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    Five expands Britain's Worst strand

    2004-06-25T10:47:43Z

    Five is to expand its Britain's Worst strand with four new one-hour specials to find the country's worst wife, teenager, neighbour and mother-in-law.

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    ITV snares Lewinsky for exclusive interview

    2004-06-25T10:05:31Z

    ITV has secured a world exclusive interview with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky following the publication on Tuesday (22 June) of former US president Bill Clinton's autobiography.

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    PEER POLL: Big Brother

    2004-06-25T08:00:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Has Big Brother gone too far?

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    Frasier finale pulls 2.4m to C4

    2004-06-24T12:49:55Z

    The last ever episode of Frasier in a double bill offering at 22.50 entertained 2.4 million (19.7%) and 1.7 million (20.5%) respectively.

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    The new law for indies

    2004-06-24T10:14:31Z

    After months of waiting, Channel 4 has become the first broadcaster to reveal its new terms of trade for doing business with independent producers. So has the indie sector got the deal it wants?

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    BBC puts footage sales into Motion

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has launched a new web-based clip sales service which it hopes will double the amount of revenue it gets from selling footage such as The Blue Planet within four years.

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    Canada is next to show The Bill

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    Canada will become the 43rd country to screen ITV1 police drama The Billafter it was sold to cable channel Showcase

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    Endemol sells Big Brother to Croatia

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    Endemol has inked a deal with the newly launched RTL Televizija to air Big Brother in Croatia. It is the first time the Dutch production company has sold a programme format to the east European country. Big Brother, which has now been sold to a ...

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    Mipcom names personality of the year

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    Gerhard Zeiler, chief executive of Five majority shareholder RTL, is to be given the personality of the year award at this year's Mipcom TV market. Zeiler, a former Austrian government press officer who has headed the German media group since March 2003, will pick up the award at a gala ...

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    UK's galleon invests in us toon business

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    UK animation company Galleon has taken a 50% stake in a Hollywood animation company set up by ex-Disney producer Chris Henderson. J Christopher Entertainment is made up of numerous high-profile US animators based in Los Angeles. Galleon, set up by Shoe People creator Jim Driscoll, is putting in half the ...

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    Dream Home back for sixth time on TVNZ

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    Distraction's Dream Home format has been licensed for a sixth series to TVNZ in New Zealand and has gone into production for a second series with French Canada's TVA. The format, in which two young families renovate neighbouring derelict properties over nine weeks, has done ...

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    TWI keeps contract to distribute MUTV

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    TWI has been re-appointed to the contract to distribute Manchester United Television (MUTV) across the world for the next three years. In the last contract TWI secured deals in the Middle East, Far East, Europe and Africa and there are established deals in New York and Scandinavia.

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    Format Focus: Nosy Neighbours

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    br>Not another property programme but a new spin on the wind-up show, this time with neighbours from hell.

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    Poliakoff scripts trilogy for BBC1

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    Award-winning playwright Stephen Poliakoff has been commissioned to make three epic feature-length films for BBC1 set against the backdrop of the 1980s and 1990s.

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    BBC1 rebuilds houses after acts of God

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    BBC1 has commissioned a new twist on the home makeover show, with a series following families' attempts to rebuild homes destroyed by floods, fires and even runaway coaches.

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    Firecracker takes on world's strongest boy

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    Firecracker Films has tied down a trio of commissions, including The World's Strongest Boy for Five..

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    BBC still plans free rival to Sky

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is pushing ahead with plans to launch a 'Freesat' rival to Sky next year and is in talks with potential partners about joining the venture.

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    Hytner exits ITV for Barclays role

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    ITV has lost one of its key executives after high street bank Barclays poached the broadcaster's marketing director, Jim Hytner.

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    Granada Entertainment puts exec for celebrities in place

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    Granada Entertainment has created a new role to oversee celebrity bookings and talent liaison and has poached Cactus TV head of entertainment Mark Wagman for the job.

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    No deal in docu drama pay row

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    Producers' alliance Pact and actors union Equity have failed to resolve a dispute over fees for actors appearing in drama documentaries after a meeting on Friday (18 June) ended without agreement.