Small MPU – Page 629
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Law & Order UK comes to a close with 5.6m
The final episode of Law & Order: UK sent the competition down last night, arresting 5.6m viewers (23.5% share) in the 9pm timeslot.
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Shed shops around for ent indies
Shed Media is eyeing entertainment specialists and quiz show producers as it returns to the acquisitions trail.
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Isle of Man votes for ITV's Granada region
The Isle of Man will become part of ITV's Granada region from 16 July after its residents voted to leave the newly expanded Border region.
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C4 to aim Yo Gabba Gabba! at teens
Channel 4 hopes to turn preschool show Yo Gabba Gabba! into a cult hit with students after buying it from RDF Rights for the T4 strand.
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DLT to take C4 execs to the US for drama
The indie behind My Family is flying a pair of Channel 4 executives out to Los Angeles to thrash out ideas for a drama penned by a US writing team.
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Sky 1 acquires Stargate Universe
Video: Sky 1 has snapped up the latest edition of the Stargate franchise, SGU: Stargate Universe, starring British actor Robert Carlyle.
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Antonioni quits ITV brands role
ITV Global Entertainment's commercial brands director Gustavo Antonioni has left the broadcaster after taking voluntary redundancy.
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Target takes Josef Fritzl doc global
Target Entertainment has sold Sky 1 documentary Josef Fritzl: Story of a Monster to eight broadcasters around the world.
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Parthenon wins myth series commission
Parthenon Entertainment has won its biggest series commission to date, a 13 x 30-minute series for National Geographic Channels International that will debunk the myths surrounding famous historical figures.
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Russia to air Hudson plane crash doc
Darlow Smithson Production's (DSP) fast turnaround documentary Miracle of the Hudson Plane Crash has been sold to Channel One in Russia.
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Audience figures take a dip
Viewers have bucked the trend of spending more time in front of the television during times of recession.
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BBC2 drama holds its own
BBC2's one-off drama about the Troubles in Northern Ireland held its own in a tough Sunday night slot.
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Percy warns of funding crisis for high-end docs
Award-winning film-maker Norma Percy has warned that high-end documentary makers are facing a funding crisis as cash from broadcasters, particularly in America, dries up.
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BBC4 unveils landmark Christianity series
BBC4 is to examine the beginnings of Christianity and what it means to be a part of the religion in a new “landmark” series lined up for the autumn.
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RDF hires Stanford-Smith for animation
RDF Media Group has hired Parthenon Kids founder Karina Stanford-Smith to lead a major push into animation.
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Princess MD Scott extends tenure at Shine
Princess Productions co-founder and managing director Sebastian Scott has inked a new contract with super-indie owner Shine Group to stay on for a further 12 months.
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Tombs heads to BBC for strategy position
Former Paramount Comedy exec Matt Tombs has joined the BBC as a business strategy executive within entertainment production.
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Coltrane steps back into police role for ITV thriller
Cracker star Robbie Coltrane is to return to ITV crime drama in a new thriller told from three different perspectives.
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Watch snaps up ITV pilot show
UKTV's Watch has ordered a hidden camera show, originally piloted for ITV1, in which children under five do adult jobs such as running a café.
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Virgin's Webb takes charge of IDS
Virgin Media TV managing director Jonathan Webb has been handed the newly created role of executive director and will take on overall responsibility for its advertising sales house IDS.