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The Stables goes to TV Ontario
BBC Worldwide has sold children's docusoap The Stables to Canadian broadcaster TV Ontario. The 10 x 27-minute series, made by Prism Entertainment, follows the lives of a group of inner-city children who meet at charity-run stables in Newcastle.
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Keeping his options open
RTL chief Gerhard Zeiler tells Broadcast that he's happy to explore all options for Five - except selling it
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Sky+ to hit target
New research has revealed that Sky is on track to get its personal video recorder service Sky+ into 525,000 homes in the course of the next 12 months. The move will put Sky on track to meet its target of getting 2.5 million Sky+ customers by 2010, according to Continental ...
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Sky Travel nets Husband Hunt
Sky Travel has picked up Touchdown TV's reality series Husband Hunt for its autumn schedule. The New Zealand-based show takes six women into a farming community where they hunt the man of their dreams. The 2 x 60-minute show will air as part of a ...
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Ofcom to probe ITV networking
Ofcom is to carry out a major review of ITV's networking arrangements, the rules and regulations which govern how the Network Centre is managed.
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Machine Room move
London post facility The Machine Room has appointed Ben Baker as senior project coordinator to look after TV series, film mastering and restoration. Baker joins from Ascent Media after 18 months at the company where he was most recently responsible for the Warner Brothers entertainment account. His first task will ...
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Miami Slice picked up by networks
September International has made a series of new sales of Sky One's plastic surgery reality series Miami Slice. The 6 x 60-minute series, made by September Films, has been licensed to Australia's Nine Network, RLT in the Netherlands and M-Net in South Africa. It ...
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NewsCarter: we won't top slice the BBC
Ofcom chief Stephen Carter has told Broadcast that the BBC should continue to be 'fully funded' - suggesting Ofcom will not propose 'top slicing' the licence fee as part of its strategy for public service broadcasting beyond 2007.
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NewsWright buys into Portman
Chrysalis chairman Chris Wright has taken a controlling stake in Portman Film and TV, the distributor of shows including Buffalo Pictures' ITV drama Doc Martin.
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NewsNew owner lined up for TWI
TWI, one of the UK's biggest indies and the producer behind Superstars , is about to be bought out by a new owner - pumping significant investment into the company for acquisitions and expansion.
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NewsSky exec exits suddenly after heckling Dyke at RTS
BSkyB's commercial director, Martin Goswami, has left the satellite giant suddenly just days after he loudly heckled Greg Dyke during the former director general's speech at a special RTS dinner last week.
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NewsNickelodeon set to take ITV1 kids slot
ITV1 is close to signing a deal with Nickelodeon UK, which will see the terrestrial broadcaster handing over its weekday afternoon CiTV schedule to the Viacom and BSkyB joint-venture.
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BBC: watershed move jeopardises factual
Important factual programmes could be pushed out of peaktime slots under Ofcom proposals to tighten up the watershed, the BBC has claimed.
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Carling considers music TV channel
Lager giant Carling is exploring launching a music TV channel to showcase concerts from major venues like Brixton Academy.
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BBC mulls over Panorama shift
Proposals to move Panorama back to a weekday peaktime slot have been prepared by BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks.
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Wrigley in exit from Talkback
Talkback Thames' head of factual entertainment, Ruth Wrigley, has quit the company amid a restructuring of her department and a raft of new arrivals.
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BBC loses second drama head as 19 hires Young
BBC controller of continuing drama series Mal Young is to join Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment as director of drama.
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Ex-ITV head to take Mentorn creative post
ITV's former controller of news, current affairs, arts and religion, Steve Anderson, is joining the indie sector as creative director of Mentorn.
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Lewis quits GWR for ITV Wales
Roger Lewis has quit as managing director of GWR's Classic FM to become managing director of ITV Wales.
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NewsOfcom to set out future framework of PSB
Ofcom will tomorrow propose a new framework for public service television in the UK - amid growing speculation over the BBC's monopoly on the licence fee.