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NewsFX bulk-buys Water Rats
Fox has acquired 177 hours of Australian cop drama series Water Ratsfor its FX channel in the UK.
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NewsNBC buys new Burnett quiz
US network NBC has picked up the latest quiz show format from reality guru Mark Burnett, the producer behind hits such as The Apprentice, Survivorand Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
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NewsBehind the numbers: The price of an indie
Kate Bulkley on how to figure out what an indie is worth.
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NewsCredit crisis puts brakes on indie consolidation
The credit crunch afflicting world financial markets could have serious ramifications for consolidation in the UK indie sector as the flow of private equity cash and the availability of credit, which has underpinned multimillion pound acquisitions to date, dries up.
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Crime probed by Virgin 1
Virgin 1 will lift the lid on the multicultural secret criminal organisations operating across the UK today in a 10 x 30-minute series.
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Fonejacker gets the call
E4 has ordered a Christmas special and a 6 x 30-minute second series of prank call show Fonejackerfrom Hat Trick Productions.
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NewsBBC3 lines up Friday night entertainment
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen is lining up a Friday Night Live-style entertainment show as part of a strategy to attract younger viewers to the channel.
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NewsMore 4 doubles doc output
More 4 has reasserted its commitment to international documentaries by doubling the number of new films in the True Storiesstrand to 40 over the next year.
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NewsHomegrown revamp for aspirational Five
Five has pledged to step up its original commissions and spend less on US imports as part of a move to make the channel feel more British.
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NewsC4 goes back to basics
Edinburgh:Channel 4 chose attack as the best form of defence at the Edinburgh TV Festival, firing its opening salvo with the announcement that Celebrity Big Brotherwould be rested in 2008 after this year's troubled show.
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NewsRTL marks Five's value down£83m
Higher than expected programming costs have contributed to Five owner RTL slicing£83m from the value it puts on the broadcaster.
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NewsNAB Show Focus: VFX stands create impact
The buzz of NAB - and the clamour for visual effects kit - was unaffected by a slight drop in visitor numbers this year.
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NewsPlenty of questions over trust - but few answers
Edinburgh:Trust in TV was the inevitable central theme of this year's Edinburgh TV Festival, but solutions to the crisis in viewer confidence were few and far between.
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NewsNews chiefs clash over questions of judgement
Edinburgh:BBC News head Peter Horrocks and Commons media select committee chair John Whittingdale have launched a blistering attack on head of Sky News John Ryley.
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NewsPaxman fights corner against budget cuts
Edinburgh:'So are you going to sack Paxo?' the BBC chairman Sir Michael Lyons was asked by a fellow Edinburgh festival-goer following Jeremy Paxman's hard-hitting MacTaggart lecture.
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NewsSupernanny outsmarts BBC2's Restaurant
BBC2's new reality show The Restaurantserved up a decent enough first serving at 8pm with 2m viewers, a share of 9.5%, but was no match for the return of Channel 4's Supernannywhich drew 2.9m (14%).
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NewsAvid develops 3D stereo tools
Avid Technology is researching enhancements to its key Media Composer technology for the production of stereoscopic 3D content.
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NewsUTV grows profits by 4%
TalkSport owner UTV was upbeat after posting a 4% rise in profits for the six months to 30 June, but has warned that TV advertising revenues are set to fall. [ALL]
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NewsCarnival to make hotel comedy for ITV1
ITV1 will follow the trials and tribulations of an assistant manager left in charge of a hotel over the Christmas period in a Fawlty Towers-esque one-off comedy drama. [ALL]