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    ABC wins Ant & Dec rights

    2006-06-01T08:00:00Z

    Disney-owned US terrestrial network ABC has seen off stiff competition from NBC and Fox to win the rights to new Ant and Dec gameshow format The Con.Testand is now considering the Geordie duo as presenters.

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    LA Screenings spawn first deals at Sky

    2006-06-01T08:00:00Z

    Sky One has made the first signings of the LA Screenings picking up Hidden Palmsfrom Dawson's Creekcreator Kevin Williamson and Lovespring International, the new project from Will and Grace's Eric ...

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    Leader - Carter: tough act to follow

    2006-06-01T08:00:00Z

    Broadcasteditor Conor Dignam looks at Stephen Carter's departure from Ofcom

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    Top Up TV goes into voluntary liquidation

    2006-06-01T08:00:00Z

    Top Up TV has placed itself into voluntary liquidation after undergoing a corporate restructuring and name change. According to information posted at Companies House, Top Up - in which Five took a stake earlier this year - has re-named itself Minds 1 and is now in liquidation. According to Top ...

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    C4 airs advertiser-funded music series

    2006-06-01T08:00:00Z

    T4 host Steve Jones and former CD:UK presenter Lauren Laverne will front Transmission with T-Mobile, a new 12 x 60-minute advertiser-funded music series for Channel 4 to air at 11.30pm on Friday nights from 16 June. The commission is being half funded by the mobile ...

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    On The Box - Playing the drama queen

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Noelle Morris is surprisingly disappointed by period drama The Line of Beauty, but is equally surprised to be seduced by the silly plotlines that characterise Lost

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    More4 appeals for human bodies

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Anatomy for Beginners professor Gunther von Hagens is to convince members of the public to donate their bodies for research after they die, in a new documentary for More4.

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    BBC3 to put obese on Stone Age diet

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Eight overweight people are to be sent to a remote location in Namibia for a month and challenged to eat like Stone Age humans for a new BBC3 series.

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    Living looks at why celebrities split up

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Living TV has commissioned three hour-long documentaries off the back of its Extreme: Celebritiesspecial.

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    Scarlet TV to investigate forensic science

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Scarlet Television is making a 6 x 60-minute series on the development of criminal forensic science for the Australian Crime & Investigation Network. To Catch a Thiefis executive produced by Scarlet managing director Paula Trafford and was commissioned for broadcast next year by Rod Caird, ...

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    V Good wins Five order about firefighters

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    V Good Films has won its first commission from Five, with a series following fire officers in the Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service. In Inferno: 999, firefighters will wear body-mounted cameras to record their working lives, from roadside rescues to burning buildings. Currently in ...

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    Available Light to make Sex Wars for ITV

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Bristol-based indie Available Light has hired Phillipa Forrester to front a 6 x 30-minute series for ITV on how men and women tackle different tasks. Forrester, who presented Robot Warsfor BBC2, will host Sex Wars, to be screened on ITV ...

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    Matthews floats Big Fish for BBC2

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Morgan Matthews, the Bafta-nominated director of Taxidermy: Stuff the World, has won a four-hour series commission from BBC2. Matthews is to direct Big Fish(working title), a series on weird and wonderful competitions. Commissioned by Richard Klein, the series is being ...

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    Minotaur strikes Rebus movie deal

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Flextech-owned distributor Minotaur has licensed all six Rebusmovies to the BBC's international entertainment channel, BBC Prime.

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    Factual series to examine impact of the Reformation

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    IWC Media has teamed up with Toronto-based factual indie Cream Productions to co-produce a series on the 16th century Reformation and the way it shaped the modern world.

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    Commissioner's Q & A - Janey Walker

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4's head of education and managing editor wants to hear from indies which know how to reach teenagers who wouldn't usually tune into educational programming.

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    Granada sells Ant and Dec royal interview

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Granada International has sold The Three Princes: 30 Years of the Prince's Trust- the Ant and Dec interview with Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry - to 10 international broadcasters.

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    Union warns BBC of backlash over rates

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Broadcasting union Bectu is advising its members to adhere to their current rates in a bid to pressure BBC factual and learning to review proposals to standardise pay for freelance crew.

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    Sunset + Vine signs DVD deal for cricket

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Sunset + Vine Productions has signed a one-year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board and DD Home Entertainment to produce DVDs around this summer's international cricket season.

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    Barcud pumps£3m into HD OB

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    Welsh facility Barcud Derwen is investing£3m in a high-definition outside broadcast truck in a bid to win new BBC Wales contracts.