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NewsBrook Lapping to make landmark BBC2 Iran doc
BBC2 has commissioned a landmark documentary series on Iran and its relationship with the Western world from the producer of Death of Yugoslavia and Israel and The Arabs.
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NewsITV Studios eyes Jackson deal
ITV Studios' next indie investment could be with a familiar face - outgoing ITV director of entertainment and comedy Paul Jackson.
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Video: Peter Fincham
ITV director of television Peter Fincham talks to Broadcastnow about shaking up the weekday schedule, the tension between ITV Studios and the indie sector and why there will always be a place for mainstream television.
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NewsRedmond: PSB broadcasters disconnected from real life
Media Festival: Brookside creator Phil Redmond has kickstarted The Media Festival by accusing PSB broadcasters of being disconnected from the cultural life of the UK and insisting they must change or face extinction.
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NewsRDF Media in£52m buyout
RDF Media, the indie behind shows such as Wife Swap and Faking It, has agreed to a management buyout for£52m.
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NewsFuture Media set to merge brands
Content processing and re-pur-posing business Future Media Group will bring its three companies under a single brand next year and move them all into the same building.
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NewsMedway boosts post file exchange for ITV
ITV has added a Medway file interchange system to the workflow for its new BT-managed Content Store.
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SIS Live plans web events division
Broadcast services supplier SIS Live is to launch a division dedicated to producers interested in distributing events to the internet.
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NewsSoho Runners set up to offer temporary help
A new recruitment agency, which started out as a Facebook initiative, has been set up to provide temporary runners to Soho facilities.
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Bright joins Molinare
Former Pepper chief engineer Richard Bright has joined Molinare as head of IT.
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News9m see Kilroy-Silk leave ITV1's jungle
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! hit a peak last night of 9m viewers (36.9% share) as former politician Robert Kilroy-Silk was the first to leave the jungle.
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Evolutions adds client viewing room
Evolutions has spent£50,000 on a client viewing room at its Berners Street site.
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NewsC4 revives Comedy Showcase
Media Festival: Channel 4 is to broadcast a second series of comedy pilots under the Comedy Showcase banner next autumn.
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NewsBBC names acting head of radio comedy
Comedy producer and writer Gareth Edwards has been appointed acting head of radio comedy at the BBC, while a permanent replacement is found for Paul Schlesinger.
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NewsArena to profile Paul Scofield
BBC2's arts strand Arena is to profile the celebrated actor Paul Scofield in a special edition of the show over Christmas.
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NewsC4/BBC3: Sachsgate will not kill risk-taking
Media Festival: BBC3 controller Danny Cohen and Channel 4 director of television Julian Bellamy have both pledged that their channels will not lose their nerve by “playing safe” in the wake of the Sachsgate affair.
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NewsTriffids to sprout again on BBC1
The BBC is lining up a new adaptation of sci-fi novel The Day of the Triffids for next year.
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NewsBBC's Bennett backs Grade on swearing
Media Festival: BBC Vision director Jana Bennett has backed ITV executive chairman Michael Grade's call to reduce unnecessary swearing on TV.
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NewsTV Critics 28 November ‘08
“[A] compelling, bittersweet documentary.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsAnimal Planet goes organic
Animal Planet International has commissioned producer Red Earth Studio to make a new observational documentary series set on an idyllic organic farm.