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Freesat vs Sky
The launch of Freesat has the potential to eventually challenge Sky's monopoly in the pay-TV satellite market.
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NewsWhen reporters become the eyes of the nation
Dispatched to the area to cover a hurricane, reporters on the ground in New Orleans witnessed a national disaster unfold before them which exacted a huge logistical and emotional toll - but which they were determined to bring to the attention of the world, writes CNN's Jack Womack
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Emap and GCap to extend CD:UK
Emap Radio and GCap Media have joined forces with ITV pop show CD:UKto launch a new cross-media interactive chart.
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Indigo opens LA office
London-based distributor and co-producer Indigo has set up an office in Los Angeles to boost its US ties.
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Strawberry picks up Ashes rights
Strawberry Entertainment has secured the worldwide DVD distribution rights for the 2005 Ashes series. The Sunset + Vine-produced DVD will be released on 17 October, with a separate stand-alone DVD of the third test, one of the closest ever test results, already available. The main DVD will feature extended highlights ...
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Format focus: Ciao Darwin
A durable hit in Italy, contestants battle it out in challenges designed to test their evolutionary mettle.
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BBC Worldwide presells football doc
BBC Worldwide has pre-sold its football series The Greatest Show on Earthto three new territories. The 6 x 50-minute documentary on the football World Cup, a collaboration between BBC Worldwide and Fifa, has been bought by Canal Plus in Spain, RTP in Portugal and the rights ...
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Aussie Ten takes BBC3 kids diet show
Australia's Ten network has snapped up the rights to new BBC3 lifestyle format Honey, We're Killing the Kids!The You Are What You Eat-style show, created by BBC Manchester's format entertainment department for BBC Learning, looks at the diet parents feed their children ...
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Tidmarsh builds media consultancy
BBC Worldwide's former director of marketing Alix Tidmarsh has set up her own media consultancy under the B7 Innovation marketing group. Tidmarsh will run B8 Media and one of her first projects will be to produce and market feature film Earth, BBC Worldwide's follow-up to natural ...
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Endemol in mobile first
Endemol is claiming a UK TV first by shooting scenes from its new Channel 4 soap Totally Frankexclusively for mobile phones, at the same time as shooting the TV show.
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Small business to get channel
Former BBC executive producer Martin Everard is launching a new channel aimed at small to medium businesses and entrepreneurs.
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ITV2 ahead of multichannel rivals
ITV2 has secured the top position as the most watched multichannel offering with a share so far this year of 2.10%, a rise of 25% on 2004.
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Shark bait ratings
ITV1's long-awaited Celebrity Shark Baitfailed to deliver on Sunday (4 September), attracting only 3.6 million (16.3%) at 9pm. The programme in which four celebrities faced their fears and experienced a shark cage dive maintained a steady performance until the last 15 minutes when the programme peaked ...
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Robbie season on C4
Channel 4 has commissioned a season of programmes on Robbie Williams, including a follow up to his Live at Knebworth concert. Robbie Williams: Live in Berlin(working title), is being filmed by indie Done And Dusted for broadcast on 22 or 23 October, when C4 also has ...
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Optimistic rejig
Optimistic Entertainment has reshuffled its team in preparation for expansion in the UK and internationally. Director of business affairs Carolyn Maze will now spearhead the international roll out of Quiz Nation while former director of strategy Matt Gee has been promoted to managing director of the channel. Director of networks ...
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Vic for Virgin
Comedian Vic Reeves is to host a Wednesday and Thursday evening show on Virgin Radio starting on 21 September. Reeves will host his own three hour show, called Vic Reeves' Big Night In.
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BBC signs up for Chinatown doc
Films of Record has been commissioned to make a fly-on-the-wall documentary series about the lives of the inhabitants of London's Chinatown for BBC2.
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Presentable wins BBC Wales job
Cardiff-based indie Presentable has won a series of commissions from BBC Wales, including a one-off comedy about a maverick historian-cum-cabbie.
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Channel 4 hires The Comedy Unit for music and science show
Glasgow-based indie The Comedy Unit is to combine science experiments and music trivia for a new show for Channel 4.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Robert Curran
Discovery Networks International vice-president, production and development, believes surprising viewers is the way to stop audience erosion, wants to deliver uplifting programming and is a Lost fan.