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UKTV Style homes in on fantasy trio
UKTV Style will help a host of famous faces find their dream home as part of a celebrity spin-off of its Fantasy Homes franchise.
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NewsBBC1's Saturday line-up develops a ratings hole
Merlin and Strictly Come Dancing may have pulled in suitably large audiences for BBC1, but Hole in the Wall made a slightly wobbly debut in the channel's new Saturday line- up.
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NewsTimewatch editor forms indie JV with Impossible
Primeval producer Impossible Pictures is to launch a new indie specialising in history and science in partnership with Timewatch editor John Farren.
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Cactus lands series with Hairy Bikers
The Hairy Bikers are to front a major stripped daytime series for BBC2 that will be made by Cactus TV instead of their long-time producer, Big Bear Films.
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NewsEndemol limbers up to enter sports market
Endemol is to make a surprise move into the sports market with the launch of a London-based division.
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BBC4 orders WW1 drama
BBC4 has ordered a drama about the first black officer to lead British troops during World War I.
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NewsITV in£100k boost for regionals
ITV has handed more than£100,000 in development deals to three regional indies - just as it gears up to have much of its regional news obligations relaxed.
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NewsBBC2 show ignites contributor row
BBC2's Earth: The Climate Wars is at the centre of a new TV global warming row after four contributors claimed it misrepresented them.
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NewsWall to Wall rejigs to drive creativity
Wall to Wall has appointed its first managing director as part of senior management changes designed to help Alex Graham concentrate on the creative side of the business.
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NewsC4 Cuts bite into Next on 4 plans
Channel 4 has been forced to scale back its ambitions for kids programming and online public service content as a result of its plan to save£100m over the next two years.
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Waybuloo deals signed
RDF Kids & Family has signed three key commercial deals with pre-school specialists for its upcoming CBeebies series Waybuloo.
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NewsOfcom:£235m gap in PSB by 2012
A£235m black hole in PSB funding is set to emerge by 2012, Ofcom has warned.
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NewsITV poised to bring back The Krypton Factor
ITV is on the brink of reviving “television's toughest quiz show”, The Krypton Factor, after 13 years. It is understood the commercial broadcaster is close to ordering a new series of the show from ITV Productions within weeks.
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NewsEntwistle to ‘stay put'
George Entwistle has vowed to stay put as controller of BBC Knowledge and has ruled out going for a channel controller job.
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NewsTranter in£1m web pledge
BBC Fiction controller Jane Tranter has handed a parting gift to the UK's new media producers - earmarking£1.3m for online drama projects.
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NewsBBC Worldwide to mount US assault
Jane Tranter's move to LA next year will kick off a renewed attack on the US comedy and drama market by BBC Worldwide, after it failed to get a single scripted series on air this season.
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NewsBBCW appoints new head of UK sales
Christina Muller, territory manager for emerging markets at BBC Worldwide (BBCW) has been appointed acting head of UK sales.
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NewsBBC Vision: Jane Tranter, outgoing controller of fiction
Top of the BBC's wish list is a few more laughs, according to Jane Tranter. These could manifest themselves in comedy drama, “dramedy”, or as touches of levity in decidedly solemn pieces.
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NewsBBC Vision: George Entwistle, controller of knowledge
Evenings on BBC1 are a tough spot for factual, and controller of knowledge commissioning George Entwistle is looking for a pre-watershed series that will do for the channel what the “kinetic adventure” shows Amazon or Tribe have done for BBC2.
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NewsBBC Vision: Lucy Lumsden, controller of comedy
Lucy Lumsden wants about half of the BBC's sitcoms to be filmed in front of a studio audience - but currently only one in five of the ideas she receives fit the bill, so her headline plea is for more audience shows.