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NewsLove match for Off The Fence
Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence has clinched a distribution deal with UK indie Love Productions.
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NewsGranada launches Tightrope TV movie
Granada International has picked up the international rights to the latest drama from Tightrope Pictures, the independent production company set up in 2004 by Paul Abbott ( Shameless, State of Play) and Hilary Bevan Jones.
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NewsOpinion - Horribly wright - Is it time to switch off?
Somehow TV's just not working for Steven D Wright at the moment. Does he need a hobby, he wonders.
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Production - Will it work on the small screen?
The hunt is on to find money-making content for mobile phones, with producers experimenting with made-for-mobile and repurposing options. David Wood reports.
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NewsFry claims he earns more than Paxman
Stephen Fry has waded into the BBC salary leak scandal, claiming he earns more presenting QIthan the£245,000 Jeremy Paxman is paid for University Challenge- but adding they both deserve such rates.
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NewsMarple attracts 6.1m for ITV1
A new episode of Aga tha Christie's Marple managed to attract a respectable 6.1m (28.5%) on Sunday for ITV1, gaining the highest audience for the 9pm slot.
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NewsS4C in£8m recommission
8am: S4C has handed an£8m three year deal to indie Nant for two new series of Welsh language children's drama series Rownd a Rownd.
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NewsRDF acquires Presentable
9.45am:RDF has bought poker TV specialists Presentable for up to£6m, in a deal designed to allow the Wife Swapindie to make the most of relaxed gaming regulations.
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NewsFlextech goes on Beach Patrol
MipTV 10.15am:Flextech channels Living TV and Bravo have jointly picked up a new Court TV US reality series called Beach Patrolfrom UK distributor Target Entertainment.
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NewsTony Ball backs Ingenious float
10.15am:Ingenious Media Active Capital (IMAC), the media investment fund backing Malcolm Gerrie's new indie Gorgeous Entertainment, has raised£150m ahead of its debut on AIM in the next two weeks.
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NewsFive to send Rory and Paddy pig racing
Comedians Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuiness will go cheese rolling in Gloucestershire and pig racing in Dorset as part of a new IWC Media series for Five.
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NewsEdinburgh Festival reveals channel awards nominees
The shortlists have been drawn up for the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival's 7th annual Channel of the Year awards.
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NewsLife On Mars US hits the skids
The US remake of hit BBC show Life on Mars is facing stormy waters on its transatlantic crossing after losing its writer-producer and scrapping its original pilot.
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NewsJournalist memorial to be unveiled at BBC
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is to unveil a new memorial at the BBC tonight to commemorate journalists who have been killed in the course of doing their jobs.
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News3.5m see Big Brother evict Stephanie
Channel 4's first eviction of the ninth series was seen by 3.5m viewers (15.8%) at 9pm on Friday as student Stephanie got her marching orders.
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NewsEdmonds tackling 'broken Britain' for Sky One
Sky One has signed Noel Edmonds to revive the feeling of Noel's House Party in a new format pitched as an antidote to “broken Britain”.
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NewsCineflix wins fresh sales
London-based distribution company Cineflix International Ltd has signed a number of deals with Greek and Belgian broadcasters.
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NewsRussell T awarded OBE
Russell T Davies, the show runner who breathed new life into Doctor Who for the BBC, has won an OBE for his services to drama in the Queen's Birthday honours.
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NewsTV discussion site heading to the UK
A website aiming to be a one-stop shop for viewers to read up on and discuss their favourite TV shows will launch in the UK next month.
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NewsGladiators begin fight back
Sky One's Gladiators regained some lost ground with an audience of 643,000 (4.97%) at 6pm after weeks of declining ratings.