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Electric Sky seals documentary sales
Distributor Electric Sky has secured a raft of new deals including the ITV1 series Underworld at War. History Channel UK has picked up the 7 x 30-minute series, produced by Peter Williams TV, as well as documentary Belonging , ...
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Planet Rock travels to spain and Finland
ITV1 late-night series Planet Rock has been sold to broadcasters in Spain and Finland following a deal with indie Monster Distributes. The Biography Channel in Spain and Portugal as well as MTV3 Finland have each taken 20 episodes of the show, which has now stacked ...
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Kerrang! gets off to a flying start
The new west midlands station, Kerrang! 105.2, run by Broadcast publisher Emap, made a strong debut in its first appearance on the Rajar audience survey. Executives were estimating that the new station, which launched in June, would pick up around 150,000 listeners during its first ...
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GMG's regional Real Radio stays on top
The Guardian Media Group's Real Radio stations in Scotland and Wales have maintained their positions as the premier commercial stations in their regions. Scottish Real Radio achieved a weekly reach of 654,000, which is 10,000 listeners ahead of SRH-owned rival Clyde 1, while the Welsh station reported an audience of ...
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Hartog hired by Tailor-Made
Stephanie Hartog, the FremantleMedia executive behind the international roll-out of the Pop Idol format, has been hired by indie Tailor-Made Films (TMF).
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Hawkeye a winner
Hawkeye, the tennis and cricket virtual replay system, has won two IT awards at this year's British Computer Society Awards. Hawkeye Innovations scooped both the applications award and flagship award. The system tracks the motion of the ball during cricket and tennis matches with the resulting information being used to ...
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Sambrook to probe journalists' risks
BBC director of global news Richard Sambrook is to chair a new international committee investigating the risks journalists face in danger zones and how they can be better protected. Sambrook, who announced details of the committee during a lecture at Columbia University in New York, said media groups, government representatives, ...
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Necessary pain
The result of the BBC's series of internal reviews looks likely to be radical change - and not before time.
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Thumbs up wins world records order
Indie Thumbs Up Productions is making a stripped show focusing on world-record holders for Challenge. The Flextech-owned channel has ordered the 40 x 30-minute series, titled Ultimate Guinness World Records , which will comprise clips of record attempts and interviews with those who achieved them. ...
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NewsYorke set to take top BBC drama role
Channel 4 head of drama John Yorke is set to return to the BBC to take a major drama role, as the corporation's drama department was this week hit by its third executive departure in less than a month.
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NewsEmap readies bid for SRH
Emap is expected to make a takeover bid for Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) before the end of November, and is reshuffling its top level management in preparation for the deal.
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NewsNow BBC owes Yentob£12,000
BBC creative director Alan Yentob, cleared of expenses abuses by an internal investigation this week, is actually owed around£12,000 in unclaimed money from the corporation.
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NewsUS media giant makes overture to Endemol
US giant Time Warner is reportedly interested in buying Big Brother creator Endemol from Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica for at least Eu2bn (£1.38bn).
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NewsMatthew Kelly lands ITV role as serial killer
Granada has handed former Stars in Their Eyes presenter Matthew Kelly his first leading role in an ITV drama, as a twisted serial killer in a new crime thriller.
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Sex Traffic film to hit cinemas
Channel 4's successful sex slave drama Sex Traffic is being remade as a feature-length film.
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C4 ties in T4's Jones for 2005
Channel 4 has signed up T4 presenter Steve Jones to an exclusive, 12-month golden-handcuffs deal to keep him on the channel throughout 2005.
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Duncan: indies not ethnic enough
Channel 4's new chief executive Andy Duncan has told indies working with the channel that they are 'not ethnic enough'.
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Design duo front more for Five
Five's star signings Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are to present a raft of new shows for the broadcaster, all through Ricochet South, including one in which they try to create dream weddings on a budget.
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Somethin' Else appoints South Bank Show director
Indie Somethin' Else has added extra clout to its television division by appointing South Bank Show producer and director Leo Burley as head of development.
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Diverse Bristol wins C4 series
Diverse Bristol is celebrating its first anniversary with a swathe of factual orders, including a series in which members of the public train to become Legionnaires.