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NewsEmap profits down 16%
Emap is on track to with its plans to sell the business but has reported first-half pre-tax profits down 16% to£80 million. More follows.
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NewsI’m a Celebrity back with 8.7m
ITV1’s ratings blockbuster I’m a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here! returned with an impressive 8.7m (37.8%) at 9pm last night.
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NewsRaw Cut appoints development head
Specialist factual indie Raw Cut Television has appointed ex-Initial showbiz editor Hayden Lee as its new head of development.
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NewsEmap profits down
Emap is on track with its plans to sell the business but has reported first-half pre-tax profits down 16% to£80m.
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NewsTigerlily on board Goth Cruise
Tigerlily Films will explore the world of Goth culture and lifestyle in a new feature length documentary for US cable channel IFC.
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NewsBebo signs major content deals
Broadcasters including the BBC, BSkyB and Channel 4 and production companies such as Endemol are to offer free content to social network Bebo’s 40 million users in a global deal announced today (13 November).
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NewsCineflix racks up Nordic deals
Cineflix International has struck a raft of deals with broadcasters in the Nordic region, amounting to 135 hours of programming.
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NewsBBC1’s Damages gets new run
FX has handed a two-season order to BBC1 acquisition Damages, ending weeks of uncertainty over the show’s future.
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NewsNSPCC wants reality ban for young kids
An NSPCC advisor has called for a UK-wide ban on broadcasters’ use of kids under the age of three in reality TV shows.
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NewsFremantle picks up Aussie brothel drama
FremantleMedia Enterprises has picked up international rights to an edgy new Australian drama series set in an up-market city brothel.
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NewsPower closes deal with Artear
Drama producer and distributor Power has struck a major multi-year deal with Argentine broadcaster Artear covering more than 60 hours of primetime drama and mini-series.
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NewsThe Kids Are All Right with CME
European broadcasting group CME has optioned Endemol’s new BBC1 format The Kids Are All Right in all six of its territories.
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NewsZodiak staffs up London office
Scandinavian production group Zodiak Television has begun the process of staffing up its new London-based distribution office, following its acquisition of Bullseye TV.
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NewsWire in the Blood sold to Italy
Southern Star International has sold all five series of Coastal Productions’s ITV1 drama Wire in the Blood to AXN Italy.
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NewsFireworks renews Emmy deal
Fireworks International has renewed its deal with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to handle international distribution of the Primetime Emmy Awards to 2010.
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NewsRDF inks first-look drama deals
RDF Rights (RDFR) has boosted its drama catalogue by signing first-look deals with a trio of drama indies.
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NewsBelgium buys Trinny and Susannah format
Belgian broadcasters are hunting for their very own Trinny and Susannah after optioning the format to the pair’s latest show from Granada International.
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NewsFox Italy picks up 150 hours of C4I shows
C4I has sold more than 150 hours of programming to Fox Italy.
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NewsGaydar’s Lawry joins GCap
Gaydar Radio DJ Yannick Lawry has quit the station to join GCap’s Media Creation division, which specialises in podcasting.
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NewsBBC’s simulcast plans
The BBC is planning more live simulcasts after Radio 5 Live and BBC TV’s Newsnight last week joined forces to look at immigration issues in the UK.