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    Outpost Digital opens HD site in move to Noho

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    US Facility house Outpost Digital is opening a purpose-built HD facility in Gresse Street, north of Oxford Street in London, so it can compete in both short-form and long-form markets.

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    Davies to star in ITV road movie

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    ITV has commissioned Zenith Entertainment to make a 90-minute comedy drama, billed as 'the ultimate road movie - on foot'.

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    Two Way names CTO

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Two Way TV has appointed Simon Teppet as its new chief technology officer. Teppet leaves his position of vice president of technology, interactive services division at Chello Broadband. He was previously head of new media technology at Sky. Two Way TV's previous CTO, Richard Kydd, left to join NTL as ...

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    Format Focus: A Chef in the Family

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    In this reality show, another offering from Scandinavian format specialist Strix, a top chef joins a family to show them new and exciting alternatives to their daily fare.

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    Endemol in court over Champ show

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Mark Burnett, the British producer behind reality show Survivor , has challenged Endemol to a bout in the US courts over rival reality boxing shows. Burnett, who is producing The Contender with Dreamworks for US network NBC, has called on ...

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    The case for a new deal

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    It was with gritted teeth that Celador gave away a million this week. Not because of another cheating contestant but because it failed to disguise its greed in court.

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    Powerpuff follow-up for cartoon network

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    The creator of the Cartoon Network's animated show Powerpuff Girls - one of the children's channel's most popular programmes - has created a new show, which will air on CN in October. Craig McCracken has produced 26 x 30-minute episodes of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, which centres on ...

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    Decode to unveils kids series at Cannes

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Decode Entertainment is to unveil its new live-action children's series to the international market at this year's Mipcom market in Cannes. The 26 x 22-minute series, titled Freaks of Nature , has been picked up by Nickelodeon UK and the Family Channel in Canada. It ...

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    Canadians get wonderful world of sex

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Bullseye Television has sold a 52-part series about sex to a Canadian cable channel. The Wonderful World of Sex has been picked up by Sex TV, the 17th territory to take the series. In addition, Bullseye's 2 x 60-minute documentary about pain, ...

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    VTR restructure pushes out Cadle

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    The VTR Group is undergoing a major restructure in which Dave Cadle has been replaced as Blue's managing director by Danny Whybrow, former managing director of The Machine Room.

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    Bravo to show men doing stupid things

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Bravo has commissioned indie Bullseye Television to chart the rise of Jackass -style stunts performed and filmed by groups of young men. World of Stupid will examine the global trend for masochistic stunts spawned by the MTV show. Bravo commissioning ...

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    Blue finishes Blakeway's Diana

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Blue has finished work on Diana for Blakeway Productions. The 90-minute documentary, a follow-up of Blakeway's The Queen's Story of 2002, examines the impact on the royal family of the princess's death and the constant posthumous revelations. Online editor Clive Mattock completed the online, colourist ...

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    GWR boosts bid with ?rock school'

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Radio group GWR is proposing a new rock station for Edinburgh and would set up a 'school of rock' for young musicians if given the go-ahead.

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    IBC award to Turner

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    International media mogul Ted Turner has been awarded the IBC International Honour for Excellence award in recognition of his skill in exploiting the potential of media technology advancements within broadcast delivery. Turner's CNN was the first news channel to become a 24-hour service and was a pioneer of the video-on-demand ...

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    MTV to broadcast Busted's US assault

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    MTV is producing a documentary following the pop band Busted's efforts to crack the American market. The broadcaster, which this week sent its cameras to the US with the band to trail them for the next 10 weeks, is producing the six-part series America or Busted as a joint venture ...

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    Asia's star TV buys David Beckham series

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    3DD Entertainment has made a raft of sales to Asia including a series following footballer David Beckham's training project for kids. Really Bend it Like Beckham , which first aired on the BBC, has been acquired by Star TV in south-east Asia, TVB in Hong ...

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    ITV appoints two

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    ITV has bolstered the management team on its digital channels with two appointments. Paramount Comedy Channel planning and research manager Adam Collings has joined as programme strategy manager for ITV channels, working across ITV2 and ITV3. ITV content research group manager Mark Sammon has been made schedule strategy manager, ITV ...

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    Russia buys I'd Do Anything

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Russia is the latest territory to buy into indie TWI's I'd Do Anything gameshow format, which challenges contestants to face their worst fears in order win prizes for family and loved ones.

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    Snoddy in line for current affairs show

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    The former media editor of The Times , Ray Snoddy, has been confirmed as the host of the BBC's new comment programme in which executives will have to answer viewers' complaints on its news and current affairs output. The weekly ...

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    Homechoice add-on

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Homechoice, the broadband television platform, has signed a deal with BSkyB for its sports and movie channels to join its platform for the first time. Homechoice, which at the moment is only available in London, had 3,500 subscribers at the last count in April. In the deal, Sky Sports ...