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    Zig zag brings olympics into front room

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    Zig Zag Productions has been commissioned to make an indoor version of the Olympic Games for Challenge TV to coincide with the international event in August. The 16 x 30-minute Household Olympics will see Olympic events brought indoors, with families competing in events such as dressing gown judo and real ...

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    Channel 4 plans Shameless Christmas

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned a 90-minute Christmas special of its hit drama Shameless. The Paul Abbott-scripted show, made by Company Pictures, will start filming in two weeks' time. C4 head of drama John Yorke commissioned the show. A second series of 8 x 60-minute episodes is also in production.

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    BBC makes teen version of little angels

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is to make an 8 x 30-minute spin-off series of Little Angels, in which parents are given tips on how to deal with their children. Teen Angels, which will air first on BBC3 and then transfer to BBC1, will feature experts giving advice to parents and their unruly ...

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    John Downer to walk with wildebeest

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    Indie John Downer Productions has been commissioned to make a 4 x 30-minute series for BBC1 that will follow the great wildebeest trek across the African savanna. The series, commissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey, will use the type of innovative cameras the indie has developed for shows such as ...

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    BBC backs free satellite service

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has called on the government to back a controversial free-to-air satellite TV service, claiming without it the government will not meet its analogue switch-off target.

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    RDF chief reveals aim to sell or float indie by 2007

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    RDF Media will either float on the stock market or be sold by summer 2007, according to the indie's chief executive, David Frank.

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    C4 boss slams top slicing BBC licence fee

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has said he is opposed to top slicing the BBC's licence fee as a future means of funding.

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    Top-class athletics returns to C4

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has landed the rights to show the highlights of this year's International Association of Athletics Federations Golden League meetings - the first time the sport has appeared on C4 since 1998. VTV will produce six half-hour highlights shows to be aired on selected Saturday mornings between June and ...

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    Bloomberg supplies business show to LBC

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    Chrysalis-owned LBC News has struck a deal with Bloomberg to air a 90-minute early morning money programme, Bloomberg Business Breakfast. The show, which launched this week, airs from 05.00 to 06.30, Monday to Friday, and goes head to head with Five Live's ...

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    ITV secures F1 motor racing until 2010

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    ITV has secured a five-year deal, believed to be worth£150m, to cover Formula 1 motor racing exclusively in the UK - keeping the sport on the channel until 2010. The deal also includes a clause which allows the broadcaster to show coverage of races on sister channels ITV2 and the ...

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    GMG radio improves performance

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    Guardian Media Group's radio division, the owner of Jazz FM, has reported a 61% revenue growth, taking revenues up to£21m for the year ending 31 March, up from£13m for the previous 12 months. A trading statement released by the group said national airtime revenue was up 86% over the year ...

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    ITV Yorkshire boss given broader role

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    ITV Yorkshire controller of programmes Clare Morrow has been given an additional role co-ordinating the activities of all the regional controllers in the north and midlands. Morrow will take on the title of controller of regional programmes, north and report to ITV News Group director of regional production Ian Squires. ...

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    Clear Channel set for push in Europe

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    US radio giant Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) is making a push into European television with plans to create original music programmes and formats to sell to broadcasters, writes Naomi Rovnick.

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    Norton opens NY office for Comedy Central show

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    So Television, the indie owned by comedian Graham Norton, has set up a US office in preparation for the launch of Norton's new show on Comedy Central, writes Colin Robertson.

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    MTV unveils three series

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    MTV UK has launched three new home-grown series which it plans to network across its 45 channels in 166 countries, writes Naomi Rovnick.

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    Five keeps capital FM's party in the park

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    Five has secured the exclusive rights to show 95.8 Capital FM's music concert, Party in the Park, for a further two years. However, Endemol-owned Initial, which has produced the show for the past three years, has lost the contract to indie Done and Dusted. The show, which features Will Young, ...

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    ITV sales arm reaches out to poland

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    ITV programme sales arm Granada International has agreed a deal to supply a package of TV movies to TV Polska Channel 1. The Polish broadcaster has taken seven movies including Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story, Hollywood Wives and Maiden Voyage: Ocean Hijack.

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    titeuf becomes tootuff for gmtv

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    GMTV has snapped up French animation series Titeuf from distributor Moonscoop, buying all 78 episodes of the seven-minute programme. It will be rebranded Tootuff and broadcast in GMTV's weekend morning schedule from early next year. It is produced by France Animation with co-production partners Editions Glenat, Canal J, France 3 ...

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    fat-busting format finds favour in oz

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    Celador International has signed the first international licence for its new format You Are What You Eat. Nine Network in Australia has taken an option to buy the UK version - currently in production for Channel 4 - and to make its own version, which follows a group of overweight ...

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    Performance to air eastwood interview

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    The Performance Channel general manager Bob Lynton has bought another two years' worth of Inside the Actors' Studio.The deal is for 50 new episodes, which include interviews with Tom Cruise and Clint Eastwood. Lynton originally commissioned 26 x 60-minute episodes in 2001, featuring in-depth interviews with actors such as Gwyneth ...