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Abbott launches production company
Paul Abbott, the writer behind acclaimed TV drama series State of Play and Shameless , has set up his own independent production company.
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Universal plans UK crime channel
Universal Studios Networks is planning to launch a crime channel in the UK - despite its previous British offering lasting less than a year.
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NewsOfcom tightens regional quota for producers
Ofcom has published new criteria for programmes to qualify as regional productions in a bid to stamp out 'letter box' indie offices - with no real business or production in the regions.
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NewsITV1 to entertain with blank screen
Critics often moan there is nothing on television - now ITV1 has taken them at their word and commissioned a quiz show featuring a totally empty screen.
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NewsLiving TV calls in psychic sleuths
Psychics are to help track down murderers in a paranormal version of Crimewatch for Living TV.
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NewsOfcom tackles switch-over
Ofcom this week outlined a radical package of proposals to make digital switch-over a reality - including measures that could see the BBC, Channel 4 and S4C face multi-million pound bills for spectrum space.
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NewsGilligan makes TV debut with C4 doc
Andrew Gilligan, whose controversial Today report plunged the BBC into the worst crisis in its history, is to return to broadcasting with a programme for Channel 4 on Britain's intelligence services.
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Trump show set for 40 markets
The Apprentice , the Donald Trump-fronted reality show that has taken the US by storm, is set to air in over 40 countries around the world.
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Australia takes on BBC quiz show
The BBC's ambitious new interactive quiz show, Come and Have a Go If You Think You're Smart Enough , is to be made for the Australian market.
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Fox buys new toons
Fox Kids Europe has secured the rights to a brace of new animated series which will air in the UK later this year. The deals include 42 x 30-minute episodes of futuristic anime-adventure MegaMan NT Warrior , acquired from ShoPro Entertainment, and 26 x 30-minute ...
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Ragdoll sells Boohbah to Canadian TV
Indie Ragdoll has sold hit pre-school series Boohbah to Canadian broadcaster Treehouse TV. The channel will air 52 episodes of the series, screened on CiTV in the UK, over a two-year period. It takes the number of channels airing the show to 12. ...
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all3media wins biggest brood orders
All3Media International has made a raft of sales of its documentary Britain's Biggest Brood. The 52-minute series has been taken by TV2 in Denmark, SBS in the Netherlands, TVNZ in New Zealand, TV Norge in Norway and Canal 5 in Sweden. Originally screened on ...
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Tell-Tale develops new series of Boo!
Tell-Tale Productions is to develop a fresh batch of animated pre-school series Boo! for the BBC and is preparing to deliver the show's first Christmas special. Work on the 52 x 10-minute series has just begun and the finished product will be distributed by Universal ...
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Indonesia and Malaysia take Pop Idol
Pop Idol is to roll out across a raft of new territories including India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Slovakia. Slovack Television has signed up for 22 episodes plus 14 Idol Extras and its main channel - Jednotka - will air ...
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Target picks up rights to I Dream
Target Entertainment has picked up distribution rights to 19 Entertainment's new BBC teen show I Dream. The 13 x 30-minute series, is in production for broadcast on the BBC this autumn. The show is set in a fantasy theatre arts school and is based ...
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DLT's My Family to air on BBC America
BBC1 sitcom My Family is to be screened on BBC America from this spring. It has ordered all 49 episodes of the first four series with the option to license further episodes. The deal was negotiated by DLT Entertainment, which produces the series with Rude ...
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Resolution wins three big deals
Resolution has won three big post-production contracts, thanks to a new logging system that allows producers to organise rushes and cut sequences from their own offices.
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Presteigne buys HD lenses for Athens
Presteigne Broadcast Hire has responded to an increased demand for HD equipment by purchasing Canon HD Digi Super XJ field lenses worth£1m.
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Triangle hires MD and staff
Triangle Television has expanded its operations with the appointment of a new manager and the addition of three staff.