentorn's owner, until the end of June. ...
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Xfm poaches Lucio
GCap Media-owned rock station Xfm has poached Sony-award winning DJ Lucio to host its weekend breakfast show. He takes up the role in July from Emap's Kerrang! station in the West Midlands, replacing Sarah Darling. He joins a weekend line-up, which includes Lauren Laverne, Jimmy Carr, Adam and Joe and ...
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Pogo does M&M launch idents
Pogo Films has completed idents for Men and Motors for the channel's launch on Freeview. Photographer Marcus Tate shot black and white images which were superimposed with evocative words and the double M logo, which was created by 3D animator Andy Day of Tank. Pogo Films creative director Philip Richardson ...
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Holmes' Sky move
Former GMTV anchorman Eamonn Holmes is joining Sky News to host its breakfast show Sunrise. He will join later this year when Sky relaunches the 6am to 9am show from its new state-of-the-art news studio in Osterley. Holmes, who quit GMTV a few weeks ago claiming the show had moved ...
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Kemistry hire
Design and branding company Kemistry has appointed Nahida Zaman as its new market development manager. Zaman, previously a marketing executive for BBC Broadcast, has been charged with developing Kemistry's involvement in the channel branding and digital interactive markets. Kemistry was recently awarded the Queen's Awards for Enterprise for its success ...
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Row loses Spun Gold Jordan show
Spun Gold, the indie set up by former Carlton executive Nick Bullen, has lost the contract to make a second series of ITV2's Jordan and Peter: Laid Barefollowing disagreements with the couple's agents.
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RDF hands Shearman full-time reality role
RDF Media has given documentary specialist Nick Shearman a full-time role working on shows including a new eight-part series for BBC1 - currently under wraps.
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Free HDV training
Broadcast Freelancer is giving away two free copies of a new training DVD for the Sony Z1 and FX1 HDV cameras. 'HandsOn HDV Training' is an in-depth guide that features tips, explanations and tutorials written in plain English. It's worth£52 + VAT and is available to buy from equipment distributor ...
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Format focus: Project Runway
Aspiring designers compete to get their designs on the catwalk, as wannabe models slug it out to wear them.
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Sci fi playout move
The Sci Fi Channel has moved its playout and transmission operations to its sister company, CNBC Europe. The move is expected to make the Sci Fi Channel significant cost savings as it brings its business in-house within the NBC Universal group. CNBC has installed a Pebble Beach multi-channel Neptune automation ...
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Pact weighs terms of trade with facilities
UK Post is working with trade association Pact to create terms of trade between producers and facility houses.
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Digital volunteers
The Community Channel is launching an interactive service to mark the Year of the Volunteer. Viewers will be able to source information about local volunteering opportunities by pressing the remote control red button and entering their postcode. Originally built by Sky Interactive, the service has been redeveloped and expanded by ...
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Ryan recruited for How Not to Die show
Sky One has commissioned a new survival series in which members of the public are taught how to deal with a variety of traumatic situations from burglary to bush fires.
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Wunjo examines hidden evidence on Di
Wunjo Entertainment and film development company VIP have teamed up to make Hidden Evidence, a two-hour drama about Diana, Princess of Wales and the conspiracy theories surrounding her death. Based on Tom King's novel of the same name, Wunjo and VIP bought the worldwide rights directly ...
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Monkey Trousers' modest debut
Monkey Trousers, ITV1's new comedy sketch show, made something of a hesitant start despite the appearance of an all-star cast featuring the likes of Ronni Ancona, Steve Coogan and Vic Reeves.
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More ITV job cuts
ITV has axed more regional jobs, with 46 redundancies set to be made at Anglia. The cuts are believed to include 26 posts in the programme-making department with the other roles going in technical, studios, technology and finance departments. Staff were told last week that jobs would disappear following Ofcom's ...