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C4 launches property show magazine
Channel 4 is continuing to spin off its hit property shows into consumer titles with the launch of a Location Location Locationmagazine later this month. The show's producer, IWC Media, and rights manager, RDF Rights, have secured a deal with publisher Brooklands Group for the monthly ...
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Granada int signs deal with Telefe
Granada International has inked a deal making Telefe International its format agent in Latin America. Formats such as Saturday Night Takeaway, This is my Momentand Fat Clubwill be offered to broadcasters, which will produce them with local partners ...
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ID to distribute Dr G: Medical Examiner
ID Distribution has secured the worldwide distribution rights to US factual series Dr G: Medical Examiner.The show launched last July on Discovery Health Channel and has been commissioned for a second 21 x 60-minute series. It is produced by New York indie Atlas Media Corp and ...
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Canadian channel takes School Dinners
Channel 4 series Jamie's School Dinnershas been sold to Canadian channel the Food Network. The four-hour series, produced by Oliver's Fresh One Productions, will broadcast from 4 June. The programme, in which the celebrity chef campaigns to ban junk food in schools, has already been sold ...
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Three hours for royal wedding coverage
The BBC is committing only three hours to the forthcoming Royal Wedding - half the time it dedicated to Prince Charles' first wedding to Princess Diana. The corporation will hand over a block of its daytime schedule to Friday's ceremony (8 April) covering Charles and Camilla's journey to the Guildhall ...
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Freeview leads digital TV numbers surge
Almost 60% of UK households have digital TV, according to Ofcom's latest Digital Television Update. It revealed that in the three months to 31 December 2004 the total number of digital homes grew by 914,980 to 14,773,881 (59.4% of homes). Only 55.9% of homes were digital by 30 September. Freeview ...
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Thames TV promotion for Horton
Claire Horton, executive producer of Pop Idoland The X Factor, is being promoted to deputy head of entertainment at Thames Television. She will be responsible for developing and pitching new entertainment formats to broadcasters. Horton will report to Richard Holloway, head of ...
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Hall joins the Channel 4 board
Former BBC news chief executive Tony Hall has joined the Channel 4 board as a non-executive director for a three-year term. He takes up the part-time role immediately replacing Andrew Graham whose term ended on 31 March. Hall is currently chief executive of the Royal Opera House.
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NewsEngland victory scores for BBC1 with 10.7m
BBC1's live coverage of England's World Cup qualifier against Azerbijan drew in the fans with a peak audience hitting 10.7 million (42%) at 9pm.
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NewsPEER POLL: Doctor Who
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did Doctor Who live up to expectations?
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NewsBBC in Bob Marley gaffe
The BBC said this morning it was 'very embarrassed', after requesting an interview with Bob Marley - 24 years after the singer died.
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NewsFilmFour signs up Neil Jordan film
FilmFour has teamed up with director Neil Jordan to adapt a novel about a teenage girl who claims to have seen the Virgin Mary.
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NewsOfcom slashes fees
Ofcom has slashed its annual fees to broadcasters by up to 29% after coming in under budget last year.
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NewsEmap admits SRH interest
Emap, the owner of the Kiss and Magic radio networks, has admitted it is 'interested' in acquiring all of Scottish Media Holdings but has yet to make a formal approach.
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NewsHallmark Channel dropped in Iberia
The Hallmark Channel is being pulled off air today in Spain and Portugal, just weeks before the David Elstein-led $242m buy-out of the international business is completed.
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NewsITV returns to boxing
ITV is to broadcast boxing for the first time in over 10 years, after it secured the rights to broadcast the rematch between Amir Khan and the man who beat him for the Olympic gold medal in Athens, Mario Kindelan.
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NewsTheakston joins Heart on 18 April
Jamie Theakston is to launch his new breakfast show on Chrysalis' Heart radio station in London on 18 April.
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NewsFootballers' Wives seduces 7m
The trashy glamour of ITV1's Footballers' Wiveshasn't lost its shine with the viewers as the drama series returned to a peak audience of 7 million (32%) at 10pm.
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NewsBBC pushes Arabic service in Iraq
The BBC is attempting to encourage Iraqi citizens to tune in to its Arabic radio service with a TV and poster advertising campaign across the country.
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NewsC4 takes new Freeview slot
Channel 4 has joined ITV in securing one of Crown Castle's two available slots on the Freeview digital television platform.