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Horror on Sky
The Horror Channel is to launch on Sky early next year, airing programmes ranging from Hammer House of Horror movies to Hollywood cult and comedy horror movies, series and biographies. It is in discussion with a number of firms which have pitched to produce its weekly magazine programme looking at ...
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Real Life Media scores shows
Leeds-based indie Real Life Media Productions has scored a raft of commissions including a series looking at the impact the birth of twins and triplets have on families, writes Jon Rogers.
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Tern opens London office
Scottish indie Tern Television is hoping to bolster relationships with the commissioning community by expanding its operation into London.
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Marley to Mersey
Radio City managing director Sean Marley is to become commercial director at Mersey Television. Marley, who spent four years at the Liverpool-based Emap radio station, will take up the newly created position on 1 December. His appointment is part of Mersey's strategy of making the company a more broadly based ...
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Shriek sounds out Sky Movies
Shriek music and sound design has produced the soundtrack for Sky Movies' new idents. Shriek joined a five-way pitch, which required a new non-Hollywood approach. Sky commissioner Paul Butler said that he chose Shriek because 'it came up with something unexpected, and has produced a series of highly creative scores ...
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VTR profits shrink
UK post-production giant VTR plc has suffered a drop in its year-on-year operating profits. The group, which includes Soho post facilities VTR, Blue and The Machine Room, saw its figures fall by£2.2m to£1m for the year ending August 31 2003. But there was good news as pre-tax profits rose from ...
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NewsMurdoch Jnr bids to keep top talent
BskyB's new chief executive, James Murdoch, is set to hand chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein a beefed-up role as his second in command.
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NewsCan you spell 'repetition'?
The American phenomenon of national spelling events, as seen in the current Oscar-nominated hit movie Spellbound, is to be brought to the UK with both the BBC and Channel 4 developing formats.
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NewsCoogan and Reeves plan family ITV show
Comedians Steve Coogan and Vic Reeves are to team up to write and perform in an ITV comedy sketch show series.
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NewsJohnny Vegas signs comedy deal with BBC
Comedian Johnny Vegas, the former face of the now defunct ITV Digital, is to become one of the leading names on the BBC after signing an exclusive development deal with the corporation.
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BBC goes all out to pick Euro song
The BBC is to create a big prime-time 'very sexy' Saturday night event to choose next year's British Eurovision song contest entry after the national humiliation of scoring nil points this year.
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Ex-C4 entertainment chief set for Avalon
Former Channel 4 head of entertainment John McHugh is poised to join comedy production company Avalon Television in a wide-ranging production role.
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Sky's Baker drops Live Boob Job
New Sky One controller James Baker has kicked off his tenure by rejecting a major live surgery event planned by his predecessor Sara Ramsden.
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Legal action halts TV show
Brighter Pictures this week defended its format There's Something about Miriam in which six men were stunned to discover that the beautiful woman they had been wooing was a transsexual.
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ITV bars Royal Variety acts from BBC event
ITV has banned pop acts from appearing on the BBC's Children in Need charity event if they want to appear on its flagship Royal Variety Performance after the two events were scheduled within three days of each other.
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Xfm seeks more success for its mix outside London
Xfm is shifting its focus away from London and is looking to introduce bespoke content for major cities around the UK to bolster its national presence.
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CD: UK plans live spin-offs
ITV has ordered three 30-minute spin-off editions of Blaze Television's Saturday morning pop show, CD:UK. The CD:UK - Spotlight Specials will run after the main CD:UKshow on Saturdays from 15 November and feature pop acts Pink, Christina Aguilera and Britney ...
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Nokia pushes for 'mobile' TV
Telecoms giant Nokia is urging television producers and broadcasters to buck up their ideas and start providing unique content for mobile phones.
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OFF THE RECORD - BROWN LEAVES A DAZE.
The award for overstretching your part at the National Television Awards this week went to Channel
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OFF THE RECORD - KING REIGNS AS TV'S.
1980s pop idol It's amazing what a bit of nostalgia can do to a group of