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Format Focus: Kept
Another take on the dating format merges romance and celebrity, with Jerry Hall searching for a toy boy.
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VTR profits surge following investment in K-Post
Facilities group VTR has revealed a 72% increase in profits to£901,554 for the year ending September 2004.
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Set regions free with local TV
As the winds of change blow through the regions, this week's nations and regions conference asks who should be the true regional champion. Not ITV, says panellist Steve Hewlett, who offers a more radical solution
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Prospect wins orders for Gay Mates
Indie Prospect Pictures's dating show Straight Dates by Gay Mates has been commissioned for a second series in both Israel and Italy. Production on the shows - which features two gay men choosing dates for single girls - is due to begin in January. The ...
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Radio giants vie for Manchester
The UK's biggest radio groups are to turn their attention to Manchester in a bid to win a lucrative new FM licence worth an estimated£5m a year in advertising revenue.
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Sky's Roberts goes to LA
Sky One commissioning editor Jamie Roberts is to take a new permanent job in Los Angeles to source American content for Sky's network of channels.
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Living to hunt for UK's top model
Flextech lifestyle channel Living TV is to make another UK version of one its US acquisitions.
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Machine Takes MTI
The Machine Room has spent£200,000 on a digital restoration suite from MTI. The VTR Media Services company, which specialises in film treatment, will be able to work up to 4K. The company is believed to have several projects lined up.
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NewsRoss returns to top C4 drama role
Channel 4 head of film Tessa Ross is poised to take back her old drama brief, as head of drama John Yorke this week confirmed his deal to return to the BBC.
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NewsInjured Hell's Kitchen man gets $125,000
Granada has paid out around $125,000 (£67,000) to the contestant on the US version of Hell's Kitchen who was injured after a scuffle with hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay.
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NewsITV Tyne Tees to axe more jobs
Up to 30 jobs are set to go at ITV Tyne Tees as the company moves out of its City Road headquarters in Newcastle to a new production centre in Gateshead.
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Duncan reviews C4 International
Channel 4 could pull out of the international rights distribution business following a review of the company's commercial activities.
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Government weighs up ?digital licence fee'
The government is considering handing the BBC a separate 'digital licence' to pay towards the cost of switching off analogue signals.
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Five gives celebrities a baby in reality show
Five is to give celebrities the chance to show off their maternal skills in a new reality show that will see model Caprice attempt to care for a£40,000 baby doll.
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Objective opens in north
Objective Productions, the company behind Derren Brown's Mind Control, has become the latest indie to set up a base in Manchester.
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MTV US takes Tiger Friend
A version of Tiger Aspect's comedy format My New Best Friend has been greenlit for a series by MTV in the US.
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NewsBBC creates indie quota for online
The BBC is to create a 25% indie quota for its internet content in a move that will see an extra£5m pumped into the independent sector.
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NewsUnions threaten ITV regional strike ballot
Unions at ITV are set to ballot members for industrial action if the network announces more regional job cuts before Ofcom has completed the final stage of its public service broadcasting review.
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NewsBid-Up TV set for Asian expansion
Auction channel operator Sit-up Ltd is in discussions with an Asian media group, which could see two of its TV formats being launched in South East Asia.
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NewsAli G writer scripts Fox reality show
British writer Ant Hines, part of the team behind characters Dennis Pennis and Ali G, is working on a new comedy reality series for Fox Broadcasting in the US.


















