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NewsPEER POLL: BBC1
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Would BBC1 benefit from a change in controller?
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Who should rule the BBC?
Charles AllenITV supports a strong BBC and the renewal of the Charter. But it has long been clear to the industry that the BBC governors' dual role as management and regulatory board does not work. The events of the past two years have proved that beyond doubt and now Lord ...
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News8.8m support England game
England's lacklustre performance on the pitch in a friendly tie against Holland still brought in the viewers to BBC1 with a peak audience of 8.8 million (36.1%) at 9pm.
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Wall to Wall wins US order from FX
Wall to Wall has won the first commission to be awarded outside the US from cable network FX with a documentary-style drama similar to its BBC one-off Smallpox.
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Biggest Loser heads for Living TV
Living TV has picked up US format The Biggest Loserfrom Reveille productions, the producer behind the US version of The Office.
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House finds home at Hallmark
Hallmark has bought the multichannel rights to US medical drama Housefrom NBC Universal International Distribution. The show features British actor Hugh Laurie in the lead role as Dr Gregory House, 'a brilliant but anti-social diseases specialist'. Due to debut in April, the 16 x 60-minute series ...
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C4I to co-pro science doc with Kabel 1
Channel 4 International has signed Germany's Kabel 1 as a co-production partner for science special Extraterrestrial, a 100-minute documentary being made by Big Wave Productions for C4 and National Geographic US. Other deals include sales of Pioneer Films' Krakatoato ZDF in Germany ...
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Most Identical sells to Spain's TV3
Television Corporation International has sold Mentorn's factual format Most Identicalto Spanish network TV3. The show, which hunts for the nation's most identical set of twins, will be produced by Madrid-based Four Luck Banana and will run over three one-hour episodes. The format and completed show, originally ...
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Airborne hires ID to push bra doc
Airborne TV has appointed ID Distribution to handle international sales of documentary ...
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Airey tops bill at this year's Miptv
Dawn Airey, managing director of Sky Networks, is to deliver the keynote speech at this year's MipTV programme market in Cannes. Her speech, titled 'Fast Forward to TV 2015', will focus on the growing importance of new technologies such as PVRs. It will also examine new emerging business models. This ...
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BBC worldwide feeds BBC food to norway
BBC Worldwide has signed a new carriage deal with UPC Norway to take its three-year-old cable channel BBC Food. The move adds over 31,000 households to the channel's reach, which now totals 1.7 million across Africa and Nordic Europe. The channel features celebrity chefs and airs programmes such as ...
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Format focus: Eat Yourself Whole
After a glut of fat-fighting shows comes a programme which looks at alleviating medical conditions through diet.
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Zeal nets reality deal in Pakistan
Indie and distributor Zeal Television is making Pakistan's first reality series - a makeover show funded by cosmetics giant Unilever.
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BIG hires Akhtar for factual commissions
Bristol indies Available Light, Icon Films, Quickfire Media and Testimony Films have stepped up their collaborative efforts by appointing a development producer to bid for large-scale commissions.
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Phillis joins ITV plc board
ITV plc has appointed the chief executive of Guardian Media Group Bob Phillis as non-executive director.
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Marsh picked for Celeb Poker
Sports pundit Rodney Marsh, fired last month for making a joke about the tsunami disaster on Sky Sports, has been signed up to appear on Challenge's third series of Celebrity Poker Club.
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Blair to face public grilling on Five
Five has gained exclusive access to prime minister Tony Blair as part of a series of programmes in which senior political figures face questions from the public. Talk to Your Prime Ministerwill be the first in the series, which will begin this month and be produced ...
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Broadcast and skillset aid TV workers
Broadcastand Skillset are launching a scheme to help TV professionals improve their chances of getting a job. The Win A Mentor initiative will see two people receive guidance from an experienced tutor. Anyone working in TV looking to change career direction or new entrants to the industry should go to ...
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Patscheck steps in at sci-fi channel
Universal Studios has parachuted in Steven Patscheck, vice-president of programming, Universal Latin America and Brazil, to run the UK Sci-Fi channel until a new president has been hired. He takes over from Dan Marks, who left on Friday for BT. Patscheck will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the ...
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C4 and IWC join up to help new TV talent
Channel 4 and IWC Media is asking writers and directors to submit ideas for their new talent scheme, Coming Up. Eight ideas, which should be contemporary and aimed at a young, urban audience, will be made into 30-minute films and will broadcast on C4 later in the year. Writers should ...