Small MPU – Page 167
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NewsScottish move for Culture Show
The Culture Show is to be produced out of Glasgow after it moves to a new primetime slot on BBC2 next month.
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NewsBanzai headed for MySpace
Spoof Japanese gameshow Banzai is to be turned into mini webisodes in an exclusive deal with MySpaceTV.
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NewsSmall radio stations to launch ‘support group'
Small independent radio stations have joined forces to launch a “standalone self-help group” to discuss industry issues because they do not feel represented by the Radio Centre.
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Mock the Week duo to star in R4 comedy run
Mock the Week host Dara O'Briain and panellists Andy Parsons and Frankie Boyle are to team up again for a BBC Radio 4 comedy series from indie Open Mike.
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NewsEagle dishes out two servings of Martin
Eagle Media Productions has won commissions from UKTV Food and BBC2 that will follow TV chef James Martin on two very different road trips.
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NewsFrank: RDF USA could overtake UK business
RDF Media Group chief executive David Frank has predicted the company's income from the US could overtake its UK revenue in the next few years.
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NewsDiscovery doc shows dark side of Cleopatra
Lion TV and Brave New Media are promising to cast Cleopatra in a macabre new light in a two-hour primetime documentary for Discovery US.
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ITV slumps despite ad boost while Sky soars
BSkyB and ITV may share the rights to broadcast the Uefa Champions League final but their share prices moved in opposite directions this week.
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NewsDRG sets up acquisitions arm
The Digital Rights Group (DRG) is planning a major expansion of its programming catalogue with the establishment of a dedicated content acquisitions arm.
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BBC1 calls for Motorway Cops series
BBC1 has commissioned Folio to make its Motorway Cops specials into a series.
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Cineflix sells 500 hours to Scandinavia
Five factual drama Cold Blood and property makeover series Colin & Justin's Home Heist are among 500 hours of programming sold to Scandinavian broadcasters by Cineflix International.
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NewsBBC brews Proops drama
The BBC is developing a biopic of former Daily Mirror agony aunt Marjorie Proops.
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NewsMotive makes US exchange
Motive is to follow three Irish students working on summer placements in the US for an ob-doc series for Irish broadcaster RTE.
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Satisfaction spreads
Edgy drama Satisfaction has been sold to four new territories by distributor Fremantle Media Enterprises.
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NewsSky puts Faith in McCarthy
Sky Arts has hired broadcaster and former hostage John McCarthy to narrate and present a three-part documentary series on the art and architecture of Islamic, Jewish and Christian buildings.
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NewsFive unveils films in history strand
Five is to explore the truth behind the latest Indiana Jones movie in a new documentary examining “ancient” crystal skulls.
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NewsBurnham rejects calls for PRTS criminal inquiry
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has ducked a challenge by Lib-Dem media spokesman Don Foster to get the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the premium-rate telephone TV scandals.
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NewsTalkback ventures into web comedy
Talkback Thames will make its first foray into web comedy after signing comic troupe Navelgazing in the latest of its talent deals.
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NewsStevens moves from Living to Paramount
Paramount Comedy has hired Virgin Media TV's Amanda Stevens as its new head of acquisitions.
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Endemol UK launches unit to develop ad-funded programmes
Endemol UK has set up a dedicated brand partnerships division as part of plans to extend its ad-funded programming into quizzes and cookery shows.