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FORMATS & DEALS - DUNNE JOINS CHORION TO DEVELOP BRAND.
Chorion, which own the rights to key Agatha Christie properties such as Miss Marple and Poirot,
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CRONKITE WINS GONG.
Walter Cronkite, the legendary American television journalist, is to receive a lifetime achievement award from Newsworld
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FORMAT FOCUS: WHO WANTS TO MARRY MY DAD?
NBC's reality show mixes the best bits of Perfect Match with a sprinkle of Kids Say the Funniest Things. The result is a ratings juggernaut, writes Michael Rosser.
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FORMATS & DEALS - DISTRACTION SHOWS INTEREST IN PROSPECT.
Distraction Formats has picked up worldwide rights for UK indie Prospect Pictures' new ITV1 series Under
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GARBUTT FOR TRISHA.
Granada has promoted Lucy Garbutt to editor of ITV1 talk-show Trisha, when the new series starts
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LBC'S INTERN PLAN.
London news station LBC is launching its first ever internship scheme in an effort to find
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ITV takes bank holiday honours.
ITV1's two-part romantic thriller Alibi got off to a strong start as the channel's bank holiday peaktime line-up was a hit with viewers, writes Jon Rogers.
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NEW FIMBLES BOSS.
Indie Novel Entertainment, which makes pre-school series Fimbles for the BBC, has appointed entertainment producer Murray
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SCI-FI CHANNEL CHIEF.
Dan Marks is to head the Sci-Fi Channel after being appoin-ted UK president of operator Universal
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HAMPSON LEAVES CHX.
CHX Productions joint managing director Heather Hampson is quitting the indie after 16 years with no
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DES TAKES TOP WHACK.
Des O'Connor has become the highest paid TV presenter in the UK, after signing a£3.7m
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FIVE HEAD-HUNTS.
Five is reported to have appointed head-hunters to replace Kevin Lygo as director of programmes, as
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Living TV to make Access Hollywood co-pro.
Flextech's Living TV channel has nailed another deal with US broadcaster NBC with plans to make a European version of entertainment and celebrity show Access Hollywood, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Henson slashes European arm.
The Jim Henson Company has virtually wiped out its entire London-based European operation as part of
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BBC puts family on SAS course.
The BBC is to undertake a nationwide search to find Britain's toughest family who will be put through their paces by former SAS soldier Chris Ryan, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Broadcast to honour UK's best channel.
Broadcast is launching a channel of the year award for the first time as part of
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Lack of belief at ITV added to debacle.
ITV director of marketing Jim Hytner has admitted that the network's Saturday night ratings disaster last month was made worse because many people at the company did not believe in the programmes, writes Paul Revoir.
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Younge: live matches not right for BBC.
BBC Sports head of programmes and planning Pat Younge has defended the decision not to bid for live Premiership matches, claiming the corporation did not want to show irrelevant games, writes Paul Revoir.
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ITV news boss slams 'lying' Fox News.
ITV News editor David Mannion launched a stinging attack on US broadcaster Fox News by accusing it of 'lying' to its audience, writes Paul Revoir.