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German TV takes more of Finger Tips
German broadcaster Super RTL has acquired a further 33 episodes of CiTV factual entertainment series Finger Tips. The show, produced by the Foundation and distributed by Entertainment Rights, encourages children to make things out of everyday objects. Super RTL acquired an initial 33 episodes last year ...
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NewsDen's death is ratings triumph
The death of 'Dirty' Den Watts, which marked the 20th anniversary of BBC1's EastEnders, gained the soap its highest audience for a year.
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BBC puts£9m into regional comedy
The BBC has ring-fenced£9m to commission comedy programmes outside London and is restructuring its entertainment and comedy commissioning.
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C4 science and education to be carved up
Channel 4 has disbanded its science and education department in the wake of Simon Andreae's decision to move to the US.
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New bids for BBC Broadcast
BT, Siemens and Crown Castle have joined the list of companies expected to bid for the BBC's£150m broadcast business.
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Shed lines up second Footballers' Wives spin-off
Footballers' Wives TV ( FWTV) will be an 8 x 30-minute magazine-style series focusing on the trappings and trivial concerns of professional footballers and their wives.
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BBC appoints Young
The BBC has appointed Penny Young to the new post of head of accountability, nations and regions within the governance unit. Young takes up the role next week and will report to director of governance Nicholas Kroll. Her brief will include helping the BBC governors in their role as trustees ...
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UK tops chart for illegal TV downloads
Britain is at the centre of an 'explosion' in TV piracy as viewers turn to the web to download US shows such as 24and The Simpsons.
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Yorkshire pledge
Screen Yorkshire has pledged to match any award given by the BBC's new£500,000 out of London development fund to a Yorkshire-based indie. The BBC fund was launched earlier this month to encourage indies outside London to submit ideas to the corporation's drama, factual and entertainment departments.
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ITV invests£10m in two new Taggarts
SMG's detective drama Taggartis to remain on ITV until the end of 2006 following a major recommission worth£10m.
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BB exec to Granada
Granada has poached the Endemol series editor of Celebrity Big BrotherDavid Williams to join its entertainment division. Williams, who has also held the same role on the main Big Brotherseries, will work across a number of new projects for Granada in the ...
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Little Robots sold
Former ITV children's controller Vanessa Chapman has bought the rights to CBBC pre-school animation Little Robots. She has used third party funding and personal cash to buy the show from its current owners, Danish investment house Kirkbi, and plans to use the show to launch her ...
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Ace FM wins FM bid
Ofcom has awarded a new FM licence in Kidderminster to the Midlands News Association-owned Ace FM. The new station will launch later this year and reach around 100,000 adults in Kidderminster and the surrounding Severn Valley region. It will target the over-25s with classic hits and local news. Other bids ...
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Graf becomes chair of broadband group
The government's broadband advisory group has selected former Trinity Mirror chief executive Philip Graf to drive its broadband agenda.
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Elstree owner to give up contract
Elstree Film and Television Studios (EF&TVS) will not bid to run the world-famous studios when the studios' lease goes on the market.
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Two Four wins grant for local production
Two Four Productions has secured£350,000 of development funding as it opens its facilities to the local production community in a£2m move.
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Smoke and Mirrors finishes graphics on C4's The Exorcism
Smoke and Mirrors has produced graphics work on the promo for Channel 4's programme The Exorcism. The graphics were created on Nitris by DS artist Dan Andrew who worked with director
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Markell to input
Richard Markell is joining the Input Group as the company's head of business development and will be responsible for pushing Input's broadcast and corporate productions. His current design and branding agency Markell-ID will operate as a division of the Input Group. Input has 15 online suites, connectivity to the BT ...
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NTL/Flextech deal
NTL Broadcast has won the contract to distribute three Flextech Television channels. Ftn, Challenge +1 and Trouble Reload will be uplinked to NTL Broadcast's Eurobird transponder which will beam the channels to the Sky Digital platform. Ftn reaches 1 million viewers a month while games entertainment channel Challenge +1 has ...
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Evolutions hiring
Evolutions Television has appointed Resolution veteran Christine Troughton as a post-production producer, who starts this week. Troughton returns to the industry after taking time out to have a child. Previously she had been at Resolution for six years contributing to projects including Wife Swap, Top Gearand ...