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NewsOliver brings own series to market
TV chef Jamie Oliver is plotting the follow-up to his recent Italian culinary journey with a 'back to basics' cooking show for the international market that will probably be made without a UK commission.
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Fremantle to roll out Inventor format
Fremantle Media is planning an Idol-style international rollout of Syco's American Inventor, after the Simon Cowell format exceeded expectations Stateside.
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Format focus: Take It or Leave It
Endemol believes its new gameshow format can cash in on the phenomenal success of Deal or No Deal.
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RDF Rights scores BBC legal coup
RDF Rights has fended off competition from traditional drama distributors including BBC Worldwide to pick up the international rights to major new BBC1 drama New Street Law, which is produced by indie Red Production in association with One-Eyed Dog. It will launch the 8 x ...
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Home makeover hit for UKTV Style
UKTV Style has made its biggest international acquisition, picking up a further 58 x 60-minute episodes of Endemol's hit ABC US reality series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The digital channel will have exclusive UK rights to series three and four of the show, which it ...
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Mentorn works out in Beverly Hills
Mentorn has won a 6 x 60-minute reality series commission from US network Bravo, set in an image-obsessed Beverly Hills gym. The series, which is due to air in the third quarter of the year, will follow celebrity trainer Warner and her team, as well as their clients both in ...
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Oddie digs up ancestors for UKTV History
UKTV History is jumping on the genealogy bandwagon with a new series hosted by Bill Oddie, writesPaul McNally.
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Kids take on 'toons for Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network UK is making an animated gameshow called Skatoonyin which real-life contestants will battle it out against cartoons. The 13 x 30-minute series is animated in-house while Talent Television will manage and shoot all live elements. Scheduled to premiere in October, the weekly series ...
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Talkback goes into historic buildings for Five
Five has commissioned an 8 x 60-minute series from Talkback Thames looking at the buildings that shaped Britain.
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Kelley revisits Mars
Ally McBeal producer David E Kelley is developing Kudos drama Life on Mars for Disney-owned US network ABC. Kelley will write and executive produce a pilot through his own indie, David E Kelley Productions, and major studio 20th Century Fox TV. Kudos joint managing directors ...
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Somethin' Else order
Somethin' Else has won a 52 x 20-minute commission from the BBC World Service for a new weekly audience feedback show Over to You. Presented by Rajan Datar, the series begins in April, with Matt Hall executive producing and Lucy Dichmont producing. The indie has ...
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Hit backs off
Bob the Builder owner Hit Entertainment has withdrawn from negotiations to buy rival children's property owner Chorion. The withdrawal leaves two contenders to take control of Chorion - a management buyout headed by non-executive chairman Waheed Alli, and Postman Pat owner Entertainment Rights, which is considering a bid.
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NewsITV's multichannel strategy comes under pressure
ITV chief executive Charles Allen's plan to bolster the commercial network's declining share with its multichannel offshoots is under pressure, with ITV2's peaktime share down 24%.
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No new Rabbatts
Channel 4 has announced that it will not replace outgoing head of education Heather Rabbatts, with the broadcaster's existing managing editor, Janey Walker, set to take control of education programming.
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Jones gains larger role at MTV
Paramount Comedy managing director Heather Jones has been given a larger role within Viacom after her name was linked with jobs at Living TV and Five. As director of television, Jones will now advise on pan-network acquisitions and programme planning for MTV's music and comedy channels. She will still report ...
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Minister of switchover needed, say MPs
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to appoint a minister to take charge of digital switchover amid concern that the body overseeing the move, Digital UK, lacks authority. The demand comes from a cross-party media select committee which warned this week there was a need for 'clearer chains of ...
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NewsOutsourcing to India the next threat to UK post industry
Outsourcing to India is set to spread to post production with one of India's largest media and broadcasting companies, NDTV (New Delhi Television), joining forces with outsourcing specialist Genpact.
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Red Bee in MipTV launch
Multimedia company Red Bee Media is launching a new service at MipTV next week to digitally store and ingest content which is then reformatted on to platforms such as mobile, video on demand (VoD), broadband and portable devices such as video iPods.
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NewsMobile video faces challenges
Two new studies on mobile phone usage in the UK have highlighted the relatively low take-up of video services and the challenges facing producers and broadcasters moving into this new market.
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NewsTwo Way TV launches interactive formats
Interactive TV specialist Two Way TV is looking to expand its international business at MipTV, with the launch of three product lines for broadcasters and pay-TV operators.