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Peakviewing snaps up Taran Sound
UK indie producer/distributor Peakviewing Transatlantic has bought Cardiff-based Taran Sound Studios as part of a facilities expansion plan, writes Barbara Marshall.Peakviewing Transatlantic chief executive Elizabeth Matthews declined to reveal the amount
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September brings off raft of sales to US
September Films has secured a raft of US sales for its factual output.The 15 x 60-minute series Hollywood Confidential has been sold to the American Movie Classics channel, while its
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Real World bags commissions worth£5.5m
Scottish indie Ideal World Productions has secured commissions worth£5.5m across terrestrial and non-terrestrial channels.For BBC1, the company is making Force 10 Rescue, dubbed '999 meets Police Camera Action'. The
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UK Style to look at Christmas preparations
UK Style has commissioned NMTV to make what is billed as the channel's most ambitious programme to date - Christmas Live on Style.Ordered by UK Style channel editor Nick Thorogood,
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C4's Deakin orders Pesky game show
Channel 4 editor, arts and animation Camilla Deakin has commissioned indie Pesky to make a one-off animated game show for C4's Hot Reels: Animation Grand Prix strand, writes Jon RogersFifteen-minute Stress
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ITV to return to war zones with Nicholson
ITV controller of news, current affairs, arts and religion Steve Anderson has commissioned a second series of documentary series Back to the Front with Michael Nicholson.The 5 x 60-minute series
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Play UK orders pop culture send-up show
Manchester-based indie Multi Media Arts has won its first commission from Play UK.Channel editor Mathew Littleford has ordered a 10 x 30-minute series, Having a Pop, 'which takes a swipe
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NewsDiscovery downs a second Guinness
Discovery Networks Europe has signed a deal with Guinness World Records to show the second series of Ultimate Guinness World Records on Discovery UK.
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Armac makes Ferry journey to the Amazon
Armac Films project Ferry up the Amazon is due to be transmitted on BBC 1 Scotland as a 60-minute film on New Year's Eve.Commissioned by Neil McDonald at BBC Scotland,
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BBC to air Becker and McEnroe tournament
The BBC is to screen live action from next month's Honda Challenge tennis tournament, which will feature former champions such as Boris Becker and John McEnroe competing at the Royal Albert
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Cicada's three commissions
Cicada Films has scooped three commissions for Channel 4, Discovery and Carlton, writes Penny HughesSecrets of the Sands, a 60-minute film about the origins of the Egyptian Empire, will air on
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Pozzitive wins ITV Xmas panto commission
ITV has handed the commission for its yearly pantomime to Pozzitive Television.Commissioned by ITV network controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam, the 75-minute adaptation of Dick Whittington follows last year's production
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Bazal clinches 65-programme deal
Endemol UK production arm Bazal has clinched its first output deal with the Discovery Home & Leisure channel with a 65-programme deal, writes Leigh HolmwoodThe deal, commissioned by Discovery Home &
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October to make peasants doc for Channel 4
October Films has landed a major commission for Channel 4 to be directed by award-winning documentary-maker Angus Maqueen, writes Simon ElleryCommissioned by C4 head of documentaries Peter Dale, the 3 x
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Smith slams Weakest Link
The man behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? says BBC rival is a 'flawed format' and berates host Anne Robinson for not 'being genuine'
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Bakewell's Taboo lifts BBC2's share
Debut of new series nearly doubles BBC2's share as 3.6m tune in to see former Heart of The Matter presenter front history of nudity doc
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Top C4 execs on panel to hire new chief
The Channel 4 board has taken the unusual step of placing two its most senior channel executives on the interview panel that is choosing a successor to former C4 chief executive Michael Jackson, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Granada frets over Anglia production
Granada senior executives are privately concerned that network production at the company's acquired Anglia TV franchise is under threat.The news comes as Granada has finally axed the United Productions brand, the
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New BBC drama to reveal MI5's secrets
The BBC is hoping to lift the lid on M15 with a major six-part drama series on Britain's top secret spy service, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Emap moves against GWR
The Midlands city of Leicester has become an unlikely battleground for digital radio after Emap Performance stepped up its challenge to GWR's stranglehold on the city by offering to supply residents with digital radio sets for under£50, writes Georgina L