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Bravo to show men doing stupid things
Bravo has commissioned indie Bullseye Television to chart the rise of Jackass -style stunts performed and filmed by groups of young men. World of Stupid will examine the global trend for masochistic stunts spawned by the MTV show. Bravo commissioning ...
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Blue finishes Blakeway's Diana
Blue has finished work on Diana for Blakeway Productions. The 90-minute documentary, a follow-up of Blakeway's The Queen's Story of 2002, examines the impact on the royal family of the princess's death and the constant posthumous revelations. Online editor Clive Mattock completed the online, colourist ...
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GWR boosts bid with ?rock school'
Radio group GWR is proposing a new rock station for Edinburgh and would set up a 'school of rock' for young musicians if given the go-ahead.
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IBC award to Turner
International media mogul Ted Turner has been awarded the IBC International Honour for Excellence award in recognition of his skill in exploiting the potential of media technology advancements within broadcast delivery. Turner's CNN was the first news channel to become a 24-hour service and was a pioneer of the video-on-demand ...
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MTV to broadcast Busted's US assault
MTV is producing a documentary following the pop band Busted's efforts to crack the American market. The broadcaster, which this week sent its cameras to the US with the band to trail them for the next 10 weeks, is producing the six-part series America or Busted as a joint venture ...
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Asia's star TV buys David Beckham series
3DD Entertainment has made a raft of sales to Asia including a series following footballer David Beckham's training project for kids. Really Bend it Like Beckham , which first aired on the BBC, has been acquired by Star TV in south-east Asia, TVB in Hong ...
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ITV appoints two
ITV has bolstered the management team on its digital channels with two appointments. Paramount Comedy Channel planning and research manager Adam Collings has joined as programme strategy manager for ITV channels, working across ITV2 and ITV3. ITV content research group manager Mark Sammon has been made schedule strategy manager, ITV ...
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Russia buys I'd Do Anything
Russia is the latest territory to buy into indie TWI's I'd Do Anything gameshow format, which challenges contestants to face their worst fears in order win prizes for family and loved ones.
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Snoddy in line for current affairs show
The former media editor of The Times , Ray Snoddy, has been confirmed as the host of the BBC's new comment programme in which executives will have to answer viewers' complaints on its news and current affairs output. The weekly ...
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Homechoice add-on
Homechoice, the broadband television platform, has signed a deal with BSkyB for its sports and movie channels to join its platform for the first time. Homechoice, which at the moment is only available in London, had 3,500 subscribers at the last count in April. In the deal, Sky Sports ...
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Abbey sells shows to Israeli kids channel
Abbey Home Media has sold a brace of pre-school series to Israeli kids channel Hop TV. Wide Eye, made by King Rollo Films, is a 26 x 10-minute series set in a magical forest. It has now been sold to more than 30 countries. Hop ...
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Shine takes on ITV's 5pm slot
ITV1 is pinning its hopes on a new 30-part series about house buying from indie Shine to pull its 5pm slot out of the doldrums.
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Coach trip is C4 order of the day
Channel 4 head of daytime Adam MacDonald has begun the process of reshaping the broadcaster's early afternoon schedule by ordering a new 30-part travel series.
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C4 to air more tales from river cottage
Channel 4 commissioning editor, features Emma Westcott has commissioned a follow-up to River Cottage for the autumn schedule. Beyond River Cottage follows another year in the life of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as he attempts to convert a series of ramshackle barns ...
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E4 tunes up new idents in-house
E4 Creative Services has created a set of 10 continuity idents for the channel. The idents feature a group of five lounge-lizard musicians clad in E4-purple-coloured retro velvet suits playing muzak in a variety of different locations, including an aircraft hangar and the balcony of a council flat. The original ...
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NewsAirey questions C4/Five tie-up
Former Five chief executive Dawn Airey has spoken out against a possible merger of her former employer with Channel 4, suggesting the deal does not make sense.
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Carr pilot for C4
Channel 4 head of entertainment Andrew Newman is piloting a topical panel show, which will be hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr. The show, entitled 8 out of 10 Cats , is a non-broadcast pilot, which will be produced by indie Endemol.
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C4 unlocks racing revenue with Sky deal
Channel 4 has opened up a new revenue stream after asking Sky Bet to provide an interactive gambling service for its horse-racing coverage.
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All3media picks up young royals docs
All3Media International has acquired two new documentaries on Prince William and royal rebel Zara Phillips for distribution around the world. Zara Phillips is a 30-minute interview with the young royal who has attracted the attention of the media for her on-off romances with high-profile sportsmen. ...
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Oz hit comedy to air on BBC2
The BBC will give Australian hit sitcom Kath and Kim its UK terrestrial debut on BBC2 this autumn after snapping up the rights to the show.