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    King Rollo splits from production arm

    2004-10-04T11:48:40Z

    King Rollo Films, the animation production house behind classic kids series Mr Benn , has split its production arm from its rights-holding company.

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    Dyke suggests ideas for 'Panorama'

    2004-10-04T11:44:06Z

    Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has branded ideas to populise Panorama as 'terrible'.

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    Dyke criticizes 'popular Panorama'

    2004-10-04T11:42:33Z

    Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has branded ideas to populise Panorama as 'terrible'.

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    C4 orders 100 hours of sports

    2004-10-04T11:34:21Z

    Channel 4 has ordered around 100 hours of original sports programming from Hot House Productions to cover the winter ski season

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    Sky One buys Stargate Atlantis

    2004-10-04T10:47:37Z

    Sky One has bought the rights to Stargate Atlantis , the spin-off to sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 , as well as apocalyptic drama Revelations from MGM International Television Distribution.

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    'Strictly Come Dancing' sold to Australia

    2004-10-04T10:40:28Z

    Hit BBC1 entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing has been sold to Australia in a co-production deal between BBC Worldwide and Granada Productions.

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    Chorion in deals for 'Noddy'

    2004-10-04T10:26:26Z

    Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to bring the£10m CGI animated series Make Way For Noddy to ten new territories.

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    Trisha quits ITV to join Five

    2004-10-01T11:26:21Z

    DAYTIME diva Trisha Goddard has quit ITV after six years and defected to Five to host a new weekday morning show as well as a number of primetime projects.

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    Strong start for Wife Swap USA

    2004-10-01T11:22:33Z

    RDF Media's life switch format Wife Swap debuted on the ABC network in the US this week with promising ratings.

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    Schoonmaker quits Odeon

    2004-10-01T11:21:34Z

    Tim Schoonmaker, the former head of Emap's TV and radio division, has quit his job as chief executive of Odeon cinemas.

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    RDF bags rights to hyped new ITV format

    2004-10-01T11:20:07Z

    Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to the new ITV reality show from the team behind I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.

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    PEER POLL: Panorama

    2004-10-01T08:30:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Panorama in need of a revamp to improve?

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    Ofcom proposes£300m new PSB channel

    2004-09-30T16:47:00Z

    Ofcom today said a new interactive not-for-profit TV channel should be set up to show public service programmes.

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    Enter the firefighter

    2004-09-30T11:12:08Z

    It's a great time to be taking the show forward,' says Kathleen Hutchison on her appointment as EastEnders ' new executive producer. But if it's the best of times to be taking over, it's also the worst of times.

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    Bland: increase indie quota to 40%

    2004-09-30T10:44:11Z

    Former BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland has called for the independent quota to be raised to 40% within the next three to five years and to widen the definition of what constitutes an independent.

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    ITV presses for on screen logos

    2004-09-30T10:39:34Z

    ITV is pressing for regulatory change that will allow programme sponsors to have their logos on the screen throughout a show rather than just at the beginning and end.

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    Miami Slice picked up by networks

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    September International has made a series of new sales of Sky One's plastic surgery reality series Miami Slice. The 6 x 60-minute series, made by September Films, has been licensed to Australia's Nine Network, RLT in the Netherlands and M-Net in South Africa. It ...

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    Machine Room move

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    London post facility The Machine Room has appointed Ben Baker as senior project coordinator to look after TV series, film mastering and restoration. Baker joins from Ascent Media after 18 months at the company where he was most recently responsible for the Warner Brothers entertainment account. His first task will ...

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    Ofcom to probe ITV networking

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom is to carry out a major review of ITV's networking arrangements, the rules and regulations which govern how the Network Centre is managed.

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    Sky Travel nets Husband Hunt

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Sky Travel has picked up Touchdown TV's reality series Husband Hunt for its autumn schedule. The New Zealand-based show takes six women into a farming community where they hunt the man of their dreams. The 2 x 60-minute show will air as part of a ...