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NewsBringing the World Cup back home
Production teams have already been working for months on the forthcoming World Cup coverage
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NewsWanted: the next US hit
The US networks offer plenty of quality shows, but standouts are in short supply. What will the UK buyers bid for?
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NewsUS hit format Unan1mous comes to C4
Channel 4 is to launch a UK version of big money US format Unan1mous, described as a cross between Big Brotherand Deal or No Deal.
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NewsBidding war starts for top US shows
The first bidding war has kicked off just days after the LA Screenings, with UK broadcasters battling to secure hot new 20th Century Fox dramas Vanishedand Shark.
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NewsIMG becomes UK's biggest indie group
IMG Media may not be the best known name in television - but this week it became the UK's biggest single independent production company - after buying Tiger Aspect for a sum understood to be between£25m and£30m.
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NewsRise and rise of super-indies
IMG Media's purchase of Tiger Aspect confirms the continued rise and rise of the super-indie - a top tier of producers dwarfing the scores of companies smaller than them, as shown in Broadcast's annual league table of the independent production sector.
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NewsStars in their Eyes faces axe
Stars in their Eyescould be facing the axe after 16 years with ITV sources this week admitting that the future of the show was being discussed.
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NewsJordan gathers crack team for first drama
EastEnders writer Tony Jordan has lined up an all-star team of scriptwriters for his indie's first drama commission.
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ITV1 quiz show to bankroll couples for life
A new ITV1 quiz is set to offer couples the chance to win thousands of pounds each month for the rest of their lives.
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NewsCarter: 'We should have been bolder over ITV'
Ofcom should have been more radical in cutting ITV's public service programming requirements and making the case for a new Public Service Publisher, Stephen Carter, the regulator's outgoing chief executive, told Broadcastthis week.
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NewsABC wins Ant & Dec rights
Disney-owned US terrestrial network ABC has seen off stiff competition from NBC and Fox to win the rights to new Ant and Dec gameshow format The Con.Testand is now considering the Geordie duo as presenters.
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LA Screenings spawn first deals at Sky
Sky One has made the first signings of the LA Screenings picking up Hidden Palmsfrom Dawson's Creekcreator Kevin Williamson and Lovespring International, the new project from Will and Grace's Eric ...
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NewsLeader - Carter: tough act to follow
Broadcasteditor Conor Dignam looks at Stephen Carter's departure from Ofcom
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Top Up TV goes into voluntary liquidation
Top Up TV has placed itself into voluntary liquidation after undergoing a corporate restructuring and name change. According to information posted at Companies House, Top Up - in which Five took a stake earlier this year - has re-named itself Minds 1 and is now in liquidation. According to Top ...
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C4 airs advertiser-funded music series
T4 host Steve Jones and former CD:UK presenter Lauren Laverne will front Transmission with T-Mobile, a new 12 x 60-minute advertiser-funded music series for Channel 4 to air at 11.30pm on Friday nights from 16 June. The commission is being half funded by the mobile ...
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On The Box - Playing the drama queen
Noelle Morris is surprisingly disappointed by period drama The Line of Beauty, but is equally surprised to be seduced by the silly plotlines that characterise Lost
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More4 appeals for human bodies
Anatomy for Beginners professor Gunther von Hagens is to convince members of the public to donate their bodies for research after they die, in a new documentary for More4.
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BBC3 to put obese on Stone Age diet
Eight overweight people are to be sent to a remote location in Namibia for a month and challenged to eat like Stone Age humans for a new BBC3 series.
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Living looks at why celebrities split up
Living TV has commissioned three hour-long documentaries off the back of its Extreme: Celebritiesspecial.
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Scarlet TV to investigate forensic science
Scarlet Television is making a 6 x 60-minute series on the development of criminal forensic science for the Australian Crime & Investigation Network. To Catch a Thiefis executive produced by Scarlet managing director Paula Trafford and was commissioned for broadcast next year by Rod Caird, ...