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BBC invests£12m in ?think big' initiative
The BBC has unveiled the criteria for its multimillion pound 'think big' for next year, adding a further£2m to the pot.
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Aussie soap channel to launch on Sky
Two British entrepreneurs are to launch a channel dedicated to classic and contemporary Australian soaps.
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C4 to air third Shameless
Channel 4 head of drama John Yorke has gambled on the continuing popularity of Paul Abbott's comedy drama Shameless by ordering a third series before production has started on the second.
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C4 marks entente
Channel 4 has commissioned a series of four short films from Scottish film-makers about Paris to mark the centenary of the Entente Cordiale. Production company Edinburgh Mediabase will oversee production of the films and is currently looking for Scottish directors to work on the projects. The commissions are part of ...
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Bank holiday meltdown for BBC1
BBC1 had a disastrous performance over the bank holiday weekend with its lowest peaktime audience share for a Sunday this year.
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Chorion puts the Mr Men back on TV
Chorion chair Lord Alli told Broadcast that the company wanted to develop a new Mr Men series that could be sold to broadcasters by next year.
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TWI's I'd Do Anything in over 20 deals worldwide
sports production giant TWI's first UK entertainment show, I'd Do Anything, is on track to become a global hit after being sold to over 20 countries worldwide, writes Paul Revoir.
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Tractor Tom heads for france
Contender Entertainment Group, the multimedia firm, has shifted its flagship kids property Tractor Tom to French terrestrial TV channel France 5. The broadcaster has picked up 52 x 10-minute editions of the show, voiced by Liza Tarbuck and Cold Feet star James Nesbitt, which it will air next year. France ...
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Australian ABC keeps faith with the bill
Fremantle has sold a further three years' worth of Thames Television's The Bill to Australian broadcaster ABC TV. The volume deal of 300 hours also gives ABC TV an exclusive first-look deal on future The Bill recommissions, other Thames-produced crime series (such as Murder Investigation Team) and any specials of ...
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Electric sky sells Status anxiety abroad
Distributor Electric Sky has sold Alain de Botton's Status Anxiety, which originally aired on Channel 4, to four international broadcasters. The 3 x 60-minute series has sold to ABC in Australia, HBO's Central European service Spektrum, VRT in Belgium and TV Catalunya. Electric Sky has also sold 13 x 26-minute ...
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forever eden in fresh global roll-out
Forever Eden, Mentorn's 'never-ending reality show', which airs on Fox in the US, has been sold to South Africa's MNET and Foxtel Australia. Television Corporation International is also in talks to sell the 25 x 60-minute series, which features 11 members of the public competing to remain at a specially ...
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swedish channel latest to sign pop idol
Pop Idol is to continue its global roll-out with a new sale of the format to Swedish broadcaster TV4. The Swedish version of the format, jointly owned by 19 Entertainment and Fremantle Media, has yet to be titled but will air in primetime on Friday nights this autumn. In Scandinavia, ...
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TV corp exec joins ad-funded specialist
Television Corporation executive Neil Osborne has quit to help launch a distribution company. Osborne, who joined TV Corp in 2001 as sales director for advertiser funded programming and sports, will take on the role of managing director at Sports and Entertainment Television, a new division of the Apace Group. The ...
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Sky's catch-22
The clamour for a Freesat service to provide an alternative to BSkyB's subscription business may also present the opportunity for a strategic repositioning by Sky.
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Report slams five for onscreen violence
Five has been branded the country's most violent terrestrial channel in a new report from Mediawatch UK. The survey, Promoting a Culture of Violence, found that Five screened almost half of all violent incidents shown in movies on terrestrial TV in 2003. Nearly 2,300 scenes shown across the five channels ...
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NTL reports£2.2m first-quarter profit
Cable operator NTL has reported a first quarter operating profit of£2.2m to 31 March 2004, compared with a£54.1m operating loss in the first quarter of last year. Revenues in the cable giant's broadcast division increased 11% from£64.3m to£71.4m. NTL added 16,600 TV subscribers in the first three months of the ...
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Pact appoints Willis as director of film
Producers' alliance Pact has appointed Tim Willis, a director at Civilian Content, as director of film. He replaces Ronnie Planalp and will have overall responsibility for devising and implementing Pact's film strategy. He will work alongside Margaret Matheson, vice-chair of film at Pact and managing director of Bard Entertainment.
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Sky and Arena buy out C4 racing stake
BSkyB and Arena Leisure have bought out Channel 4's 33% stake in the collapsed Attheraces media rights consortium. Sky and Arena have signed up 25 race courses for a new subscription TV service they intend to launch next month. Meanwhile, in a widely expected move, the BBC has retained broadcasting ...
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NewsInvestor sought to step in at Elstree
Elstree Studios, the home of Big Brother and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? , needs a multimillion pound injection of funding to secure its long-term future.
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NewsBBC swaps Saturday line-up
BBC1 is overhauling its flagging Saturday morning schedule, moving its children's programmes to BBC2 for the entire summer to make way for a new sports magazine show.