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Studio deal opens up US for Hat Trick
Hat Trick Productions is to open a Los Angeles office on the back of a two-year development deal worth more than $3 million (£1.9 million) signed with Warner Bros this week.In
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On Digital execs talk with rivals
Members of On Digital's senior management team are in talks with rival platform operators following the departure of chief executive Stephen Grabiner, according to sources, writes Alice Macandrew.It is understood three
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C4 in talks with GWR over digital radio bid
Channel 4 has emerged as a surprise candidate to run a new speech-based digital radio station on Digital One, the national commercial digital mulitplex due to be launched at the end
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Projector Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a£2 million feature-length TV adaptation of Cinderella, to be broadcast over Christmas, writes Wale Azeez. The 90-minute drama, underst
Projector Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a£2 million feature-length TV adaptation of Cinderella, to be broadcast over Christmas, writes Wale Azeez. The 90-minute drama, understood to
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Channel 5 opts for 'attitude' with new identity
Channel 5 is to undergo its most radical overhaul since launching with a new on-screen identity and rejigged programming line-up this autumn.The broadcaster will ditch its original 'modern mainstream' branding in
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INDIE WINS CRAZY DISCOVERY JOINT COMMISSION
York-based independent NMTV has become the first company to win a joint commission from Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) and Discovery's new US digital channel, Wings. The 7 x 30-minute series Plane
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ACTOR'S STUDIO TO AIR ON PERFORMANCE IN SEPTEMBER
Daily Mail & General Trust-owned cable exclusive channel Performance has acquired a 26 x 60-minute run of US series Inside The Actor's Studio from US distributor Cableready. The series, acquired by
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CRIME SQUAD GETS NEW ORDERS FROM BBC 1
The Crime Squad has been recommissioned for a 10 x 30-minute BBC 1 run this autumn. Produced by BBC News in Manchester, the reorder follows a five-part pilot series that has
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DAVIES VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN BY LUCKY DOG
Chrysalis Visual Entertainment-owned Lucky Dog has gone into pre-production with A Many Splintered Thing, an 8 x 30-minute comedy drama series starring Alan Davies. Costing£2 million, the series will be
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CAMERAS ROLLING FOR BBC 2 VERSION OF MADAME BOVARY
Filming has just begun on the BBC 2 adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's romantic tragedy Madame Bovary. A BBC films and serials co-production with WGBH Boston and BBC Worldwide, it is being
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OWEN'S TIPS SPEARHEAD GET YOUR KIT ON CAMPAIGN
Michael Owen is to kick off the BBC's Get Your Kit On campaign with a new BBC 2 programme called Michael Owen's Soccer Skills. Beginning on 10 September, the six-part series
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NewsBectu slams ITV regional news cuts
Bectu has slammed ITV's plans to cut its regional news services from 17 flagship programmes to a nine region structure warning the move could cost hundreds of jobs. [ALL]
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WISE BUDDAH FIELDING TOM JONES RADIO 2 BIOGRAPHY
BBC Radio 2 is to broadcast a 2 x 60-minute biography of Tom Jones to be produced by indie Wise Buddah. Tom Jones - The Boy from Nowhere will include interviews
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GAINSBOURG PLAY WILL STAR REAL-LIFE LOVER BIRKIN
Jane Birkin is to star in a BBC Radio 4 play about her life with lover Serge Gainsbourg, produced by independent Catherine Bailey Productions.Birkin and Gainsbourg gained notoriety when they recorded
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POSTPONED SUPERGRASS DOC WILL AIR IN AUGUST
Supergrass, LWT's documentary about a police informant for BBC 1's Inside Story, will now be broadcast on 4 August. The informant featured had taken out an injunction on the programme, originally
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Historical drama heads for BBC 1
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned Picture Palace Films and BBC Northern Ireland to make a historical drama series set during the run-up to Irish independence.Rebel Heart, a 4 x
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C4 orders 'family saga'
Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary series from Twenty Twenty Television charting the history of a family through the twentieth-century to mark the new millennium, writes Alice Macandrew.Billed as a 'family
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Band of Gold writer readies script
Band of Gold and Playing the Field writer Kay Mellor is scripting a new drama series for ITV called Fat Friends, writes Ashley Davies.The 8 x 60-minute series is about a
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Pacific to make two docs for Sky
Pacific Productions, the independent set up last year by Rachel Purnell, a former senior vice-president of MTV Networks Europe, has landed two new commissions for Sky One's autumn schedule, writes Alice
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NewsBectu warns of ITV job cuts
Bectu has slammed ITV's plans to cut its regional news services from 17 flagship programmes to a nine-region structure, warning the move could cost hundreds of jobs. [ALL]