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UK programme sales hit£520m.
The worldwide success of shows such as Living with Michael Jackson helped lift international sales and
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Electric Sky provides spark for Fox Italia.
UK Distributor Electric Sky has secured a major deal with Fox Italia that will see it become a significant provider for the network's new channel for women, writes Michael Rosser.
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FORMAT FOCUS: BLANK CHEQUE.
Hoping to reel in the Lottery audience, this quiz show format uses the winning numbers as its starting point and offers big cash prizes, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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FORMATS & DEALS - American animation to debut on trouble.
Flextech teen channel Trouble has bought Game Over, a new animation from US distributor Carsey Warner
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Inquiry clears BBC staff.
The BBC's review of its editorial guidelines following criticism in Lord Hutton's report is set to make several 'broad-ranging' recommendations when it reports within the next few weeks, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ofcom changes radio timetable.
Ofcom has altered the timetable for the award of at least 30 new commercial radio licences to give potential bidders more time to tailor their applications, writes Michael Rosser.
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Parkinson adds son to ITV show.
Michael Parkinson has hired his son, Mike Parkinson, to produce his new show on ITV, writes Paul Revoir.
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Sharman handed task of replacing The Simpsons.
The BBC has handed the task of finding replacement shows for The Simpsons to daytime controller Alison Sharman, as part of a new strategy to run cheaper long-running series in the weekday slot, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Endemol in Bristol talks.
Endemol UK is looking at setting up a£15m, 40,000sq ft reality TV production business in Bristol near to ITV's base there, writes Paul Revoir.
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FX picks up rights to King of the Hill.
FX has picked up hit Fox cartoon King of the Hill from News Corp that was
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Xfm's O'Connell wins Sony.
Chris Moyles may have turned around the fortunes of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show but he was trumped at this week's Sony Radio Academy Awards by Xfm's Christian O'Connell, writes Michael Rosser.
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ITV BUMPS TROUBLE IN PARADISE FROM PEAK.
ITV has pulled Endemol's primetime reality show Trouble in Paradise after only two episodes after it
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C4 FAVOURITE TO AIR FRIENDS SPIN-OFF JOEY.
Channel 4 is set to pick up Friends spin-off Joey. C4 has a first-look deal with
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ONLY SIX LEFT FOR BBC2 CONTROLLERSHIP.
BBC director of television Jana Bennett this week began the second round interviews for the BBC2
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PANORAMA TO MAKE IRAQ TORTURE SPECIAL.
BBC1 is to screen a special 60-minute Panorama investigation at 21.00 on Wednesday (19 May) into
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TV CORP RULES OUT DYKE FOR CHAIRMANSHIP.
The Television Corporation has ruled out appointing former BBC director general Greg Dyke as its new
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BBC brings on black writers for Crouches.
The creator and writer of the controversial BBC1 sitcom The Crouches, about a black family in south-east London, has stood aside from the second series in order to allow new black writers to take over, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ten Alps hires Norton exec.
Peter Kessler, producer of So Graham Norton and the Mrs Merton Show, has been appointed as Ten Alps TV's first head of programmes, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC3 criticised by governors.
The BBC governors have conceded that digital channel BBC3 is too reliant on celebrity shows and
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Miramax eyes UK for fresh TV formats.
Miramax, the US film company behind blockbusters such as Chicago and Kill Bill, is installing an executive in London to find new UK formats to export to the US, writes Naomi Rovnick.