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MIP-TV IN BRIEF - C4 INTERNATIONAL STRIKES EURO DEALS
Channel Four International has struck a raft of programming and format deals across Europe. French broadcaster TF1 has bought Cannibals while the broadcaster's Lost format has been sold to German production
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MIP-TV IN BRIEF - S4C'S SALI MALI BOUGHT BY NICKELODEON
Nickelodeon UK has bought Sali Mali, a 26 x 5-minute animated pre-school show from S4C, narrated by Notting Hill star Rhys Ifans, to run on its Nick Jr pre-school channel from
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C4 HIRES TYRE
Channel 4 has commissioned a multimedia animated series starring the Michelin Man, writes Simon Ellery. The project is being put together by Canadian production company Noise Media and French tyre maker
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ZCZ TO COVER ARCHITECTS' PRIZE FOR C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor, arts Janet Lee has asked ZCZ Productions to produce a 60-minute piece on the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize in October. C4 will run a
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ITC vetoes C5 news move
Channel 5's hopes of launching a new peaktime schedule have been dashed after the Independent Television Commission blocked the proposed move of its main evening news bulletin out of peaktime, writes
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C5 BUYS GERMAN DOCS FOR MONSTERS SERIES
Channel 5 senior controller, news, current affairs and documentaries, Chris Shaw, has bought 2 x 60-minute programmes from German documentary-maker Andreas Gutzeit for its Living with Monsters series. The programmes, The
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SUNSET & VINE WINS C5 RECOMMISSION
Sunset & Vine has bagged a commission from Channel 5 to produce a fifth series of teenage sports show RAD. The 14 x 30-minute programmes, to be produced by Wayne Yates
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ROOT6 R&D GROWS
Root6 is expanding its R&D department and has appointed Jim Bentley as an additional software developer to work on HammerHead, the outfit's hardware-independent streaming media automation tool. Bentley has joined from
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MIP-TV IN BRIEF - ACTION TIME SIGNS SPANISH DEALS
Action Time has secured a number of deals with Spanish broadcasters, including a third series of Alphabet Game for Antena 3. Boca TV has picked up format rights to Bank Raid
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BBC CURRENT AFFAIRS ORDERS FOUR BY FOUR
BBC current affairs has been commissioned to produce a new BBC 1 current affairs series, Four by Four, to run from the summer. The series will feature four reporters exploring four
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SPECIAL: MIP-TV - Granada shuts Red Heart after clash
Granada has wound down its Australian production venture Red Heart Productions following clashes with joint-venture partner Seven Network.The two companies failed to agree over the direction of the Sydney-based company, which
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The apostles rise again
ITV's The Apostles follows hot on the heels of Son of God, the BBC's landmark religious series. Both programmes explore the historical and archaeological evidence to shed new light on some
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FREE TO AIR - Say no to Tweenie tat
When it comes to the 'power of television' over the young mind I have always been pretty ambivalent. I spent many hours of my early years sitting in front of any
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Treading a fine line
The threat of legal action against the producers of Pop Idol for format plagiarism shows how difficult it is for programme-makers to tell the difference between copying another show and being inspired by it.
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ANIMATION FOR OCTOPUS
Indie Octopus TV is moving into animation and is in talks to develop joint-ventures with a number of channels in the UK and US, writes Georgina Lipscomb. Octopus TV, the TV
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RUSHES APPOINTMENTS
Commercial facility Rushes has signed Allen Sillery and Phil Man to its Inferno team. Sillery joins the Old Compton Street facility from rival VTR, where he worked across Flame and Henry.
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Edward stays at Ardent
Ardent Productions chairman Malcolm Cockren has rejected calls for Prince Edward, the company's managing director, to resign in the wake of the recent 'working royals' debacle, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Cockren's remarks came
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LWT to replace arts partner
LWT is poised to announce a new co-production partner for its arts department following the closure of its former partner, NVC Arts, writes Colin Robertson.The company said this week it was
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Kirch stalls football auction
German MEDIA outfit Kirch has postponed plans to auction off rights to the 2002 World Cup until after the general election to avoid becoming embroiled in electioneering by ministers, writes Simon
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Holby City comes back to prop up Tuesday night
Back to earth with a post-Comic Relief bump for BBC 1 - Coronation Street returns to the top of the stack in the top 50 and all except one primetime night