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    ITV hires Salmon

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    ITV has appointed Clare Salmon from motorists' organisation the AA to be its new marketing director. She joins ITV in January, reporting to ITV Broadcasting chief executive Mick Desmond and replacing Jim Hytner who left to join Barclays Bank.

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    Spirit FM taken over

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    The Local Radio Company has taken full control of Spirit FM after buying South West Sussex Radio's 53% share for£1.7m. The station has an audience of 33,000 in the region and made a£137,000 profit in the year to 30 September on sales of£925,000.

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    BBC bags kids Baftas

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    The BBC dominated this week's Bafta Kids awards, taking six prizes. Dick and Dom, presenters of BBC1 Saturday morning strand Dick and Dom in da Bungalow, bagged two awards. CiTV's animation Yoko! Jakamoto! Toto! from Collingwood O'Hare also took two awards. A full list of winners can be viewed at: ...

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    Wall to Wall builds on A Life in? series

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Wall to Wall is to follow up its Emmy award-winning arts programme George Orwell - A Life in Pictures with a special on James Bond author Ian Fleming.

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    BBC focuses on missing persons

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Leopard Films is to make a real-life version of US drama Without a Trace for the BBC, which will focus on the biggest missing persons unit in the country.

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    Furneaux wins C4 commission

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Former Channel 4 executive Charles Furneaux has won his first commission since being poached by Talkback earlier this year.

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    Love gets Sky One order

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Former Maverick TV managing director Richard Mckerrow is close to bagging his first commission for his newly formed indie, Love Productions.

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    Paul Merton looks at the Comedy store

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Comedian Paul Merton is to make his directorial debut in a BBC1 documentary charting 25 years of the Comedy Store. The 60-minute 25 Years of the Comedy Store - A Personal Historyby Paul Merton is written, presented and directed by the ...

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    Five focuses on weird pets and owners

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Landmark Films has been commissioned by Five controller of science Justine Kershaw to produce a 60-minute film on weird pets and their owners in the US. Strange Pets USA will feature a man with three tigers, another with two alligators and a woman searching for ...

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    Tern TV scores a commissions Hat-trick

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Scottish indie Tern Television has picked up three commissions including a documentary series that tracks a year in the lives of a group of trainee teachers. BBC Scotland has ordered 6 x 30-minute Teacher Teacher , which will be produced by Pamela Drynan. Discovery Home ...

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    Radio 5's Fighting talk leaps to BBC2

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live's sports format Fighting Talk is to transfer to BBC2 following a fast turnaround commission. Indie World's End will the make the three-part series, which will be presented by Johnny Vaughan. The show - the first to transfer to TV from R5 ...

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    Five lets out secrets of the Beatles

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Five controller of history Alex Sutherland has commissioned 90-minute documentary The Beatles' Biggest Secrets from indie Fulcrum TV for later this year. Friends, colleagues and relatives lift the lid on incidents such as Paul McCartney's split with Jane Asher. The executive producer is Richard Belfield.

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    C4 sells Sex Traffic around the globe

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 thriller Sex Traffic looks set to become an international hit after selling to six countries around the world.

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    Entertainment Tonight comes to UK

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Sky One has signed a deal with US producer Paramount to make a UK version of its syndicated show Entertainment Tonight.

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    Fox to pilot Channel 4's Peep Show

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    US network Fox has commissioned a pilot of Channel 4 comedy Peep Show from LA-based indie Carsey-Werner. The comedy indie acquired the US rights to the format from indie Objective in August. The narrative comedy, told via the inner thoughts of two socially dysfunctional roommates, ...

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    TWI radio wins second contract with FA

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    TWI Radio has been reappointed by the FA Premier League to represent its international radio rights. The new contract runs until the 2006/7 season. In addition, TWI Radio has signed a new deal with digital satellite radio company Sirius to take Premiership football coverage. Sirius has 120 channels across North ...

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    Distraction hires format director

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Distraction Formats has appointed its first format director, Alice de Maré, who has worked for Distraction in both London and Paris for the past three years. Distraction recently made format sales of business reality show The Apprentice and BBC's Saturday night show ...

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    Connie the cow picked up by Disney

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Animation house TV-Loonland has sold the German TV rights for pre-school series Connie the Cow to the Disney Channel. The show, which follows the adventures of a curious cow and her friends, attracts a share of nearly 25% on ITV. Produced by Neptuno Films, it ...

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    Rose d'Or Festival adds special UN award

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    The Rose d'Or Festival, the annual Swiss TV festival, is to introduce an award in association with the United Nations. The Social Awareness Award will be presented to programming that successfully explores the issues surrounding Aids/HIV.

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    Paramount's Lynn takes Nickelodeon job

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    Nickelodeon has drafted in David Lynn from its sister network Paramount Comedy UK to take over as its managing director.