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GI in multimillion pound deal with SBS
Granada International (GI) has inked a multimillion-pound output deal with the SBS channels in the Netherlands and Sweden. The three-year deal gives SBS in the Netherlands a first look at all GI's factual, factual entertainment and entertainment finished programmes as well as TV movies. In Sweden, Kanal 5 will get ...
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Deal for dickinson
The BBC has axed the primetime version of Bargain Huntand given host David Dickinson a new role in another antiques series. Bargain Huntwas given a peaktime slot in 2002 but has failed to meet audience expectations. The daytime edition will remain, hosted ...
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IWC wins US deal with swap show
IWC Media has scored its first US commission with a lifeswap format for The WB, which aims to teach rich kids the v...
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Of Dyke and Daleks
If Greg Dyke bids for ITV, he will need to have a radical new idea up his sleeve about how to take the broadcaster ...
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Granada signs up content for mobile phone viewing
Granada Ventures has signed a deal to sell programmes and films, ...
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Pact creative strategies conference: Opportunity knocks
Mergers, rights and the growing need for indies to take a more business-like approach were all on the agenda at Pact's Creative Strategies Conference. Michelle Webster reports
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UKTV commissions Pub series
UKTV has commissioned three series from Eagle Media Productions based around an old country pub in Berkshire called The Pot Kiln. For UKTV Food, Eagle is making the 10 x 46-minute A Pub in the Country, which follows a couple as they take over running the ...
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Fingersmith chalks up more sales
Fremantle International Distribution has sold lesbian-themed period drama Fingersmithand documentary The Story of 1to a further nine countries. Sally Head Productions' Fingersmithhas been taken by broadcasters including ABC in Australia, TVNZ in New Zealand and Bosnia TV. At ...
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FBC still in the market to buy more indies
The company that acquired Diverse is looking to buy another one or two indies this year, FBC founder Alan Friedman ...
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Nat Geo buys British docs
National Geographic Channels International has acquired exclusive satellite rights to two UK shows for its summer documentary strand No Bordersto be screened in July.
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CiTV braces itself for phobias show
CiTV has commissioned indie Darrall Macqueen to make Feel the Fear, a new factual entertainment series exploring fears and phobias. The 13 x 15-minute show challenges CiTV presenters Holly Willoughby and Steve Wilson to face 13 phobias such as a fear of sharks and heights. Aimed ...
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Colorfront bought
Autodesk, the manufacturer of Flame, Smoke and Inferno, has bought colour correction developer Colorfront for $15m (£8m). Colorfront, a privately owned company in Budapest, Hungary has previously worked with Autodesk to co-develop the Discreet Lustre digital grading system.
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Commissioners Q&A: Glenwyn Benson
The controller of BBC factual TV is proud to be part of the broadcasting team that helped to raise audience figures for factual shows, and is keen to deliver a follow-up to Supervolcano
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Weigh up the benefits before
Small and medium-sized indies seeking more muscle in the market by forming alliances or full-blown mergers have to ...
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BBC's web mistake
THE BBC has been forced to change its Radio1 web page after a complaint about a song named Gyppo kids ate my hamster. The track was recorded as part of a Radio1 session by Cardiff band The Martini Henry Rifles, but attracted complaints from a Romani support group. The British ...
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BBC montage starts VE special
BBC Broadcast has created titles and graphics for the BBC's VE reunion special , We'll Meet Again. Searchlights scan across the screen revealing old photos of people who were separated during or after the war and are being brought back together especially for the show. Designers Seonaid ...
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Talkback to deliver QI for BBC
Talkback has been commissioned by BBC2 to make a third series of comedy quiz show QI.Filming will start next month on the 12 x 30-minute show, for transmission in the autumn. Produced by creator John Lloyd, the series will be co-produced by Quite Interesting Productions.
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BBC fills daytime commissioning role
The BBC has appointed Karen Brown, a former editor of ITV1's This Morning, to oversee daytime commissions from outside London.
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BBC Scotland staff hit out at controller
BBC Scotland controller Ken McQuarrie is facing calls to resign after over 10% of BBC workers in the region signed a vote of no confidence against him.
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BBC Worldwide's Edridge departs
Olga Edridge, director of joint-ventures and new channel development for BBC Worldwide, is quitting the corporation's commercial arm to 'consider fresh opportunities'. Edridge has headed the joint-venture channels division since its launch eight years ago and launched BBC Canada and BBC Kids. She also led the global partnership between the ...