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NewsUS gives Fulcrum format a new life
Super-Size Medirector Morgan Spurlock has picked up Fulcrum TV's factual format Can You Live Without...?for the North American market.
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Channels spice up politics to woo viewers
Broadcasters are going to greater lengths than ever to jazz up this year's coverage of the general election, now just three weeks away, in an attempt to make jaded viewers watch election coverage.
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Steering a course between the grown-up and the gormless
Let me confess right now: I love elections, and I can't get enough of this one,
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BBC goes after Five's Frow
The BBC is making a play for Five's controller of features and entertainment, Ben Frow, to fill one of two top jobs at the corporation.
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Sony TV boosts output
Sony Pictures Television International is looking to grow its production clout in the UK and mainland Europe and has appointed former Granada Entertainment USA president Antony Root to oversee the strategy.
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NewsMacIntyre signs 3-year Five deal
Five has signed up investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre until 2008 in a deal that will see him explore new territory beyond his trademark undercover and access documentaries.
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NewsDyke in bidding for BBC Broadcast
The sale of BBC Broadcast has excited plenty of interest with a total of 18 bidders including Apax Partners, the venture capital group that is advised by former director general Greg Dyke, lining up to buy the business.
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NewsSupernanny holds firm with 5.1m
Viewers showed no signs of losing interest in Channel 4's hit series Supernannyas the second instalment of the current run peaked at 5.1 million (21.5%) at the end.
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NewsBBC strike threat could hit election coverage
The BBC's general election coverage could be hit by strikes being threatened by unions.
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NewsSwitchCo launches
SwitchCo, the independent body that will manage the government's£1bn switch from analogue to digital TV, officially launches today.
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NewsDFG picks up C4 shorts series
DFG Films, the production arm of the Documentary Filmmakers Group, is making a series of shorts about Christian missionary kids for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC sends presenters up the Amazon
The BBC is to send eight would-be children's presenters up the Amazon in a dugout canoe as part of its latest talent search.
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NewsFox fills van den Bussche role
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has promoted Jennifer Harrington and Denis Cantin to head up its world format sales in the UK and Europe, effectively splitting recently axed Peter van den Bussche's role.
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NewsFilmFlex lands School of Rock rights
Movie-on-demand service FilmFlex has landed rights to box office hit School of Rockas well as classics such as The Firm, Footlooseand Wayne's Worldas part of a content deal with Hollywood studio CBS Paramount.
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NewsC4 and Avalon launch Tinderbox
Channel 4 International and Avalon - the company behind Baddiel and Skinner Unplannedand The Sketch Show- have launched a joint venture to develop original TV formats for the UK and international markets.
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NewsAirey: ITV should adopt subscription
Dawn Airey, managing director of Sky Networks, believes that traditional commercial networks such as ITV could be heading for trouble if they don't shift to subscription-based business models.
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NewsFreeland quits BBC
Mark Freeland has quit his job as head of comedy commissioning at the BBC to join indie producer Hartswood Films.
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NewsITV1's new daytime look fails to impress
ITV1's new daytime schedule got off to a modest start yesterday with one of its key new shows Mum's On Strikeaveraging 900,000 viewers (15.7%) from 2.45pm-3.30pm.
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NewsBravo takes on The Ultimate Fighter
Men's digital channel Bravo has secured the rights to the martial arts reality series The Ultimate Fighter.
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