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Great Britons format sold to South Africa
South African broadcaster SABC has bought the rights to BBC format Great Britons and plans to use the show as part of its coverage of the 10th anniversary of the end of apartheid.
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ITV continues restructure of key areas
ITV has appointed a commercial director for the network and an operations head for its news group.
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This Morning shift
Granada has promoted Simon Greenwood to the role of senior specials producer on ITV1 daytime show This Morning. He will now head the specials team with a specific brief to generate more human interest stories. He takes over from Vickie Stokes who is now ...
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Teletext TV launch
Teletext is launching its first digital television channel. Teletext Holidays TV will begin broadcasting on Sky on 23 February backed by a£4m launch budget. The 24-hour station will be produced by indie New Era Television, and will feature destination guides, holiday news, weather reports and viewer competitions. If the channel ...
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C4I secures deals with french channels
Channel 4 International has secured a raft of sales in France, including the acclaimed arts reality show Operatunity. The Diverse Productions series has been picked up by Arte. In addition, French entertainment channel M6 has bought ITN Factual's two-part documentary Di's Guys and France ...
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Midsomer goes to Germany for first time
All3Media International has made its first sale of ITV crime series Midsomer Murders to Germany. The first two series of the murder mystery series, made by All3Media offshoot Bentley Productions, will be screened on public broadcaster ZDF. An eighth season of the programme, starring John ...
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Celador scores more brainiest success
Celador International has won further international success for its Brainiest? quiz show with a new format sale in Greece. Fremantle Media's Greek subsidiary has landed the commission to produce a 70 x 45-minute series plus a 90-minute final, which will be stripped through weekdays on ...
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Wark Clements in SPL co-pro with Setanta
Scottish indie Wark Clements will co-produce 38 Scottish Premier League matches each year for the next four years if its production partner Setanta Sports succeeds in securing exclusive rights to the games next week.
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NewsKerrang! tests in Manchester
Emap is to test Kerrang! Radio in Manchester on a restricted service licence (RSL) in preparation for the next swathe of FM licence bids.
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S&V wins ocean race
Indie Sunset & Vine has won the contract to produce and distribute the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race. The Television Corporation subsidiary, which also produces cricket for Channel 4 and other sports coverage broadcast around the world, will be the race's global television production partner, producing several hundred hours of programming. ...
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Green Bay scheme
Cardiff-based indie Green Bay Media is to join other Welsh production companies to launch a drama development fund, which will create a slate of film scripts for broadcasters, film financiers, distributors and investors. Wales' biggest production facilities group, Barcud Derwen, will co-finance the fund's start-up phase with Sgrin, the media ...
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Back to Reality starts poorly
Five's director of programmes, Dan Chambers, is to move Back to Reality into the key 21.00 slot despite disappointing ratings in its first three days.
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BBC1 plans issue focused dramas
BBC1 has commissioned a factual drama exploring what would happen if London was attacked by a 'dirty' radiological bomb, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC1 banks on Spicer for daytime show
Self-made millionaire and TV antiques expert Lorne Spicer will attempt to boost the coffers of families around the country in a new daytime show for BBC1, writes Michael Rosser.
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S4C drama to celebrate Cardiff city
The director of British gangster film Rancid Aluminium is making a£1.5m Cardiff-based drama series for Welsh channel S4C, writes Michael Rosser.
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ITV commissions 2DTV for fifth run
ITV has commissioned another series of satirical animation show 2DTV from the indie of the same name. The 6 x 30-minute series, ordered by ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam, will feature new celebrities such as rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson. The series, which is due ...
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Maidstone indie wins commissions
Maidstone-based indie Peter Williams Television has been commissioned to make a 6 x 30-minute regional series on crime during the second world war for Meridian. Underworld at War, dubbed the 'factual Foyle's War', was commissioned by Meridian controller of regional programming Mark Southgate. It will be produced and directed by ...
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Top trumps inspires Challenge TV show
Challenge TV has ordered 20 x 30-minute episodes of a comedy panel show from Princess Productions, based on the classic card game Top Trumps. Totally Top Trumps was commissioned by Challenge channel controller Jonathon Webb and will air in April. Sebastian Scott will executive produce ...
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Somethin' else looks at branding sport
Indie Somethin' Else is to chart the history of the brand within the world of sport for BBC Radio 5 Live. The 4 x 30-minute series, Brand It Like Beckham , will run from Monday to Thursday at the end of May. Presented by journalist ...
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Objective makes over E4 dating show
Objective Productions is to revamp its E4 dating show Five Go Dating and will deliver 30 episodes of a new-look programme. Called Four Go Dating, the new run will place four men and four women in two£1.5m loft apartments in London. The two groups will ...