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Granada Starting Over In France
Granada International has licensed the US reality format Starting Overto French commercial broadcaster TF1.
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Animal Planet commissions OSF special
US network Animal Planet has commissioned Sydney and London-based Southern Star to produce an hour-long special, Lyndal's $70K Lifeline Challenge.
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BVITV launches Roger Bannister TV movie
London-based Buena Vista International TV (BVITV) has picked up the ESPN produced TV movie Four Minutes, which tells the true story of how British medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier in 1954.
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Electric Sky expands sales team
Independent factual distributor Electric Sky has appointed Claudia Weber as sales manager, covering the US, Canada, German speaking Europe, DVD/Home Video and non-theatric sales.
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Motion Gallery names new sales director
BBC Motion Gallery, the footage sales business of BBC Worldwide, has poached ITN Archive sales director Linda Reeve.
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NewsBBC 7/7 coverage under fire
Ofcom has criticised the BBC for using graphic images of victims of the July 7 terror attacks in London.
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NewsTotally Frank to make Mipcom debut
New girl group Frank are set to make their international debut at Mipcom, where Channel 4 International will launch the new 26-part teen drama Totally Frank.
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NewsTarget secures Bounty
Target Entertainment has picked up animation studio Silver Fox Films' 26 x 11-minute series Bounty Hamsterfor international distribution.
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NewsUS DVD deal for Contender's Peppa Pig
Following its launch on Cartoon Network's new Tickle U pre-school block in the US, Contender Group's animated series Peppa Pighas been picked up by Lions Gate Family Entertainment for a home video launch in autumn 2006.
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NewsNick UK picks up Decode's Sadie
Nickelodeon UK has picked up a further 26 episodes of Decode Entertainment's live action series, Naturally Sadie.
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BKN outsources production to India
Aim-listed children's entertainment company BKN has struck a $10m deal with Indian animation studio UTV Toonz, to handle production of its 26-episode 3D series Kong The Next Generationand another yet to be titled series.
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NewsDisney pinches Nick exec
Disney has poached Nickelodeon executive Paul O'Higgins to oversee its on and off-air marketing across Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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NewsNTL in IPTV trial
NTL is launching a TV over broadband trial service featuring content from MTV, Turner, ITN and UKTV.
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NewsRadio 1 rapped for foul-mouthed tirade
BBC Radio 1 has been reprimanded by Ofcom for broadcasting a barrage of expletives at 7pm.
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What the critics said: Afterlife
ITV's latest offering for Saturday nights is the much-hyped paranormal drama Afterlife, and the first installment divided the critics, writes Belinda Williams.
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Production - On Location - Wandering souls.
Director Richard Parry found himself wrestling with his conscience when tragedy struck during the filming of a series about the lives and legal wrangles of the travelling community.
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NewsMobile TV firms lobby Ofcom
Companies backing the Oxford mobile TV trial hope the launch of the initiative next week will finally persuade Ofcom to officially licence the service.
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NewsPEER POLL: GCap
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Was GCap right to end the double act of David Mansfield and Ralph Bernard?
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Sky chief calls for relaxation of media rules
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has branded the European Commission's (EC) proposals to tighten media regulations as 'doomed.'
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Welsh indie wins inaugural network order
Welsh indie Telesgop has won its first network commission, a 6 x 30-minute observational series for BBC4 showing the behind the scenes drama of an amateur rural orchestra.