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NewsKrypton deal prompts ITV to focus on AFP
ITV is looking to step up its advertiser-funded programming after sealing its biggest AFP deal yet to help revive The Krypton Factor quiz show next year.
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Virgin's shares rise, but outlook gloomy
A tumultuous week on stock markets closed with Virgin Media recording the highest weekly percentage rise among companies in the Broadcast Sharewatch.
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NewsMedia Money: What will recession mean for the TV business?
I was talking to some private equity guys last week about the future of TV in the financial crisis. The predictions weren't good - belt tightening, even less advertising money and very limited investment capital.
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BBC2 orders credit crunch property design show
BBC2 has ordered “the antithesis to previous property programmes” from Maverick Television.
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NewsGlobal rebrand to kick off new era
Global Radio chief executive Ashley Tabor believes a new logo and a revamped website will help usher in a new era for the company early next month.
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NewsRock Hammer ends three-year Ten Alps deal
East Midlands-based indie Rock Hammer has broken away from Ten Alps after its three-year production deal with the super-indie ended.
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NewsJazz FM to be played in all Pizza Express restaurants
The relaunched Jazz FM has signed a major sponsorship deal with Pizza Express for the station to be played in all 300 of the chain's restaurants.
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NewsObjective's Perrin will be traditional sitcom
Objective Productions' forthcoming update of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin will jettison the bulk of the classic comedy's characters and the ongoing storyline in which the main character faked his own death.
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NewsMillionaire to Kabul
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has become the first entertainment format to be legitimately sold into Afghanistan, according to 2waytraffic International managing director Ed Louwerse.
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Endemol signs gameshow from Passion
Passion Distribution has signed a pan-territory format deal with Endemol for BBC3's Fashion Strip.
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Comings and goings at UKTV acquisitions
UKTV is shaking up its acquisitions team with two appointments and the departure of acquisitions executive Michael Whelan.
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NewsTwoFour tackles boozy Brits abroad
TwoFour Broadcast has won a major commission from Bravo that will delve into the rising epidemic of binge-drinking Brits abroad.
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RDFR deal with Scott Satin
RDF Rights has signed a multiple content and development deal with US producer Scott Satin Productions, further consolidating the distributor's presence in the country.
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ITV Global Ent promotions
ITV Global Entertainment has promoted Tobi de Graaff to director of global TV distribution.
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Harcourt-Cooze secures sweet deal with C4
Eccentric chocolatier Willie Harcourt-Cooze is to return to Channel 4 for a Christmas special and a series that aims to introduce a better class of chocolate to the UK.
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NewsMistresses for BBC America
BBC America has picked up series one and two of BBC1 drama Mistresses for broadcast on the US cable and satellite network.
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Firecracker bear series for Animal Planet
Animal Planet has commissioned Firecracker Films to make a full series based on its Five documentary The Man Who Lives with Bears.
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NewsLyons criticises Ofcom over PSB review
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has criticised the scale of expectation that the public service broadcasting review has placed on Channel 4 and has ruled out backing any formal commercial deal between C4 and BBC Worldwide.
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NewsBBC woos Yentob for DG of North job
Alan Yentob is being courted by BBC bosses to become the “DG of the North” - but negotiations have been complicated by his opposition to the decision to move arts strand Imagine to Scotland.
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NewsShows on the move
Full list of BBC shows on the move as part of the corporation's biggest ever shake-up of network programming from the nations and regions.