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ER sells entire little red tractor to Oz
Entertainment Rights has sold the entire run of BBC pre-school animated series Little Red Tractorto Australia's Nine Network. The broadcaster has picked up all 52 episodes of the series, while licensing and merchandising rights for the region have been granted to Newman International Licensing. The deal ...
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Evolutions hiring
Evolutions Television has appointed Resolution veteran Christine Troughton as a post-production producer, who starts this week. Troughton returns to the industry after taking time out to have a child. Previously she had been at Resolution for six years contributing to projects including Wife Swap, Top Gearand ...
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Five exposes Trinny and Susannah
Five is to follow up its 'exposé' on daytime stars Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan with a documentary exploring the past of Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine, presenters of BBC show What Not to Wear. Steve Gowans, controller of factual entertainment at Five, has commissioned indie ...
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UKTV Style to find out what women want
Brian Waddell Productions has been greenlit by UKTV Style to make What Women Really Want, a series exploring the Bridget Jones generation.
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German TV takes more of Finger Tips
German broadcaster Super RTL has acquired a further 33 episodes of CiTV factual entertainment series Finger Tips. The show, produced by the Foundation and distributed by Entertainment Rights, encourages children to make things out of everyday objects. Super RTL acquired an initial 33 episodes last year ...
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Shed lines up second Footballers' Wives spin-off
Footballers' Wives TV ( FWTV) will be an 8 x 30-minute magazine-style series focusing on the trappings and trivial concerns of professional footballers and their wives.
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Two Four wins grant for local production
Two Four Productions has secured£350,000 of development funding as it opens its facilities to the local production community in a£2m move.
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Markell to input
Richard Markell is joining the Input Group as the company's head of business development and will be responsible for pushing Input's broadcast and corporate productions. His current design and branding agency Markell-ID will operate as a division of the Input Group. Input has 15 online suites, connectivity to the BT ...
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Lion wins three major ITV orders
Lion TV has picked up a hat trick of commissions worth over£2m for ITV1's daytime schedule, including a roadshow for pets.
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Little Robots sold
Former ITV children's controller Vanessa Chapman has bought the rights to CBBC pre-school animation Little Robots. She has used third party funding and personal cash to buy the show from its current owners, Danish investment house Kirkbi, and plans to use the show to launch her ...
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Yorkshire pledge
Screen Yorkshire has pledged to match any award given by the BBC's new£500,000 out of London development fund to a Yorkshire-based indie. The BBC fund was launched earlier this month to encourage indies outside London to submit ideas to the corporation's drama, factual and entertainment departments.
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C4's profits of doom
Fears voiced by Channel 4 that it may be heading for a£100m deficit may be a self-fulfilling prophecy, writes Dawn Airey.
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Animation's digital revolution
Having played second fiddle to US and Asian imports for years, UK animation is back on track - with the help of advances in technology. Michael Burns reports.
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Endemol gains a popular front
After breathing new life into The Bill at Talkback, Paul Marquess is moving to Endemol to help the indie establish a foothold in the drama genre. By Michelle Webster. The proposed move of Talkback Thames head of drama Paul Marquess to Endemol UK may at first glance ...
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Exorcising judgement
As Channel 4 tests taboos with a live exorcism, Ofcom is redrafting the rules on programmes dealing with the paranormal. But will the regulator succeed in casting out confusion, asks Jessica Hodgson.
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Indestructible...
As Gerry Anderson returns to outer space with a CGI remake of his cult classic Captain Scarlet, he tells Emily Booth about his zest for work, lack of business sense and the thrill of jettisoning the
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Tough times for kids TV
There are now more than 20 children's channels in the digital television world, but for programme-makers more could be less as competition intensifies for terrestrial slots - and both ITV and the BBC squeeze budgets. Alexandra Jardine reports.
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Off to the knacker's yard
As his 40th birthday looms, Steven D Wright wonders whether the youth-hungry TV world will have any further use for him.
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On the 'at risk' register
Multichannel choice and narrowing margins are putting the production of top-quality kids TV under threat.
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NewsElstein takes over Hallmark Channel
Former Channel Five chief executive David Elstein has bought the international business of the Hallmark Channel for $242m (£127m).