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NewsSky's The Match gets another fixture
Sky One has ordered a second series of reality hit The Match after the finale of the show got nearly two million viewers.
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NewsFive buys Stargate spin-off
Five has secured the terrestrial right to MGM' new drama Stargate Atlantis - a spin-off to sci-fi series Stargate SG-1.
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NewsBTDA to merge with Pact
The British Television Distributors Association (BTDA), the group set up to help encourage exports of British programmes, is set to be wound up next week and its functions folded into producers' alliance Pact.
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NewsDavid Scott quits C4
Channel 4 deputy chief executive David Scott, the channel's longest serving executive, has decided to quit.
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NewsUBC drops AA Roadwatch
UBC Media has dropped AA Roadwatch as its supplier of traffic and travel information and has handed the£2m contract to Trafficlink.
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Dyke: BBC exces wants rid of governors
Dyke: BBC exces wants rid of governorsFormer BBC director general Greg Dyke has come out in support of abolishing the corporation's board of governors, claiming most senior BBC executives agree with him.
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NewsHollywood eyes Postman Pat
Hollywood studios are bidding to cash in on the popularity of British children's shows such as Postman Pat by acquiring their movie rights.
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NewsBox TV teams up with Romanian studio
Indie producer Box TV has formed an alliance with Romanian studio Mediapro to promote the Bucharest-based production facility to the international market.
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NewsC4 brings Monroe back to life
Tragic icons such as Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana could be resurrected for a new
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NewsAnt and Dec set up indie
ITV entertainment stars Ant and Dec have set up their own production company called Gallowgate Productions and are developing a new entertainment format.
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NewsPeacock: BBC should be subscription-funded
Sir Alan Peacock, the high profile professor who conducted a wide-ranging review of the BBC's finances in the 1980s, has called for the BBC to be funded by subscription.
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NewsC4 sets up Scottish factual scheme
Superindie IWC Media and Channel 4 have set up a new training scheme to foster factual production talent in Scotland.
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NewsBBC unveils first Norton vehicle
The BBC has revealed details of star signing Graham Norton's first project for the corporation - a further spin-off of Strictly Come Dancing.
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NewsBBC launches Japanese channel
BBC Worldwide is to launch a new entertainment channel in Japan that will include the frustrated antics of Basil Fawlty and stern quizmaster Anne Robinson.
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Ofcom's blue-sky thinking
Ofcom surprised many in the industry last week with a leap in logic that suggests the current providers of public service broadcasting can't be relied upon to deliver the goods in a digital age - so a new channel is needed.
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RDF bags rights to Granada show
Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to a new ITV reality show from the Granada team behind I'm a Celebrity? Get Me out of Here!.
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Chorion deal sends Noddy on global mission
Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to take its£10m, CGI animated series Make Way for Noddy to 10 new territories.
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Orion and Screentime pair up
Indie Orion TV has signed an exclusive international format and distribution deal with Screentime Partners on two antiques challenge shows, Trading Treasures and Boot Sale Treasure Hunt.
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Aardman lines up CGI show
Aardman, the Oscar-winning animation studio behind Wallace and Gromit , has secured a CGI sketch show for CITV.