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Indonesia and Malaysia take Pop Idol
Pop Idol is to roll out across a raft of new territories including India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Slovakia. Slovack Television has signed up for 22 episodes plus 14 Idol Extras and its main channel - Jednotka - will air ...
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Japanese show set
Equipment supplier Mitcorp is building a Japanese kitchen-style set for this year's Broadcast Production Show to help demonstrate the capabilities of a range of new Sony and Pana-sonic cameras. A sushi chef will work on site while being recorded by cameras covering DV through to HD, including the new disk-based ...
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RDF in LA wins Spike TV order
RDF Media's Los Angeles office has scored a commission for US men's cable network Spike TV.
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William and Mary return for third time
ITV1 has commissioned a third series of hit romantic drama William and Mary , starring Martin Clunes and Julie Graham, from Granada London. The new six-part order comes after the second series, which finishes on 11 April, continued the ratings success of its first outing, ...
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Strong sales for QVC
Shopping channel QVC has reported a 14.2% boost in sales from£197.6m in 2002 to£225.7m in 2003. During the Christmas selling period - from 3 November to 21 December - the channel averaged more than£1m of orders each day. It also handled 12.4 million calls during 2003, shipping over 9 million ...
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NewsGilligan makes TV debut with C4 doc
Andrew Gilligan, whose controversial Today report plunged the BBC into the worst crisis in its history, is to return to broadcasting with a programme for Channel 4 on Britain's intelligence services.
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NewsOfcom tackles switch-over
Ofcom this week outlined a radical package of proposals to make digital switch-over a reality - including measures that could see the BBC, Channel 4 and S4C face multi-million pound bills for spectrum space.
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NewsLiving TV calls in psychic sleuths
Psychics are to help track down murderers in a paranormal version of Crimewatch for Living TV.
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NewsITV1 to entertain with blank screen
Critics often moan there is nothing on television - now ITV1 has taken them at their word and commissioned a quiz show featuring a totally empty screen.
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NewsOfcom tightens regional quota for producers
Ofcom has published new criteria for programmes to qualify as regional productions in a bid to stamp out 'letter box' indie offices - with no real business or production in the regions.
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Universal plans UK crime channel
Universal Studios Networks is planning to launch a crime channel in the UK - despite its previous British offering lasting less than a year.
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Abbott launches production company
Paul Abbott, the writer behind acclaimed TV drama series State of Play and Shameless , has set up his own independent production company.
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Geldof indie plans Live Aid event doc
High-end documentary specialist Brook Lapping Productions is to make a one-off BBC2 documentary on Live Aid to mark the concert's 20th anniversary.
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Holiday faces revamp
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has ordered a radical revamp of the long-running Holiday programme after ratings slumped by 2 million viewers.
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Princess and the playboys
Princess Productions, the indie behind Five's Back to Reality , is having another crack at the reality genre with a show for Sky One.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC's indie quota
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should the BBC raise its external production quota to 50%?
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NewsA battle royale for Bafta's craft awards
The Bafta Craft Awards have a battle royale on their hands as the BBC/A&E's Charles II: The Power and the Passion comes head to head with Talkback/BBC's The Lost Prince in three of each of their five nominations.
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Secret Intersex (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'A sensitively made documentary... that nonetheless felt intrusive and voyeuristic.'...
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The Second Quest (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The televisual equivalent of an anecdote that means far more to the person telling it than to his audience.'...
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The Second Quest (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'It was so studiously inoffensive you couldn't possibly hate it. But how could possibly like it, either?'...