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Xplicit hits spot
Adult channel Xplicit is averaging 1,000 new subscribers per day via the red interactive button. The channel launched four months ago and features interactive voting, registration and its 'isub' service which allows viewers to subscribe without having to phone in. The channel also believes it will be the first adult ...
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MTV wins celeb deal
MTV Studios in Camden has won the contract to host Celebrity Extrafor Living TV and Banana Split Productions. The programme, now in its third year, goes out daily and has a half-hour slot on Saturdays at 17.30. Presented by Liz Bonnin, it features interviews with ...
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BBC to visualise Holst's Planets
The Planets is a visual interpretation of Holst's orchestral epic from BBC Wales Music for BBC2.
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VH2 rolls out with The Darkness
Condor Post Production has created a series of launch commercials for VH2. Designed and produced by head of on-air at VH1 Paul Wilkinson, the new logo was recreated by Condor animator George Humphris. The logo is integrated into pictures from the promos of various bands including Oasis, Travis and The ...
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Henry II reigns in Hallmark HD
Hallmark Entertainment has produced a made-for-TV HD feature starring Glenn Close and Patrick Stewart. Post-production on The Lion in Winterhas nearly finished at St Anne's Post. The film follows the last years of Henry II, with his three sons vying for power. Telecine operator Trevor ...
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Shameless wins reorder from C4
Channel 4 head of drama John Yorke has backed up his commitment to drama series by recommissioning Paul Abbott's controversial offering Shamelessbefore the first episode has even aired, writes Glen Mutel.
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ITV to mark 50 years of record-breaking
ITV1 has commissioned a major live event marking the 50th anniversary of the Guinness World of Records, which will attempt to break 50 records during its two-hour run, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC tries again to turn teens onto politics
The BBC is to showcase the new kids on the political block in a fresh attempt to engage younger viewers with politics, writes Michael Rosser.
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ITN takes over Granada archive
Granada International has pulled out of archive sales and will hand over its entire library of 120,000 hours to ITN Archive.
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Razaq handed senior factual role at Sky
Sky One controller James Baker has promoted Amina Razaq to senior commissioning editor for factual entertainment, replacing Jo Pilkington, who quit last month to join indie Monkey.
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Contenders for Broadcast Awards 2004
The BBC dominates the shortlist for the ninth annual Broadcast awards with a total of 28 programme nominations.
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SMG TV develops two club reps spin-offs
SMG TV Productions is developing a spin-off to its Club Reps series (above) to accompany a third run of the ITV1 documentary series. Club Reps - Aftersunhas been commissioned by ITV2 head of programming Daniela Neumann. The 6 x 60-minute series will tell the stories ...
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Martin Shaw to star in PD James thriller
Martin Shaw is to star in a further PD James novel dramatisation for BBC1. The two-part The Murder Room, commissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter, will again feature Shaw as Commander Adam Dalgliesh who has to investigate a ...
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BBC1 looks at getting the builders in
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and commissioner for documentaries and contemporary factual Tom Archer have commissioned indie Wall to Wall to make an 8 x 30-minute observational documentary series on builders. We've Got the Builders In , which is due to air on BBC1 early next ...
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Victoria wood makes slimming doc for BBC
Comedian Victoria Wood is to give her personal take on the slimming industry in a new two-part series for BBC1. Wood is to write and present the 2 x 60-minute Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary, to be made by indie Liberty Bell Productions, which will ...
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BBC and Turner plan secret agent drama
The BBC has teamed up with Turner Network Television to commission a three-part drama series about the war on terror. ER's Julianna Margulies and The Practice's Dylan McDermott will star in The Grid,about a group of American and British counter-terrorism agents who collaborate to disrupt ...
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RDF pilots two shows for US
RDF Media has bolstered its standing in the US by landing two pilot commissions from major networks NBC and WB.
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Optomen finds merger partner
Optomen, producer of ITV's Police, Camera, Action, has boosted its growth potential by merging with London-based indie Justabout Productions.
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Trouble bags US comedies
Flextech channel Trouble has secured its biggest ever slate of US imports following a multi-million pound comedy deal with Warner Brothers International Television Distribution..
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Sony to fund T4's The Grill
Channel 4 has teamed up with Sony PlayStation 2 to launch a new advertiser-funded entertainment series fronted by Vernon Kay.