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ABC commissions wife swap spin-offs
US network ABC has green lit pilots for two Wife Swap spin-offs from RDF Media. Boss Swap, above, which aired in the UK on Channel 4 earlier this year, and Husband Swap are to go into production later in the summer. They follow ABC's recommission of Wife Swap prior to ...
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Chinese take away chart show cd:uk
Blaze Television's ITV1 chart show CD:UK has been picked up for broadcast in China. Over 100 episodes of the show, represented by Zeal Music, have been sold to new digital channel CDP Music, co-owned by Chinese public broadcaster CCTV. The deal, brokered by Sydney-based distributor Zebra, also includes 11 episodes ...
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Entertainment rights lands puppy days
Entertainment Rights, owner of Basil Brush and Postman Pat, has secured the UK licensing, merchandising and video rights to pre-school cartoon Clifford's Puppy Days. The series, produced by Scholastic Entertainment, charts the early years of the CBeebies show Clifford the Big Red Dog. The new show will launch on CBeebies ...
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All3media goes east with midsomer
All3Media has inked a raft of new deals across eastern Europe, including sales of Bentley Productions' drama series Midsomer Murders. Central Partnership has picked up series seven of the ITV1 drama for transmission in Russia, while Slovenia's Pop TV has taken the first six series. Croatian public broadcaster HRT adds ...
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Aussie cop show sold to Granada Sky
Beyond Distribution has sold the first two series of hit Australian undercover cop show Stingers to Granada Sky Broadcasting, the owner of Granada Plus and Men and Motors. Stingers, about the lives and loves of undercover police, is set to go into its eighth series and has also sold to ...
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Green in daytime directorial debut
Actor Robson Green is to make his directorial debut in the new run of BBC1's Afternoon Plays as the strand extends beyond from its romantic comedy roots.
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Five uncovers more of Britain's Worst
Five is to expand its Britain's Worst strand with four one-hour specials looking at the country's worst wife, teenager, neighbour and mother-in-law.
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Betty hooks up with anti-social teens
Betty, the indie run by former Channel 4 commissioning editor of features Liz Warner, has been commissioned to make a new documentary series looking at teenagers who have been labelled anti-social, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC3 next up to mark Band Aid birthday
BBC3 is the latest broadcaster to order a programme marking the 20th anniversary of Band Aid. The 60-minute as-yet-untitled documentary, to be made by indie Blakeway Productions, will be presented by Midge Ure (above right with Bob Geldof), who produced the charity record Do They Know It's Christmas?, and includes ...
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Heavy duty order for the gamma project
The Discovery Channel has commissioned new indie The Gamma Project to make a series about machinery, fronted by Red Dwarf's Chris Barrie. The 10 x 30-minute Heavy Duty, which is due to air in November, is the follow-up to Massive Engines. The series was commissioned by Discovery Channel UK director ...
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Graef to make doc on operation trident
Roger Graef's Films of Record has been commissioned to make a BBC1 series charting the Metropolitan Police's Operation Trident unit, which investigates black-on-black crime. The 3 x 60-minute Gun Cops was commissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and senior commissioning executive Richard Klein and is produced and directed by Jane ...
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Trio of orders for the children's company
The Children's Company has picked up three orders, including a fresh take on children's stories penned by Calendar Girls writer Tim Firth. The live-action Baddies, which is in development for the BBC, will tell stories such as the Three Little Pigs or Cinderella from the villain's point of view. Little ...
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Red Vision puts the epic into TV
Red vision has brought Lord of the Rings-style battles to the small screen with the BBC's upcoming Battlefield Britain and intends to license the groundbreaking software that made it possible across the industry.
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Lola buys in HD kit for BBC doc
Special effects company Lola has spent over£200,000 on new kit to cater for the HD needs of BBC documentary Supervolcano, following in the footsteps of its previous success with Pompeii.
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Machine room hires
The Machine Room has expanded its DVD operations, which now account for over 25% of its annual turnover, with the addition of five staff. Vicki Angus, former new media producer at Stream, joins alongside Kat Evans, who brings music and feature experience from Abbey Road and Technicolor. Paul Mills has ...
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Morris lobbied
Minister for the arts Estelle Morris was last week urged to address training issues in the£1.4bn post-production industry to ensure that the UK maintains its position as a world leader. Colin Brown, head of Cinesite, said that Morris was fascinated by the way that training works in the industry during ...
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PSB channel launch
Ascent Media Network Services Europe has helped launch Information TV, a free-to-air TV channel that is touting itself as 'a new approach to public service broadcasting'. The channel carries programmes from government departments, public bodies and other public service institutions. It aims to provide UK citizens with access to valuable ...
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new tv sms system
The new sendto:Air picture messaging system from broadcast computer system specialist Cat and Mouse will be unveiled this Saturday on BBC1's new primetime show Johnny & Denise - Passport to Paradise. The system downloads picture and text messages from mobile phone networks and allows producers to quickly view and approve ...
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Bow Tie recruits
Outside broadcasting company Bow Tie Television has appointed Duncan Smith - formerly facility director for Nats - as sales and marketing director. Tom Nash joins as head of sound from Visions.
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NewsAirey rules herself out of C4 contest
Sky Networks managing director Dawn Airey has ruled herself out of the race for the Channel 4 chief executive role.