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    So come dancing for Graham Norton

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    BBC1 has revealed details of star signing Graham Norton's first project for the corporation - a further spin-off from Strictly Come Dancing. Norton, who was poached from Channel 4 last December, will front the in-house produced Strictly Dance Fever ...

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    Edit Store completes HD expansion

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    The Edit Store has completed a major HD expansion costing over£500,000.

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    TCM cuts universal film deal

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    Turner Classic Movies has struck its first content deal with a non-AOL Time Warner company, buying a series of films from Universal Studios. The deal gives TCM access to a range

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    GMTV to ditch Disney's Diggin' it

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    GMTV is to dump Disney's weekend kids block, Diggin' it , because it wants to take the production in-house to save money. The slot, which provides wrap-around links to programming, will be renamed. Disney will still provide animated content for the strand after signing a ...

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    Outpost director

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    Outpost Digital has appointed Jonathan Davies as director of production at its newly launched Noho facility. Davies joins the company following four years at Rushes, where he set up their music video department, Adrenalin. Davies will set up Outpost's visual effects division and will be responsible for long-form work, commercials ...

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    Five orders eighth series of Rad

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    Five has commissioned an eighth series of its youth sports series Rad from indie Sunset and Vine. Ordered by Five controller of children's Nick Wilson , Rad - The Groms Tour America will feature six of the ...

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    Support falls for licence fee

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    The number of people supporting the licence fee has dropped by 9% over the past 14 years, a new BBC survey has found.

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    Zeal nets rights package for Flipside TV

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    Zeal Television has picked up the rights to channel surfing show Flipside TV. The show was first shown on the Optimistic Network-owned channel Nation 217 last November and has since been simulcast on Channel 4 and Paramount. Zeal TV will sell the format outside ...

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    History series kicks off on Four

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) has designed titles and graphics for Granada Television series Monarchy. The series examines the relationship between the monarchy, its people and the forging of the British nation. The David Starkey-fronted programme kicks off with a sequence using bold colour and ...

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    Robinson to Holiday

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    Paul Robinson, former managing director of Disney's UK television channels, has resurfaced in a non-executive director role at Capital Radio-owned Holiday FM. Robinson will be involved at a 'strategic level' as the business, which operates nine stations in mainland Spain and the Canary Islands, continues to grow. Holiday FM broadcasts ...

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    Sanctuary mixer

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    Audio facility Sanctuary Post has signed up dubbing mixer Mark Restuccia to run the company's second dubbing suite at its Frith Street site. Restuccia joins from Silverglade and will work on a number of projects at Sanctuary, including work for Tiger Aspect and the BBC. Previous credits include ...

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    Piers Morgan to present This Morning

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    Ex- Mirror editor Piers Morgan is to guest present ITV1's This Morning later this month. Morgan, who left the Mirror earlier this year over the paper's publication of faked pictures purporting to be of Iraqi ...

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    OB truck on order

    2004-10-14T08:30:00Z

    dB Broadcast has won an order from BBC Resources, Radio & Music to fit-out a radio OB vehicle, Sound Four. The new sound OB truck will cover sports meetings, concerts and large public events. It will be completed early next year.

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    BBC3 attacked for being ?poor value'

    2004-10-14T07:50:32Z

    BBC3 could be radically redefined away from its 25 to 34-year-old target audience after a major government-backed review claimed it was not value for money.

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    Spot the difference

    2004-10-14T07:50:30Z

    They may have better teeth, but the line-up for the US version of hit BBC sitcom The Office is unmistakeable.

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    C4 backs Dispatches with permanent slot

    2004-10-14T07:50:14Z

    Channel 4 is to more than double the editions of its flagship current affairs strand Dispatches and finally give the show a regular peaktime berth.

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    Hat Trick to open office in Manchester

    2004-10-14T07:50:12Z

    Hat Trick, the indie behind Have I Got News For You , is to launch an office in Manchester to tap into the city's pool of talent and profit from regional commissions.

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    All3Media buys Company Pictures

    2004-10-14T07:50:10Z

    All3Media has concluded its long-awaited deal to buy Company Pictures, the producer of Channel 4's Shameless.

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    Bullen wins Jordan order for new indie

    2004-10-14T07:50:08Z

    Former Carlton executive Nick Bullen has launched an indie, having sealed an ITV commission to make a long-running series about glamour model Jordan and her pop star partner Peter Andre.

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    Sky rejects BBC offer of Freesat name

    2004-10-14T07:50:06Z

    BSkyB has rejected the BBC's offer to allow it to use the Freesat name for its planned free satellite service in a move that could disrupt the corporation's own plan to promote a similar offering.