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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY DOC BOOST FOR LION TV
Lion TV has won its first commission from UK Horizons with a 6 x 60-minute programme focusing on paranormal activity. Ghost, fronted by Tom Baker, features a team of paranormal investigators
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BBC TO MAKE SECOND MERSEY BEAT RUN
Liverpool police drama Mersey Beat is to return for a second series next year after being recommissioned by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey. Filming for the 12 x 60-minute series, again
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NewsJetix hires Turner content chief
Jetix Europe has poached US programming chief Marc Buhaj from kids TV broadcaster Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
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UNITED TO MAKE QUIZ FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
The National Geographic Channel has commissioned a 25-part quiz show from United Productions. National Geo-Geniuses, hosted by BBC's House Detectives presenter Juliet Morris, will see contestants quizzed about the countries they
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C5 COMMISSIONS DRAMA FROM GREENLIT
Greenlit Productions has been commissioned by Channel 5 controller of drama Corrine Hollingworth to produce a new two-part drama which takes its inspiration from films such as Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.
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CARLTON ALL SET FOR HISTORICAL ROYAL DRAMA
Carlton has begun production on its dramatisation for ITV of the marriage of the Queen Mother and George VI. The two-hour film, Bertie and Elizabeth, follows the royal couple from their
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ITV COMMISSIONS CITV DRAMA FROM ALIBI
London-based drama specialist Alibi Productions has completed production on a 10 x 30-minute children's series for CITV called Sir Gadabout - The Worst Knight in the Land, to air spring next
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GOLDHAWK TO MAKE A SUITABLE BOY FOR RADIO 4
BBC Radio 4 controller Helen Boaden has commissioned indie Goldhawk Productions to produce an adaptation of Vikram Seth's novel A Suitable Boy. Recording begins in India next month and centres on
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BBC boosts doc output at Ideal
Scottish Indie Ideal World Productions has scooped a stack of BBC commissions, including its first documentary for BBC 2's Horizon strand.BBC Scotland commissioning editor, television Ewan Angus, has ordered 6 x
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NewsBBC asks for feedback from licence fee payers
The BBC has published six draft Public Purposes that outline how it proposes to inform, educate and entertain licence fee payers and is asking for their feedback.
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Play UK to up soccer TV stakes
Play UK is set to add to the season's football shows with its own weekly live programme, writes Simon Ellery.
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Fulmar gains orders
Cardiff-based indie Fulmar has scooped commissions from Channel 4, Channel 5 and BBC Wales, writes Penny Hughes.
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IT'S GRUB TIME
ITN-backed production company Visual Voodoo has produced a travel series for cable channel Bravo. Commissioned by Bravo channel editor Matt Paice, the 15 x 30-minute series Travel Sick airs in October
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Ex-MoD media park site to rival London
A£50m media park, planned for a former secret military site in Wiltshire, aims to challenge London's dominance of the media business.Property investment group Hartham Park has leased the 42-acre Corsham
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Victory against pay-TV fraud
Dutch conditional access firm Irdeto Access has dealt another blow to counterfeiters of pay-TV smartcards by winning a second British court case, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Professor develops PSE machine
The Independent Television Commission's (ITC) advisor on the causes of photosensitive epilepsy (PSE) has developed a machine to alert broadcasters to seizure-inducing television, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BRITS RETURN WITH EMMIES
Two British teams have returned home with gongs from the Creative Arts Emmy Awards held in New York last Wednesday (5 September), writes Barbara Marshall.
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NewsReal Estate TV is first sponsored station
Real Estate TV has claimed to be the first channel to exploit Ofcom's relaxation of sponsorship laws by signing a deal with a Spanish property agent.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - QUANTEL EXPANDS IQ
Quantel has extended the line-up of its iQ workstation and will unveil a multi-resolution effects toolset - Qeffects - at IBC in Amsterdam this weekend. The new iQ line-up includes a
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - NEW ROLES AT CREATIVE
BBC creative services has expanded its account handling capabilities with the creation of three new roles. All three recruits have agency backgrounds and will work with BBC clients across both licence