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Talent TV to make my teen genie
Indie Talent TV is to begin making a live-action show for children with Canadian producer Amberwood Entertainment. My Teen Genie features the antics of a teenage girl and a young genie that lives in her mobile phone. The 26 x 30-minute series is being financed ...
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North one gets five gadget show order
North One Television Midlands has been commissioned by Five to produce a 10 x 30-minute series working-titled The Gadget Show. The programme, which will road test gadgets, was commissioned by Five controller of science Justine Kershaw and has been pre-sold to Discovery UK. The ...
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Extreme sports makes two originals
Extreme Sports Channel managing director Phil Jones has commissioned two series for the broadcaster: the 6 x 30-minute Stacked , from Cardiff indie Boomerang, which examines extreme sports injuries and the 6 x 30-minute Hanging with?, which will take amateur extreme sports fans to met ...
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Electric sky picks up a place in the sun
Distributor Electric Sky has acquired the rights to two more series of Channel 4's A Place in the Sun (above). Produced by Freeform, it follows people as they search for their dream home abroad. The company has also picked up an 8 x 26-minute documentary series, Diana's Photos. The series, ...
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Screentime to represent lone eagle
Format sales house Screentime Partners is to represent a brace of reality formats from Toronto-based Lone Eagle Entertainment. Screentime will hold several territorial rights to dating format Hooked Up and The Call , which explores the competitive world of casting.
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Dunkley promoted
Five has promoted Ian Dunkley to deputy commissioning editor of factual entertainment. Dunkley, who joined the department last November, will commission strands and one-off popular documentaries, working alongside Steve Gowans, head of factual entertainment, and Liam Humphreys, commissioning editor, factual entertainment. Dunkley has previously produced Eurotrash, Passengers and Fortean TV ...
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NBC orders driver
US network NBC has commissioned indie Mentorn to make a 60-minute primetime special based on its Worst Driver format. Production has begun on The Worst Driver in America , which if successful could lead to other spin-offs. It will be produced by Scott Messnick and ...
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RDF sells pair of ideal world docs
RDF International has sold two factual programmes from indie Ideal World to networks around the world. Siamese Survivors , about conjoined twins Hassan and Hussain Salih, has been picked up by VMM in Belgium, TVNZ in New Zealand and an unnamed broadcaster in Denmark. In ...
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De Mol increases stake in TVCorp
Endemol founder Jon de Mol has bought a further stake in indie The Television Corporation, sparking renewed speculation he intends to make a bid for the company.
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Clear Restructures
Soho effects house Clear has restructured its management team in an effort to attract more work from the feature film market. Simon Gosling has joined from MPC to head the commercials/short-form division, allowing Steve Garrad, currently head of production, to become head of film. Garrad will be joined by Peter ...
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ITV commissions charity walk drama
ITV has commissioned Granada to make a two-hour drama charting the roller-coaster journey of a group of people who take part in a walk across the Sahara to raise money for a cancer charity, writes Paul Revoir.
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Sci-Fi channel plans relaunch
A modern day version of classic paranormal series The Twilight Zone is to lead a relaunch of the Sci-Fi channel in a bid to shed the channel's niche image.
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Expanding bubble
Audio facility Bubble TV has appointed a dubbing mixer and revealed plans to build a third studio. Jez Spencer, formerly of Head First Facilities, has been brought in to strengthen the documentary and factual operation. His previous work includes The South Bank Show and programmes for Channel 4, Discovery and ...
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Bravo brings Stripperella to UK
Bravo has acquired the Pamela Anderson-inspired animation series Stripperella. The 14 x 30-minute series, which is produced by MTV and originally aired on Spike TV in the US, is the result of a collaboration between legendary comic book writer Stan Lee and Anderson, who ...
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Five and Sky pick up dragon booster
Five and BSkyB have picked up the rights to Alliance Atlantis' children's CGI show Dragon Booster. The 26 x 30-minute series will air on Five on Saturdays early next year. Sky One will screen it from January. It is currently shown on ABC Family in the US and CBC in ...
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GMTV boosted by Living order
Plans by GMTV to increase its production business have been given a boost with a 15-part commission from Living TV, previewing and discussing the week's soap operas.
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Cat given BBC job
Broadcast computer systems company Cat and Mouse is to supply real-time graphics and audience interaction systems for a new BBC1 game show Come and Have a go if You Think You're Smart Enough. Cat and Mouse will provide a tailor-made system to control all aspects of the studio game including ...
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Barker given wider ITV role
Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has been made ITV London controller of regional programmes, overseeing all the capital's non-news regional programming.
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Inside crime back
MTV Studios has been awarded the contract to host the second series of the ITV1 crime show Inside Crime. The Screen Channel-produced show - which features interviews with police officers concerning ongoing investigations interspersed with up-to-date videotape packages all shot on the afternoon before ...
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Blue installs six new Avid suites
Soho-based Blue Post Production is investing almost£400,000 to expand its facility with six new Avid suites, writes Farah Jifri.