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Pop Idol-style dance show heads for US
Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment is to make a Pop Idol-style reality show for Fox in the US to find the country's best dancer. Under the working title Dance Nation, the live show will set competitors different challenges each week. Fuller, who created ...
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Granada/KQED join forces on Cousteau exploration series
Granada International has inked a deal to invest in and distribute a high-definition documentary series from Emmy-award winning marine explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau.
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Commissioner's Q & A
br>Extreme Sports Channel managing director Europe Phil Jones is looking for broader lifestyle coverage for existing viewers and thinks that Gumball 3000 opened the way to bringing in new audiences
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Trisha to front outrageous TV clips on Five
Five is to extend its Greatest TV Momentsstrand and has secured new daytime signing Trisha Goddard to present the first of the new batch.
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Chewing Gum wins development cash
Development company Chewing Gum has won£5,000 development money for the best interactive programme idea in a competition sponsored by Eckoh Technologies at Broadcast's Commissioning Conference in November. Chewing Gum's idea, Connections, is a programme combining genealogy and the web. Chewing Gum was set up by former Talkback Thames development producer ...
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Sky pushes set-top loyalty card
Sky subscribers will be able to shop, bet and earn loyalty points through a new credit card designed for use on their digital set-top boxes. BSkyB, which has been developing the technology with IT management consultancy Consult Hyperion, has informed all broadcasters who use its platform that the interactive card ...
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Scot Sky News call
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has called for Sky News to launch a separate operation in Scotland, similar to that of its Sky News Ireland service which launched in May last year. SNP MSP Kenny MacAskill said that while Sky News has offices in Dublin and Limerick enabling two Irish ...
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Lipsync buys DI kit
Soho's Lipsync Post has bought a second Quantel iQ digital intermediate grading suite, totalling£3.5m of investment in digital intermediate over the past year. The new suite includes Truelight Calibration, 5.1 surround sound and a 12-foot screen, which is supported by Northlight film scanners and Arri-laser film recorders. Lipsync has recently ...
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MTV on series buying spree
MTV has commissioned a slate of new series, including a British version of car makeover show Pimp My Ride.
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ITV is a buyer too
Rather than letting itself be a target, would ITV do better making acquisitions of its own.
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Initial builds team
Endemol-owned indie Initial has strengthened its senior management team with three new appointments to handle its expanding production slate.
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Bravo to screen two FHM ventures
Bravo has teamed up with men's magazine FHMfor two new projects. The 60-minute Giant/Emap co-production The World Poker Exchange London Open, to air later this year, will follow 10 FHM readers as they play for£1m. It will also be broadcast on Flextech-owned ...
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Sellers biopic win
Company Pictures' biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellerswon two awards at the Golden Globes ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday (16 January). The piece, which was co-produced by BBC Films and American pay-TV channel HBO, took the award for best miniseries or motion picture ...
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BIBC internet launch
British Internet Broadcasting Company (BIBC) has launched an end-to-end internet broadcasting service called Internet Master. BIBC claimed the service is the first of its kind to allow content owners to sell on-demand across the internet. One strand of the service, Channel Master, enables the use of the internet as an ...
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BBC moments vote
Broadcastis asking readers to vote for their favourite BBC moment from the 1930s to the present day for publication in a special supplement entitled My BBC. The readers vote will be featured alongside iconic BBC moments and programmes chosen by leading industry figures. Produced in collaboration ...
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BBC in Hat Trick UK rights deal
BBC Worldwide has signed a three-year output deal with indie Hat Trick Productions, securing UK distribution rights for its BBC-commissioned programming.
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Somethin Else to syndicate Brit awards
Indie Somethin' Else has been appointed as the radio syndication partner for the 2005 Brit Awards. UK stations will be offered pre and post-show interview clips and performance highlights. International stations will be offered build-up shows, live feeds, highlight shows and interview clips. In addition, for three weeks before the ...
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Switchco launch set for April
SwitchCo, the independent body that will manage the switch from analogue to digital TV, is to launch officially in April. BBC head of distribution Andy Townend is expected be confirmed as chief executive after working full time on the launch of the organisation for almost a year. Channel 4 deputy ...
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Five signs Sunset for another three years
Indie Sunset + Vine is to make 1,500 hours of programming for Five after the broadcaster renewed its contract with the company for sports content until 2007.
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ASP's software aid
Adaptable Software Products (ASP) has launched accounting software developed specifically for media freelancers and contractors. Accolyte was designed in consultation with industry accountants and current freelancers to produce an all-in-one package that covers invoicing, bills, currency conversion, VAT returns and year-end accounting.