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Radio indie goes into distribution
Somethin' Else, the UK's largest radio indie, is launching an international distribution arm.
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Electric Sky takes on At it's slate
Distributor Electric Sky has picked up a raft of new titles from indie At It Productions. Among the new titles are 25 x 30-minute travel series Perfect Getaway, which focuses on destinations that have yet to make holiday brochures and is to air on Channel ...
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UK on top at Emmys
British television was the resounding winner at the International Emmy Awards, picking up six out of seven trophies.
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Five orders more Extraordinary People
Five is bringing back its science strand Extraordinary People with four documentaries about people with unusual abilities or medical conditions.
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Format Focus: Music Farm
An Italian format gives one-hit wonders the chance to make a second impression.
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Shine to follow final legal hunt
Members of Britain's oldest hunt have given permission for cameras to follow them as they take part in what could be the final season of the blood-sport following its banning by Parliament last week.
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A place in? finds new homes in world
Channel 4 International has inked several deals for Tiger Aspect series A Place in? including a second window in the UK. Discovery UK has picked up repeat rights to all four titles - A Place in France, Greece, Spain and ...
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Golden Sq new staff
Golden Square Post Production has recruited two new staff. Senior producer Andrew Swepson joins from Pepper, where he was facility manager and senior producer. His recent credits include the BBC documentary Dirty War and ITV's Lawless. Senior Inferno artist ...
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MPC sale hits snags
Reports of the sale of ITV-owned The Moving Picture Company (MPC) to French technology group Thomson appear to have been premature. The sale is yet to go through with the main stumbling blocks thought to be price and terms offered to the existing management. This may have opened up an ...
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NewsFive gets£17m boost to budget
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers has been handed a£17m budget boost to strengthen the broadcaster's schedule next year.
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NewsDuncan bids for licence fee
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has called for direct access to the licence fee and said he wants C4 to
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NewsBBC set to cut 250 jobs with factual merger
The BBC's specialist factual and documentaries and contemporary factual departments - homes to shows such as Pompeii and What Not to Wear - are set to merge, in a move that could cost at least 250 jobs.
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NewsITV launches ?Strictly Ice-Skating' show
ITV is to take on the BBC with its own ice-skating show and has signed the king and queen of the ice rink, Torvill and Dean, to front it.
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NewsAllen offers staff help with setting up indies
ITV is trying to persuade regional programme-makers facing the axe to set up indies by offering to pay for independent legal and business advice.
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Street-Porter to star in second reality show
She may have branded it 'brain-rotting' television, but Janet Street-Porter is to appear in yet another reality TV series - this time with Five.
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Bazalgette gains global brief
Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette has become the indie's global head of creative operations as part of a move by Spanish owner Telefónica to shift power from the Big Brother creator's Dutch base to Britain.
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Murphy's Law to go to US
BBC1 detective drama Murphy's Law is the latest British drama series to be picked up for a US remake.
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BBC3 drops Liquid Assets
The BBC3 series examining celebrities' finances, Liquid Assets , has been axed as part of the channel's shift away from showbiz-based content
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All3Media launches German TV offshoot
All3Media is to further expand its international clout by launching a TV production company in Germany.
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Heggessey bullish over Young drama
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has defended a controversial decision to allow drama chief Mal Young to take a major new series he was working on with him to 19TV, which he joins in January.