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BBC Scotland to veg out with CBBC animation
BBC Scotland will stick googly eyes on to vegetables and kitchen utensils for a new comedy animation ordered by CBBC.
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ITV1 orders more Above Suspicion from La Plante
ITV1 is turning Above Suspicion into a returning series after ordering a three-part sequel to last year's Lynda La Plante thriller.
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BBC2 nets Genius of Photography follow-up
BBC2 has commissioned a follow-up to BBC4's The Genius of Photography about the history of design.
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Russia: Potential partners
MipTV 09: Russia has 35.5 million TV homes, which makes it a key target for rights owners.
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Poland: Bucking the downturn
MipTV 09: With 14.1 million TV homes, Poland is expected to see GDP growth of 2% in 2009.
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Czech Republic: Dominant players
MipTV 09: Ratings-wise, TV in the Czech Republic is dominated by public broadcaster Czech TV (CTV) and its commercial rival, TV Nova, which take 70% audience share between them*.
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Hungary: Westernised market
MipTV 09: With 4 million TV homes, Hungary is one of the most westernised markets in the region.
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Where to put a US import
The politics of peaktime force broadcasters to deploy acquisitions in strategic slots.
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Way clear for Shed MBO after chair steps down
Shed Media's failed MBO could be back on the agenda after one of the key opponents to the price of the bid, non-executive chair Katherine Innes Ker, stepped down last week.
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ITV Global to offer Saturday Night Takeaway spin-off to rivals
ITV wants to turn the flagship Win the Ads segment of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway into a standalone show - but hopes to sell it to a rival UK broadcaster.
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Mediaset to make pilot of RDF's Perfect Recall
Channel 4 daytime quiz Perfect Recall is being remade for a foreign market for the first time after RDF Rights sold the format to Mediaset in Italy.
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Mentorn cuts to chase in cop show ‘coup' for Fox
Mentorn USA has been commissioned by US cable network Fox Reality Channel to make a “high adrenaline” police car chase series.
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News Q&A: Steve Macallister
Steve Macallister is managing director of BBC Worldwide sales and distribution.
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BBC1 Twins series enters nature or nurture debate
BBC1 will push the boundaries of the nature/nurture debate in a landmark series about twins.
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No more Boys & Girls but C4 eyes parenting shows
Channel 4 head of programmes Julian Bellamy has ruled out a second series of the controversial Boys and Girls Alone, describing it as a “one-off stunt”.
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Bedell to select ITV team
The process of reshaping ITV's entertainment commissioning team began this week with new director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell and director of television, channels and online Peter Fincham holding interviews from 26 March.
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FME buys 20% share of Wide-Eyed
Wide-Eyed Entertainment, the CGI-specialist indie set up by Impossible Pictures founder Jasper James, has sold a 20% stake in the company to Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME).
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Ionoco wins gameshow deal
Computer systems developer Ionoco has been named as the preferred technology supplier for 12 Yard Productions' gameshow format The Colour of Money.
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Hawking to crack cosmos for Discovery
Darlow Smithson Productions has secured Stephen Hawking to front a major Discovery Channel series that aims to do for the universe what David Attenborough has done for natural history.