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Hit eyes up America
Hit Entertainment is looking at launching a TV channel in the US aimed at pre-school children. Rob Lawes, chief executive of the company which owns Bob the Builder said: 'We would like to leverage our content into an equity ownership of a dedicated [TV] venture.' Hit this week reported that ...
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Fox buys FX drama
Fox International Channels UK has bought two drama shows from Warner Bros International Television Distribution for its FX channel on Sky. Carnivale , a 13 x 60-minute series about a travelling carnival, and cop show The Wire will premiere on ...
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BBC Asian soap
The BBC is spending over£1m on its first radio soap for the Asian community. Silver Street will launch on 24 May on digital station BBC Asian Network and a 10-minute episode will be broadcast every weekday morning with an afternoon repeat and a weekend omnibus. ...
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Napster nabs Smith
Former Capital FM executive Jeff Smith has been hired as programming director of music download website Napster. Smith, who has been consulting for various radio groups since stepping down as Capital FM programming controller in January last year, will join the company before its launch in the UK this summer. ...
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ITV brings back Real Life series
ITV has cemented a commitment to documentaries with an order for six films for its Real Life strand.
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Murphy orders street gang doc
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a major foreign language documentary series about street gangs in El Salvador, in the style of the award-winning Brazilian film City of God.
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BBC4 revisits art and culture of the 1960s
The 1960s will be put under the microscope in a major season of programmes on BBC4 this summer, including a landmark collaboration with Tate Britain about the decade's art.
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Ecosse to make serial killer drama for ITV
Ecosse Films, the indie behind BBC1 series The Monarch of the Glen , has been commissioned by ITV to make a gritty two-part drama about a serial killer.
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Bennett steps in
BBC director of television Jana Bennett is to replace former BBC director general Greg Dyke as the opening keynote speaker at the MipTV festival. Bennett will deliver a speech on The Future of Television Programming in a Cross-Platform World on 30 March at the event in Cannes.
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Wright back at BBC
Footballer Ian Wright and his former striking partner Mark Bright are returning to BBC Radio Five Live after a two-year absence. The pair will replace Johnny Vaughan when he leaves his Saturday afternoon debate show, Fighting Talk, at the beginning of April for Capital Radio. Wright and Bright will broadcast ...
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C4 shares out remit
Former Channel 4 specialist factual commissioning editor Charles Furneaux, who last week quit to join Talkback, will not be replaced, the channel has decided. Instead, his remit, which includes history and archaeology documentaries, will be shared out in the specialist factual department.
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Bakhurst keeps job
Kevin Bakhurst, the caretaker editor of BBC1's 10 O'Clock News , has been handed the job on a permanent basis. He stepped in to the role six months ago after his predecessor, Mark Popescu, took control of BBC News 24 ahead of its relaunch.
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Doc masterclass
Wall to Wall chief executive Alex Graham is to give a documentary masterclass at the forthcoming Banff International TV Festival in June. Graham will be talking about his company's documentary hits including Wall to Wall's Ancient Egyptians , Smallpox 2002 ...
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Picking a dream team
Now that we know who's in the running for BBC chairman and DG, could an old double act be reunited?
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Secret Policeman team to make special
The team behind BBC1's The Secret Policeman are set to cause more controversy with a hard-hitting investigation into the death of a man in police custody. The Rough Justice special, Death on Camera , has been given an unprecedented 21.00 ...
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BBC3 axes Celebdaq after ratings failure
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy is set to axe celebrity stock-trading show Celebdaq after its relaunch failed to significantly increase ratings. Murphy originally pulled the show off air in January but it later returned for a two-week pilot that ended last week after averaged only about ...
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Broadcasting press guild honours Dyke
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is to be given another industry award on Friday (26 March) when he picks up the Broadcasting Press Guild outstanding contribution to broadcasting award. The accolade is one of 13 prizes due to be presented at the guild's annual awards ceremony at the Theatre ...
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Attheraces losing hope of rescuing deal
Attheraces, the horse-racing channel backed by Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure, has conceded that there is 'little chance' of rescuing its£307m rights deal with 49 UK race courses before the Monday deadline. If this deadline is missed, live broadcasting of UK horse-racing would cease immediately and the terrestrial rights ...
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NewsWark Clements and Ideal World to merge
Ideal World and Wark Clements are to merge to create Scotland's first super-indie and the second largest independent programme supplier outside London.
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NewsThe Bill tied up until 2010
Thames Television's police drama The Bill is to remain on ITV until the end of the decade following an unprecedented recommission for 480 episodes.