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Living launches reality channel
Flextech is pursuing its strategy of making Living TV the country's sixth channel with the launch of a service devoted to reality and real-life entertainment.
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Chorion deal sends Noddy on global mission
Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to take its£10m, CGI animated series Make Way for Noddy to 10 new territories.
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Cimelli to be CTV MD
Corinthian Television Facilities (CTV) has appointed Maurizio Cimelli as its new managing director. Cimelli joins Corinthian after three years as managing director of the London Playout Centre. Chief executive Mike Silverman will step to one side to focus on developing new business while Cimelli focuses on current customers. Also joining ...
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Commissioners Q&A: Clare Laycock
Discovery Health vice-president and channel director takes the cues for her programming from women's magazines and believes there's a lot more life in the cosmetic surgery genre yet
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Cleese fronts UK film list
Monty Python star John Cleese is to front a countdown of the UK's 100 most successful films in a six-hour Channel 4 marathon for later this year.
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Clerkenwell wins second ITV order
ITV has commissioned Clerkenwell Films, the indie co-owned by actor John Hannah and producer Murray Ferguson, to make a four-part supernatural drama starring Andrew Lincoln and Lesley Sharp.
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Objective conjures up magic shows for Sky
Sky one has commissioned two magic series from indie Objective Productions for broadcast early next year.
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Up Creative gives Kerrang! edge
Up Creative through Emap Performance TV has created the idents for the Kerrang! music channel. Thirty ident spots have been created using archive footage of B-movies, adult movies and bizarre images such as female bodybuilder competitions. Creative director Jamie Balliu used crude graphic overlays in After Effects combined with looped ...
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Regional hours cut sparks row
Ofcom's decision to allow ITV to cut its non-news regional hours by half could kill off the birth of new independents in the regions and limit the growth of new talent from outside London, it has been claimed.
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Format Focus: Date My Mom
This format adds a twist to the dating show by challenging a single man to select a date by meeting her mum.
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Discovery/BBC deal
The Discovery channel has signed an output deal with the BBC that will give it first-look access to 12 new episodes of BBC2 history strand Timewatch over the next two years. The programmes will be delivered in mini-series of three, the first of which, The ...
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Kemp to make Sky gangs doc
Ross Kemp, ITV's former star signing, is talking to Sky One about following up his recent one-off documentary on America's gun culture with a series on the world's most dangerous gangs.
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Five's world drivers
Manic motorists from around the world are to be put under the spotlight in a new show for Five to complement its hit series Britain's Worst Driver. The 2 x 60- minute World's Worst Driver will include clips ...
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Filmfour tests DVD
FilmFour is considering the launch of its own branded online DVD rental service. Channel 4's pay-TV movie channel is currently running a trial scheme in Scotland with specialist online DVD rental group Lovefilm to test take-up rates. If successful the service, which offers about 23,000 films for delivery by post, ...
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A question of sport goes global with ESPN
BBC Worldwide has extended its deal with Crackerjack for an Australian version of A Question of Sport. The 13-episode quiz will now be broadcast on global sports network ESPN in New Zealand as well as in Australia.
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FCP facility opens
The BHP Group has opened a post-production facility in north London called Final Cut Post, based around Apple editing system Final Cut Pro. The facility has been equipped to edit either standard or high-definition video footage in its FCP suites. Final Cut Post will aim to provide the finishing services ...
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Trisha: why I've switched to Five
Chat show queen Trisha Goddard, who defected from ITV to Five last week in what is thought to be a£3m deal, has said her decision to move was creative, rather than financial, and that the negotiations were 'done in days'.
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Sky rejigs news team in readiness for Five
Sky News has reshuffled its executive team in preparation for its takeover of the Five News contract in January, appointing the launch managing editor of Sky News Ireland as the channel's head of newsgathering.
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Guys get sex tips from lesbians in UKTV show
UKTV is to give straight men the key to a better love life in a series where a lesbian and a bisexual woman offer tips on sex.
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Girls invade Sky mix
Sky Mix is to be taken over for a day by a live eight-hour event for girls made by Endemol-owned Initial Productions. Sponsored by Barbie, It's a Girl Thing! will feature fashion, makeovers, music, gossip, celebrities and extreme sports for girls aged nine to 11. ...