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NewsFormat Focus: Ecohouse: the challenge
This environmentally friendly Canadian lifestyle format could work for the BBC.
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FID to handle new BBC comedy series
Fremantle Media has secured the international rights to That Mitchell & Webb Look, a new BBC comedy from the stars of Peep Show, as part of a new push into comedy distribution.
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US cable network has keys to UK stately homes
US cable network HGTV has commissioned London-based Pioneer Productions to produce a one-off special in which actor John Barrowman visits some of the UK's most famous stately homes and castles.
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Monster brings Dinosaurs to Cannes
Dublin-based Monster Distributes will launch the latest series from Oscar-nominated animation studio Brown Bag Films at this year's Mipcom Junior.
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Fremantle picks up Flame docs
Fremantle Archive Sales, the clip sales division of FremantleMedia, has acquired worldwide rights for a raft of documentary and entertainment titles from indie producer Flame Television.
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Southern Star picks up The Beeps
Australian distributor Southern Star International has picked up the international rights to Five's new animated series The Beeps.
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NewsAll3Media launches new kids titles
All3Media International is heading to Mipcom Junior with an expanded slate of factual titles, including new Dutch series Couscous & Colaand the latest in the BBC's Serious...strand.
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NewsID brokers BBC HD deal
ID Distribution has licensed the award-winning US documentary Farther Than the Eye Can See, part of Rainbow Media's Voom HD catalogue, to the BBC.
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NewsBBC America buys Fremantle package
Fremantle International Distribution has sold a major package of titles to BBC America, including all 48 episodes of Talkback's How Clean Is Your House?and the Simon Nye comedy Hardware.
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NewsFunky Formats brings Telenovela Star to the UK
London-based formats specialist Funky Formats is in discussions with two UK broadcasters to produce a local version of its hybrid reality show Telenovela Star.
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NewsABC to offer shows for free online
Major US network ABC is to go ahead with plans to offer shows such as Desperate Housewivesand Lostfor free to American viewers via the internet.
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NewsEmap spreads Kiss to east of England
Dance station Kiss FM is to expand its FM radio network across the south west and East Anglia as part of a major revamp.
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NewsCharles Allen - the last 12 months
ITV's chief executive has been headline news for the last year. We run down the major stories that led to today's confirmation that Charles Allen will stand down.
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NewsAllen resigns from ITV
Charles Allen has today brought down the curtain on his reign as ITV chief executive, after weeks of speculation about his future.
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NewsBBC and HBO partner for new drama
The BBC and HBO will partner for a new drama miniseries set in England, just two weeks after pulling the plug on Rome.
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NewsBroadcast Blogs: The secret diary of a TV trainee
Read how Celeste Iyinbo coped with her first few months on a television traineeship with a major UK broadcaster.
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NewsKath and Kim return with 1.5m
BBC2's Australian comedy Kath and Kimmaintained its cult status with the start of the second series bringing in 1.5 million (7%) at 10pm last night.
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NewsNTL merger off to choppy start
NTL has reported an estimated£15m in cost savings for its first full quarter since merging with Telewest but remains bullish about hitting its target of£250m worth of synergies by the end of 2007.
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NewsWhiston calls meeting following Allen exit
ITV Productions director John Whiston has called a meeting for production staff this afternoon to discuss how the company will keep 'driving the business forward'.
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NewsAllen: I take responsibility for ITV's woes
Outgoing ITV chief executive Charles Allen has accepted responsibility for the problems at the network in his first interview since stepping down.