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Interview: Anthony Lilley - The magic touch
Anthony Lilley, head of the indie at the centre of FourDocs, Magic Lantern, shuns grand statements about the internet. But his company is challenging preconceptions about uses of content.
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Peer poll: Lost - Has Lost been overhyped?
YES 48% NO 52% Should live test cricket remain on terrestrial television next year? Vote on
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NewsEco show gives BBC2 a boost
BBC2's new eco-friendly makeover show No Waste Like Homewon over the viewers with a healthy peak audience of 3.3 million (16%) at 8.55pm.
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NewsPickles leads new commissions for ITV
ITV is making a new 90-minute drama inspired by the story of Pickles, the dog who recovered the World Cup after it was stolen in 1966.
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NewsOptimistic renames Nation 217 as Quiz Nation
Interactive group Optimistic Entertainment is set to roll out its gaming and quiz channel Nation 217 internationally under the name Quiz Nation.
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NewsPEER POLL: Cricket
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should live test cricket remain on terrestrial television next year?
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NewsLygo warns over C4's performance
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has warned that the company's record-breaking performance could be brought to an abrupt end.
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NewsFree Sky+ boxes are 'uneconomical'
BSkyB has been warned that giving away free Sky+ boxes is 'uneconomical' by a leading investment bank.
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NewsLost sheds 1.7m
Channel 4's Lostshed 1.7 million viewers from its opening episode last week but still managed an impressive 4.4 million (23.1%) at 10pm.
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Channel 4 orders hit Endemol quiz
Endemol's international hit gameshow Deal or No Dealhas been picked up by Channel 4.
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Belfast indie follows world tour
Belfast-based indie Imagine Media Productions has secured a three-year deal from BBC Northern Ireland to follow a journalist as he travels the world.
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BBC Worldwide sends documentaries to Iraq
Iraqi TV viewers will get to see BBC shows on Genghis Khan, Auschwitz and Islam in Europe, thanks to a deal signed by BBC Worldwide.
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Format focus: prank patrol
In this show kids play all manner of practical jokes but will it fall foul of parents' campaign groups, asks Geoff White
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BBC's Hiroshima sells to 29 markets
The BBC's 90-minute drama-doc Hiroshimahas been sold to 29 territories by BBC Worldwide, with Hungary becoming the latest country to buy the programme. Hiroshima, which was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the bombing, has been sold to Magyar TV, ...
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Desperate Housewives set for China
London-based channel operator Zone Vision has bought the rights to US drama Desperate Housewivesin China. The ABC show is scheduled to premiere in the autumn on CCTV-8. It will run nightly in the international movie and drama block Everyday Jiayi, which Zone Vision operates through Encore ...
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HD interest grows for Electric Sky
Distributor Electric Sky has reported a surge in sales of high-definition (HD) programmes across Europe, the US and Asia. The company has signed deals for The World of Nat King Cole - The Definitive Documentary, a 90-minute piece made by Double Jab Productions, with PBS in ...
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Five makes first multichannel move
Five has launched its first venture into multichannel TV with a joint-venture with interactive media group YooMedia. From this week, YooPlay TV on Sky is piloting an extended version of Five's daily quiz show Brainteasers. After the initial 13 weeks, there is an option to extend ...
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Homewood takes Hit distribution role
Hit Entertainment has taken on Disney's former European sales chief Alison Homewood as its key TV distribution executive. Homewood joins Hit on 30 August as executive vice-president, worldwide tele-vision distribution, with the job of overseeing global TV licensing and co-production of existing brands such as Bob ...
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Facilities move to 'Valleywood'
Dragon International Studios, the£330m film and TV studio complex being built in South Wales, has already spawned its first post-production start-up - film and TV facility Digital Dragon.
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Soho shows appetite for 4K Telecine
The Mill is the latest Soho post house to splash out£1m on a 4K Telecine, bringing the number of companies to own one of the high-spec Grass Valley film scanning machines to five.