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Izzard in US pilot
Comedian Eddie Izzard is to play a dad in a new US pilot for Fox cable network FX. The drama, called Low Life and made by Madonna's company, Maverick TV, will see Izzard play a conman facing a spiritual crisis who decides to settle down with his wife and children ...
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E4 to air Beauty and the Geek
Beauty and the Geek, the US reality format from Punk'd creator Ashton Kutcher, is coming to the UK with September Films producing a local version for E4.
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Bravo buys the third Ultimate Fighter series
Flextech men's channel Bravo has bought the third series of reality show The Ultimate Fighter and convinced rights holder UFC to feature two British contestants.
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BBC looks for US home for Dr Who
The BBC has yet to sell Doctor Who to a US broadcaster despite its cable channel BBC America wanting to buy the show.
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Format Focus: Three Wishes
A major new unscripted US format might prove to be just a little bit too nice.
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Five's New Killer Instinct ends in US
Five's new US acquisition Killer Instinct has been axed in the week it will make its UK premiere. The Regency Television detective series which airs on the Fox Network in America has been scheduled for a 16-week run on Five in the plum Thursday 10pm slot - previously home to ...
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V2's Bentley leaves for 3DD role
Distributor 3DD has poached V2 Music Group financial director Jennifer Bentley to fill the newly created position of director of finance and planning. She will be tasked with raising new capital to fund the company's ongoing expansion. In another staffing change, Rachel Job has been promoted to head of acquisitions ...
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Screentime launches Nothing to Hide...
Screentime Partners has successfully launched the Lion dating format Nothing to Hide in Greece. The 12-episode series, which debuted last month, has been performing above the Antenna TV Saturday night average share, attracting around 20%. Other deals Screentime has secured for the All3Media-owned producer include a series of taxi-based quiz ...
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Cowell signs Syco deal with Fox
The X Factor creator Simon Cowell has extended his two-year first-look deal with Fox for a further five years. The US broadcaster will now have the first pick of shows from Cowell's indie Syco until 2010. He has also signed a five-year deal with Sony BMG that will give the ...
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TWI to distribute tsunami docs
TWI has secured the rights to distribute Orphans, Childless and Predators, a Channel NewsAsia documentary narrated by Oscar winner Susan Sarandon that tells the story of efforts to rescue orphans from the Asian tsunami crisis. The deal will also see TWIdistribute another Channel NewsAsia tsunami documentary called Island of a ...
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FilmFour set to go free to air
Channel 4 is planning to turn its subscription movie channel FilmFour into a free-to-air service across all platforms including Freeview.
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Ex-ITN boss in bid to launch The Queer Channel
Former ITN creative director Colin Fallesen is looking to launch a gay entertainment channel.
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Apprentice hit generates spin-offs
The BBC is ramping up its coverage of the new series of hit show The Apprentice by commissioning a spin-off show for BBC3.
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Homechoice adds Asian TV and music package
Video-on-demand service Homechoice is launching an Asian entertainment package which it hopes will help drive subscriptions when it rolls out in the north of England.
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BT extends TV trial
BT has extended the trial of its live TV and radio mobile phone service, BT Livetime, for a further two weeks and is replacing its current TV channels with Channel 4, ITV2 and Cartoon Network. The trial, which has been running since July with 1,000 users within the M25, has ...
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Five boss joins ETV
Enteraction TV (ETV) has poached Five interactive business controller Damon Letzer to take the newly created role of sales director. Letzer, who has been at Five for almost six years, will start in January, reporting to ETV's business development director, James Penfold. He will be responsible for sponsorship and brand ...
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Second Paradise run
Mentorn format Paradise Hotel has been picked up for a second series by TV3 in Denmark after the first run averaged around 35%. The beachside reality format has signed a deal with Television Corporation International (TCI) to make a second 48-episode run. TCI has also signed a series of international ...
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Ofcom clears Living
Ofcom has cleared Living TV over complaints that Most Haunted and Most Haunted Live had contrived paranormal events on the show. The regulator confirmed that 11 viewers complained about the programme with concerns that it was deceiving people into thinking events were real. Complainants suggested the programme, in which psychic ...
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BT gathers up content for TV service
BT has signed the first on-demand content deals for its soon to launch TV over broadband service.
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More hours means sport on UKTV G2
UKTV G2 is expanding into an 18-hour channel and will become the home of all the network's sports content. From 16 January 2006, the male-skewed channel will have an extra 11 hours - broadcasting from 9am to 3am - and will mix sport with its regular light entertainment programming, which ...