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NewsHealth channel to go live with Portland TV
Portland TV will provide bandwidth, playout services and live studio feeds for a new channel dedicated to health and wellbeing.
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NewsSony wins for Ross and Brand
Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand claimed victory at last night's Sony radio awards for their BBC Radio 2 shows while Radio 4 was crowned UK station of the year.
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NewsSony Awards 2008: Gold winners
The full list of gold winners at the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2008.
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NewsNo backing from Burnham on extended ad ban
Media secretary Andy Burnham has refused to intervene to impose new advertising restrictions on broadcasters that could cost them up to£240m in revenues.
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NewsCBBC orders 'deadly' wildlife show
CBBC is to focus on the world's most deadly animals, in what is billed as its most ambitious presenter-led natural history series to date.
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NewsFast Track open for nominations
The Fast Track talent initiative of the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF) opens for nominations today with the event taking web nominations for the first time.
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NewsTV critics 13 May '08
'... a sort of reptilian Waking the Dead.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsSky's Picnic on hold
BSkyB will have to wait to launch its planned pay-TV service on digital terrestrial television, Picnic, after Ofcom announced a fresh consultation today.
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NewsPhilip fails to reign at ITV
ITV1's documentary on the life of Prince Philip appealed to a respectable 5.3m viewers (23.2%) at 9pm but it was no match for BBC1's Waking the Dead.
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NewsSecret Millionaire gets US order
Hit Channel 4 show Secret Millionaire is making its debut in the US with Fox commissioning six hour-long episodes from RDF USA.
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NewsChannel execs to help upcoming series producers
DV Talent, the agency representing top-end programme-makers, is to develop the next generation of series producers through a new initiative.
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NewsFoundry unleashes Ocula
Visual effects software developer The Foundry has developed a series of plug-ins that will help with the post production of stereoscopic 3D content.
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NewsSanctuary goes into administration
Following the revelation last week that The Sanctuary was making 16 people redundant, the management of the post production group has released its remaining sixty-five staff and appointed administrators to run the company.
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NewsIannucci and Oliver head festival line-up
Armando Iannucci and Jamie Oliver are among the industry luminaries headlining the 34th MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsTV critics 14 May '08
'... gratuitously ill-mannered, chaotically assembled and obsessed with celebrity.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsBig Brother exec promoted
Endemol UK has promoted two of its heads of production into senior roles.
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NewsSkins rapped for teen orgy ad
An ad for Skins depicting a teenage orgy breached taste and decency guidelines, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled.
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NewsF Word ratings simmer
Viewers haven't yet tired of Gordon Ramsay's F Word but the start of the fourth series failed to reach the heights of last year with 2.5m (10.7%) watching at 9pm while a further 375,000 tuned in to C4+1 at 10pm.
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NewsFremantle wins Thompson TV deal
Acclaimed film producer David Thompson has signed a first-look TV development deal with Fremantle Media Enterprises and has a slate of six new projects.
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No go for US versions of Spaced and NY-LON
Plans to produce American versions of cult Channel 4 comedy Spaced and transatlantic drama NY-LON have been axed amid this week's pick-ups by US networks.