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UKTV hires PR head
UKTV has hired Mary Collins as head of media and public relations for the network. She joins on 11 July from BBC Worldwide where she is responsible for international communications and will head a nine-strong team. She replaces Elaine Robertson who is leaving to take up a new role at ...
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Sky lines up goals
Sky One has commissioned Ten Alps TV to make two 120-minute football specials looking at Premiership stars Manchester United.
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Trouble takes students to US
Flextech's youth channel Trouble is giving five Brits the chance to live like American university students in a new reality series from Princess Productions.
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BBC3 tearaways show gets second run
Family advice series The House of Tiny Tearawayshas been greenlit for a second run on BBC3. The programme, in which clinical psychologist Dr Tanya Byron attempts to improve the behaviour of disruptive kids at a special 'toddler sanctuary', will return in the autumn for a six-episode ...
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BBC3 shoots live nude art in Newcastle
BBC3 is to film several hundred naked people as they take part in a live art event at the Newcastle Gateshead cultural centre. The event is the work of Spencer Tunick, the New York artist whose gatherings of naked people have appeared everywhere, from London to Chile (pictured). The live ...
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Corrie killer starts a new life in Africa
Lucy-Jo Hudson, who played Coronation Streetkiller Katy Harris, is to star in a six-part ITV1 drama following a family's attempts to build a new life in Africa. The series, which is called Wild at Heartand also stars Amanda Holden and Stephen Tompkinson, ...
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North One boosts factual with two executives
north One Television has appointed two executive producers to its fledgling factual and formats department and bagged a host of new orders.
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RDF takes on Simon Rockell
RDF Media has hired Twenty Twenty head of development Simon Rockell, the man behind That'll Teach 'Emand Bad Lads' Army.
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Celeb Island's vital statistics
So it's over. The celebs have touched up their tans and departed Love Island to sell their stories, leaving ITV to decide whether there will ever be a return to Love Island. So based on the ratings, was the show buff or duff?.
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R1 conquers US
BBC Radio 1 is to be broadcast across the US, in an unprecedented deal for the corporation. Satellite radio company Sirius will begin broadcasting the station this summer - the first time the BBC has sold a station in its entirety. Sirius - the subscription-only service which recently signed shock-jock ...
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Female face at Bafta
Tightrope Pictures joint director Hilary Bevan Jones has become the first woman to be appointed deputy chairman of Bafta. Bevan Jones, who runs the indie with Shamelesswriter Paul Abbott, has been involved with Bafta for six years. The deputy is generally promoted to chairman after a ...
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FX gives second airing to C4 drama
Channel 4's Bafta-winning dramas North Squareand Buried- both controversially ditched after only one series - have found a new multichannel home on FX.
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Zone Vision to show Horror Channel in Europe
The Horror Channel is set to be rolled out in Europe after being bought by Zone Vision Networks, the owner of a string of digital channels including Reality TV.
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Without Prejudice set for Fox Reality
12 Yard Productions is set to sell the first series of its Channel 4 gameshow Without Prejudiceto US broadcaster Fox Reality.
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Telewest Launches Broadband TV
Telewest Broadband has launched a web-based TV service offering niche entertainment and sports programming, including Living TV, on its Blueyonder website. The trial service provides broadband users with free content via four channels. Blueyonder 01 offers highlights from Flextech's Living TV, Bravo, Challenge and Trouble channels, such as ...
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Format focus: Fata Morgana
This socially minded format challenges people to co-operate in a bid to achieve the impossible.
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Government inspector goes to Finland
Channel 4 International has sold dramas The Government Inspector, Hell Has Harbour Viewsand Lawlessand teenage behaviour format Brat Campto Finland's YLE. Finnish channel MTV3 has also bought Last Man Standing, ...
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BBC prime to launch in Singapore
BBC is expanding the reach of its international channels by launching entertainment service BBC Prime in Singapore later this year. The channel, which offers programming from the BBC's entertainment and drama portfolio, such as Fawlty Towersand Top of the Pops, will be joining ...
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New VP for ER in the Americas
Postman Pat rights-holder Entertainment Rights has poached Viacom executive Kathleen Hricik, who currently oversees programme enterprises for various Viacom brands including MTV. She joins in August in the new position of executive vice-president and managing director of the US, Canada and Latin America. Based in New York, she will be ...
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Russians to get male stripper show
Russian channel TNT has acquired rights to StripSearch? The Real Full Montyfrom Distraction Formats. The show turns ordinary men into professional strippers and will air on TNT this autumn. StripSearchwas created by Screentime Partners and has been sold into 11 territories including ...