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  • News

    Radio giants vie for Manchester

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    The UK's biggest radio groups are to turn their attention to Manchester in a bid to win a lucrative new FM licence worth an estimated£5m a year in advertising revenue.

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    BBC cash for indies

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Plymouth-based Twofour Productions, Pier Productions in Brighton and Manchester's Multi Media Arts have been named as the first beneficiaries of the BBC's£100,000 regional entertainment development fund. The companies will be given grants from the You Don't Need To Live In London fund, launched by BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Jane ...

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    US ahead in digital TV

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    The US is expected to reach full digital television penetration a year before the UK, in 2014, a report has said. The Global Digital TV Forecasts from the Informa Media Group, which looked at 43 countries, predicted the US will reach 100% digital penetration by 2014 along with Canada, Finland, ...

  • Ratings

    Simpsons are C4's new friends

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    The Simpsons looks set to successfully fill the hole left by Friends in Channel 4's Friday night schedule, after debuting this week with up to 4 million viewers.

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    Living to hunt for UK's top model

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Flextech lifestyle channel Living TV is to make another UK version of one its US acquisitions.

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    Sky's Roberts goes to LA

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Sky One commissioning editor Jamie Roberts is to take a new permanent job in Los Angeles to source American content for Sky's network of channels.

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    Creature Comforts heads to Japan

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Granada International has sold Aardman Animations' award-winning animated series Creature Comforts to Japanese distributor Gaga Communications. The company has acquired all 26 x 10-minute episodes, plus a five-minute special and a 30-minute documentary, Creating Creature Comforts.

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    London team make Queer Eye US episodes

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Via London, the indie behind the UK version of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy , is to produce two episodes for the hit US series. The latest season of the makeover series, shown on US cable channel Bravo, will include two 60-minute, London-based episodes ...

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    Prospect wins orders for Gay Mates

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Indie Prospect Pictures's dating show Straight Dates by Gay Mates has been commissioned for a second series in both Israel and Italy. Production on the shows - which features two gay men choosing dates for single girls - is due to begin in January. The ...

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    RDFI set to distribute lost dragon doc

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    RDF International has picked up the distribution rights to a new wildlife documentary from indie Steel Spyda. Butann: The Lost Dragon is about the discovery of a giant tree-living lizard by scientist Daniel Bennet, which was previously thought to be extinct. The one-hour documentary was ...

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    Virgin mobile backs Superbike series

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Virgin Mobile is backing a new advertiser-funded programme on Five about a group of aspiring Superbike racers vying to win the Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha British Superbike Team next season. Natural Born Racers , produced by Bullseye Television, will start at the end of November ...

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    Ex-Blue Peter host goes to Hollywood

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Former Blue Peter presenter Tim Vincent is to host the highest rated entertainment programme in the US - Access Hollywood. The£5m-a-year deal will see Vincent host the NBC show six nights a week and follows his presenting duties on the ...

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    South Africa buys into The Farm

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Reality format The Farm , which ended its run on Five last month, is to be made for audiences in South Africa. Endemol, the indie behind the UK version of the format, has secured the rights to make the show in the region. The format, ...

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    Format Focus: Kept

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Another take on the dating format merges romance and celebrity, with Jerry Hall searching for a toy boy.

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    Set regions free with local TV

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    As the winds of change blow through the regions, this week's nations and regions conference asks who should be the true regional champion. Not ITV, says panellist Steve Hewlett, who offers a more radical solution

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    Meridian backs producers

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Meridian is backing a new regional producers group in the south-east that aims to lobby against cuts in ITV's regional non-news output and provide support for those made redundant.

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    BBC2 to explore Asian experience

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Pakistani immigrants are to talk about their experiences of coming to the UK as part of a raft of new commissions for the BBC Asian programme unit (APU).

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    Animals to have winter games

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Polar bears will compete with penguins in a bobsleigh competition in a winter follow-up to this summer's BBC1 CGI-show Animal Games.

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    Jordan goes undercover on Five

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Glamour model Jordan is to discover what her family and friends really think of her, as part of a celebrity makeover programme commissioned by Five.

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    Rapido to make C4 doc on porn star Lolo

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Rapido Television has scored its first commission since the company's relaunch earlier this year. Channel 4 editor of factual entertainment Andrew Mackenzie has ordered The Death of a Porn Queen , a one-hour documentary about French star Lolo Ferrari, whose record bust measured 54G ...