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    American animation to debut on Trouble

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Flextech teen channel Trouble has bought Game Over, a new animation from US distributor Carsey Warner penned by The Simpsons writer David Sacks. The 6 x 30-minute CGI series, which follows a group of computer games characters and features the voice of film star Lucy Liu, will kick off on ...

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    Atkinson comedies sold into europe

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Fremantle International Distribution has sold two Rowan Atkinson sitcoms to 12 countries. Mr Bean and The Thin Blue Line have been picked up by Super RTL in Germany, RTL in the Netherlands, TVNZ in New Zealand and YLE in Finland. Canal 7 in Chile, Artear in Argentina, M2 in Morocco ...

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    kiddies show wide eye has world in sight

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Abbey Home Media has sold pre-school BBC co-production Wide Eye to nearly a dozen broadcasters. The series is made by King Rollo Films and features voiceovers from Anton Rogers and Jane Horrocks. Buyers of the 26 x 10-minute series include ABC in Australia, M Net in South Africa, TV3 in ...

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    Ultimate documentaries are global hit

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Five documentary strand The Ultimates has been licensed to Discovery Asia by distributor Cineflix International. The 6 x 60-minute technology series was made by Wark Clements, Pioneer Productions and One on One Productions. The strand includes Ultimate Trains, Ultimate Crashes and Ultimate Explosions. The show has now been licensed to ...

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    Target takes on new head of licensing

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Target Entertainment has hired Helen Howells as director of international licensing. Howells joins Target from 4 Kids Entertainment. In her new post, Howells will manage the licensing of Target properties such as Meg and Mog and Funky Valley - while identifying programmes for acquisition.

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    BBC prime enjoys leap in polish viewers

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    BBC Prime, the corporation's entertainment channel in Europe and the Middle East, has added 265,000 homes to its presence in Poland. The carriage deal with broadband platform the Aster Group will take the channel's reach in Poland to 1.8 million.

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    NFL passes super bowl rights to ITV

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    ITV has taken over the terrestrial rights to air American football's Super Bowl live in the UK from Five in a three-year deal. The agreement kicks off next year with Super Bowl XXXIX held at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on 6 February . Due to the time difference, it ...

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    Voodoo to make video shock doc

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    ITN-owned production arm Visual Voodoo has picked up a series of commissions, including a Saturday night special for Channel 4, which charts the most shocking and extreme pop videos ever made.

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    Second EastEnders Xmas Party planned

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    The cast of EastEnders are to be brought together again this Christmas for a second variety special. This year's 60-minute EastEnders Christmas Party is expected to follow the same format as last year's, which aired on Christmas Eve, and saw ...

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    Attaboy wins two Discovery H&L orders

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Attaboy TV has scored two commissions from Discovery Home & Leisure. The Salvager , is a 15 x 30-minute series for September presented by a Hell's Angel who turns junkyard finds into furniture. Daniel Allum produces with Steve Grizzell as executive producer. Attaboy is also ...

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    Living chases Robbie into haunted house

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Living TV is bringing back its celebrity haunted castle show I'm Famous and Frightened and is lining up popstar Robbie Williams to be in it. Scream Films has been commissioned to make a 3 x 180-minute second edition of the reality show, in which eight ...

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    BBC drafts in its own ?Jane Tennison'

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is set to launch a new long-running crime series featuring a hard-edged female detective after buying the rights to six novels by author John Connor.

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    Commissioner's Q&A

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    A Welsh Simpsons is the unlikely production on the wish list of head of English language programmes, BBC Wales Clare Hudson, who is most impressed by indies that can use rejection to become stronger.

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    BBC3 criticised by governors

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    The BBC governors have conceded that digital channel BBC3 is too reliant on celebrity shows and repeats of BBC1 hits such as EastEnders.

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    ITV Westcountry secures first network order

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    ITV Westcountry has been commissioned to make its first drama programme for the network with a 90-minute broadcast pilot about a Devon-based detective.

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    BBC brings on black writers for Crouches

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    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.

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    Ten Alps hires Norton exec

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Peter Kessler, producer of So Graham Norton and the Mrs Merton Show , has been appointed as Ten Alps TV's first head of programmes.

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    LRC seeks millions

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    The Local Radio Company (LRC), headed by the former management team of Jazz FM, is seeking to raise£47.3m to fund the purchase of Radio Investments through an accelerated flotation on AIM. LRC, led by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatley, is to place 52.7 million shares on the junior ...

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    Free racing on Sky

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    The Horse Racing Channel, the channel being planned by racecourses to rival Arena/BSkyB consortium Attheraces, will be offered free to air for the first two months after launch before becoming a subscription service on Sky. The channel, which is backed by 28 racecourses including Goodwood, Newbury and Newmarket, is also ...

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    Chrysalis radio up

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Chrysalis has reported a 23% boost in revenues for its radio division. The group, which includes Heart, Galaxy and LBC, grew revenue to£33.3m in the six months to the end of February. Overall turnover increased marginally to£84.6m, with pre-tax profits up to£1.9m from£1.3m in the same period last year.