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Milkshake pets to star in spin-off series
Five's Milkshake! pre-school strand's pets are to star in their own spin-off series.
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Industry pleads for product placement
Commercial broadcasters have spelled out the benefits of product placement in their submissions to the government's inquiry into whether to relax rules on the practice.
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NewsTapeless: Paul Merton in India
Tiger Aspect's second exploration of foreign culture in the company of Paul Merton returned to the digital workflow first devised by the producer with hire firm Procam and facility Evolutions.
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NewsEnd BBCW first-look deal, producers tell MPs
BBC Worldwide is “systematically underpaying” the BBC for distribution rights, Fremantle Media chief executive Tony Cohen has told MPs.
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NewsSaturday night's not all right for C4
Channel 4 had a disastrous performance last Saturday as it suffered its worst all-hours share since at least the start of 1994, with 3.7%.Even including the figures for its C4+1 option it could only manage a share of 4%.
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NewsBudget blowout heaps pressure on BBC news
The BBC has exceeded its foreign news budget by nearly£1m and is considering closing some of its foreign bureaux to make ends meet.
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NewsTennant plans comedy and glossy factual for ITV3
ITV3 controller Emma Tennant is looking to expand her channel remit to include formatted factual programming and comedy.
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NewsITVP rebrands in push for global sales
ITV Productions is to be renamed ITV Studios as part of a radical restructure designed to emulate the scale and innovation of US studios such as Fox and Universal.
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NewsElliott to boost RDF drama slate
RDF Media Group has recruited former ITV drama luminary Nick Elliott as a consultant to sit on a group-wide drama board.
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NewsRoss and Brand ‘will escape lasting harm'
Neither Russell Brand nor Jonathan Ross will suffer lasting damage to their careers because of the row over their prank phone calls to Andrew Sachs - or so think most people in television.
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NewsCompulsory redundancies prompt ITV strike threat
More than 200 ITV regional news staff face compulsory redundancy before Christmas after the window closed for journalists to leave their jobs voluntarily.
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NewsBBC plans twin seasons on credit crunch crisis
The BBC is aiming to demystify the stock market and track the personal impact of financial problems in two factual seasons around the economic crisis.
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NewsBlink eyes fact ent after hires
Blink Films, the indie set up by former Five execs Dan Chambers and Justine Kershaw, has made its first major hires and is planning a push into factual entertainment.
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NewsJudges named for Broadcast Awards 2009
ITV2 controller Zai Bennett, E4 head Angela Jain and BBC Knowledge head of independent commissioning Richard Klein are among the 23 judges of the Broadcast Awards 2009.
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NewsSachsgate special pulls 1m for Five
Five's fast turnaround documentary on Sachsgate - featuring an interview with 'Satanic Slut' Georgina Baillie - pulled in an average audience of 982,000 viewers (5.7%) over 65-minutes at 10pm.
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Hyperactive in management rejig
Hyperactive Broadcast has restructured its management team and will double its investment in equipment next year in response to new opportunities in the market.
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Octopus joins up with iCR
Octopus Media Technology has combined its content management platform with Amberfin's iCR encoding and repurposing software in an effort to help broadcasters manage and deliver content online.
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NewsTV Critics 6 November ‘08
“It was all a lot more complicated than you'd imagine.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Utah buys Sandar
Utah Scientific has bought routing and distribution technology developer Sandar.
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Geoff Wright joins Marquis
Marquis Broadcast has added former GMTV chief engineer Geoff Wright to its consultancy division.