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Disney closes in on Jim Henson Company
Executives said to be in final stages of negotiations but owner EMTV insists talks continue with a number of companies
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NewsNational Geo prepares to move into UGC
National Geographic UK & Europe (NGC) will relaunch its website as part of a first move into user-generated content (UGC).
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ITV religious series damned
National Secular Society claims David Frost-fronted series is biased towards Christianity
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Omnibus Systems seeks MBO
Glynn Powell-Evans secures backing from unnamed investor to buy back company after parent Management Data goes into liquidation
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Autodesk saves $6m with week-long office closure
Software giant and owner of Dicreet saves cash by urging employees across US, France and Germany to take four days off work
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Tele-Cine goes to the dogs
Charlotte Street facility wins transmission contract for new 24-hour interactive greyhound racing channel Gobarkingmad
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Final Survivor comes good for ITV
Show's last episode peaks at 9m finally giving ITV the ratings it always wanted
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NTL reports 26 per cent digital subscriber rise
A week after it rushes out second-quarter results cable giant claims it has added nearly as many digital subscribers during the last three months as BSkyB and ITV Digital combined
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NewsPirates capture peaktime Boxing Day audience
Before you tuck into the festive season figures, can I point out that this year - 2007 - will be the final full year of analogue television broadcasting in Britain. In the second half of next year the analogue network will begin to close down, starting with the Border region, ...
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Kemp defects to ITV
Martin Kemp, who plays Steve Owen in BBC1 soap EastEnders, will quit the BBC next year to join ITV in a new contract thought to be worth more than£2m. More follows?
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Kemp strikes Gold with ITV
EastEnders star and former Spandau Ballet bassist to leave BBC for new two-year exclusive contract with ITV
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Tigress to reveal Secrets of the Dead
Wildlife indie Tigress Productions has won its second science order with a one-off commission for Channel 4's Secrets of the Dead strand, writes Penny HughesThe 60-minute film, Riddle of the Plague
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New mountain rescue drama for BBC1
BBC Scotland has joined forces with Columbia TriStar International (CTIT) and Union Pictures to create a new mountain rescue drama Rockface for BBC 1, writes Jon Rogers.Commissioned by BBC 1 controller
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LWT to compare life in New York and London
LWT's in-house production unit The Lab is to make a 6 x 30-minute series, Nylon, comparing life in London and New York.The programmes will follow the parallel lives of people
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Angel Eye to make Perrier comedy series
Channel 4 commissioning editor entertainment Iain Morris has commissioned Angel Eye Film and Television to produce the next series of Edinburgh or Bust.The 4 x 30-minute series follows four comedians
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Buddah helps BBC radio to prosper
Wise Buddah has strengthened its relationship with BBC network radio after securing a series of new commissions including three comedy series for BBC Radio 4.The indie has been commissioned by R4
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Brandreth to make Westminster diary for ITV
ITV has lined up its own version of former Tory spin doctor Amanda Platell's controversial Channel 4 exposé after commissioning a video diary from 'Westminster watcher' and former Conservative MP Gyles
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C5 re-orders first-time buyers house show
Channel 5 senior controller of features and arts, Michael Attwell has recommissioned World of Wonder to produce a 6 x 30-minute series of Hot Property.The series will feature first-time house
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Nick Berry undercover cop show to return
Valentine Productions has been commissioned by BBC controller of drama series Mal Young to produce a second series of In Deep. The 2 x 60-minute undercover police drama, starring Nick Berry
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New breed of critic emerges from Chrysalis
Chrysalis TV subsidiary Cactus TV has been commissioned to produce a series on budding TV critics fronted by Paul Ross.LWT deputy director of broadcasting Geraldine Woods has greenlit the 6