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Format Focus: The Mansion
This US property gameshow combines a test of DIY skills with a Big Brother-style popularity contest.
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VTR opens new facility in Leeds
Facilities Group VTR is to open a branch in Leeds. The move, which is being made in partnership with a local company, will create 11 new jobs and bring£450,000 of business to the city.
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Five, UKTV style get extreme makeover
Five and UKTV Style have acquired US property series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The 13 x 60-minute series, produced by ABC America and distributed by Endemol International, sees radical transformations on homes in just a week, with a production budget of $1m per ...
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Evolutions TV splashes out on high-def kit
Evolutions Television has spent£175,000 on high-end HD kit.
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Lawes leaves Hit Entertainment
Rob Lawes is stepping down as chief executive of Hit Entertainment with immediate effect as Hit prepares to extend its reach in the US. Chairman and founder Peter Orton will take on the role until a replacement is found and said the company needed a leader with 'different skills to ...
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Living TV lines up US dramas
Living TV has bought exclusive UK rights to two major US shows from Buena Vista Television, including a hospital drama widely tipped to be the new ER.
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The Farm posts World drama
The Farm group has completed post on World Productions' latest drama , Murder Prevention , for Five. The crime drama is inspired by the Metropolitan Police's real-life Homicide Prevention Unit, who target potential murderers. The series of three two-parters had no score and relied on ...
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Grand Designs spins off exhibition
Channel 4 property development series Grand Designs is to launch its own exhibition in London next year and has been greenlit for a fifth series. The Grand Designs Live! exhibition will be held next summer and builds on the brand created by indie Talkback, which ...
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Commissioners Q&A: Ian Russell
Five's deputy controller of news, current affairs and documentaries wants fresh ideas for late night, misses homegrown comedy and hopes to put us off our Christmas presents with disturbing toy stories
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Later makes US comeback
BBC2 music show Later with Jools Holland is to be screened in the US after a two-
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Cicada names head
Cicada Films, the indie behind documentary To the Ends of the Earth , has appointed Clare Handford as head of development to replace Malcolm Neaum, who was poached by Touching the Void producer Darlow Smithson. Handford previously worked at Fulcrum ...
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Veronica takes content from CD:UK
ITV1 chart show CD:UK has been licensed to SBS-owned Dutch channel Veronica following a deal with Zeal TV. The channel will pick the best performances from the Blaze TV-produced show and insert them into its own chart show, Countdown. ...
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EU funds BT project
The EU has given millions of pounds in funding to a British Telecom project aimed at formulating new ways of creating and viewing media. The New Media for a New Millennium project (NM2) is split across a number of countries, with research shared across technology companies and educational institutions. NM2 ...
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BSkyB readies launch to fight off Freeview
BSkyB is expected to launch its free satellite proposition within the next couple of days as new figures for the rival Freeview platform show box sales are now running at around 60,000 a week.
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The Hive titles live breast op
The Hive has created the graphics and title sequence for Breast Cancer - The Operation for BBC3. To coincide with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the BBC is screening a live mastectomy operation and reconstruction. The graphics will be used to explain the disease and ...
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Box TV makes sitcom for US
Box TV is developing a comedy series for US network Lifetime Television with the writers behind classic 1980s sitcom Moonlighting.
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BMF sponsors CITV watersports show
The British Marine Federation (BMF), the body set up to champion UK water-based activities, is paying for a new CiTV series. The group is backing Splash Camp , a 10 x 20-minute reality series which pits five boys against five girls in events such as ...
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Blaze follows H's steps to new career
Blaze Television has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make an 8 x 30-minute series following former Steps singer H (pictured) on his journey to become a professionally trained singer at the Royal Academy of Music. The show , H-Side Story , for C4's teen ...
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Big Squid brings us Too Close
Big Squid has completed titles for Too Close for Comfort for BBC1. The series aims to help families whose living arrangements have been the cause of arguments and family conflict. Each programme tries to resolve one home's problems by altering the living space with the ...
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Big Brother fight gets Ofcom rap
Channel 4 has escaped with a slap on the wrist from regulator Ofcom over the 'fight night' brawl that erupted during this year's Big Brother.