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Beckhams threaten Sky over interview
Lawyers acting for David and Victoria Beckham and his former agency SFX have threatened BSkyB with legal action over its exclusive interview with the woman who claimed she had an affair with him. Sky One's heavily publicised interview with Rebecca Loos, David Beckham's former assistant at SFX, is due to ...
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The BBC's ratings war
The BBC might argue that it's damned if it does and damned if it doesn't when it comes to ratings at the moment.
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BBC pledges to improve on indie relations
BBC acting commissioner for documentaries and contemporary factual Tom Archer has admitted his department has been failing indies and has pledged to introduce a clearer and quicker commissioning system by June.
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Lads to battle it out
Indie Prospect Pictures has been commissioned to make a live 180-minute special for UKTV Gold about whether Terry and Bob from Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? or Gary and Tony from Men Behaving Badly were the 'best lads ...
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Williams to head St Anne's
St Anne's Post general manager Keith Williams has been confirmed as the new managing director of the company following the sudden departure of Bruce Everett, who has left to return to his previous career as a film and television post-producer.
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Ancient Egyptians on route to Japan
Ancient egyptians, Wall to Wall's award-winning£6m historical documentary series, is set to be screened in Japan, writes Colin Robertson.
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Five factual series to analyse rare diseases
Five is to launch a factual strand focusing on unusual diseases and has commissioned Lion Television and Landmark Films to produce the first batch, writes Michael Rosser.
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Discovery orders al-qaida documentary
October Films has been commissioned by Discovery Europe to produce a fast turnaround documentary on the recent terrorist attacks in Madrid. The one-hour special will examine the events of 11 March in which a suspected al-Qaida bomb killed more than 190 train passengers. Relatives of victims and investigators will be ...
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Latin america to air without prejudice?
Channel 4 gameshow Without Prejudice is to be remade for viewers in Latin America. The 12 Yard format has been sold by Screentime Partners to Buenos Aires-based producer RGB Entertainment. The hidden-camera format, which gives a cash prize to members of the public based ...
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Beam.TV and IMD pioneer digital ad delivery
Beam.tv and Independent Media Distribution (IMD) last week became the first companies in the UK to digitally deliver a television commercial to a broadcaster via the internet when a Nestle commercial was delivered via an end-to-end digital IP network to Viacom-owned MTV, writes Rick Dacey.
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S4C rejigs team in bid to boost co-pros
Welsh channel S4C has reshuffled its international team as part of a bid to shift its focus onto co-productions, writes Michael Rosser.
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C4 commissions shaken babies film
Channel 4 editor, education and science Simon Dickson has ordered a 60-minute documentary on the recent controversy surrounding shaken babies from Films of Record in association with Pillarbox. The working-titled Beyond Reasonable Doubt will be directed by Juliet Murray and Clarissa Kindred and executive produced by Roger Graef and Clare ...
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3DD wins global rights to aids benefit
3DD Entertainment has picked up the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to Nelson Mandela's Aids awareness concert, 46664: The Message. The concert, held in Cape Town in November, was produced by Endemol UK's Initial TV and has been packaged as an hour-long TV special. It features performances from musicians such as ...
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£50m post kitty
TV post facilities that do feature film work will soon be eligible for funding to pay for an in-house training manager thanks to a Skillset and UK Film Council initiative. As announced in Broadcast last year (11.9.03), post facilities can get a slice of£50m being made available for training as ...
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NewsITV turns to Cowell to fill Pop Idol slot
ITV has called in Simon Cowell's new independent production company, Simcow, to make a Saturday night replacement for Pop Idol.
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NewsAbrupt end for Forever Eden
Mentorn's push into the US has been dealt a major blow after Fox TV shelved its $20m 'never-ending' reality show Forever Eden just a month into its run.
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NewsSky: bring BBC under Ofcom
BSkyB, has called on the government to bring the BBC fully under Ofcom and give BBC1 and BBC2 specific remits.
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NewsLiving TV sends divorced couples on honeymoon
Divorced couples are to be flown back to their honeymoon destination to consider where it all went wrong for a Living TV series.
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NewsBBC reality show to look at family life
The BBC is developing one of its most ambitious shows ever - a docu-soap with Big Brother -style cameras installed in family homes throughout Britain.
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ITV puts£20m into Midsomer
ITV has made another long-order commission, taking 16 episodes of Bentley Productions' detective series Midsomer Murders in a deal worth around£20m.