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    Guess Who?

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    Guess Who? is a mix of talent show and gameshow with a celebrity element.

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    BBC Worldwide opens office in Brazil

    2007-01-17T11:10:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is opening a new office in Brazil it was announced at NATPE today. The Sao Paulo base will be dedicated to growing local production of both BBC and independent formats for networks across Latin America.

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    Brits triumph at Golden Globes

    2007-01-16T10:15:00Z

    The Brits triumphed at the Golden Globes last night - particularly Helen Mirren, who scooped two best actress awards, one for each of the Queens she has recently portrayed.

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    Jetix hires Turner content chief

    2007-01-16T08:00:00Z

    Jetix Europe has poached US programming chief Marc Buhaj from kids TV broadcaster Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

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    Ofcom criticises 'obscure' ITV Play game

    2007-01-15T12:05:00Z

    ITV Play has been rapped by Ofcom for unfair conduct after airing a game in which it claimed a balaclava and rawl plugs were items that might be found in a women's handbag.

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    ITV Play rapped by Ofcom

    2007-01-15T12:00:00Z

    ITV Play has been rapped by Ofcom for unfair conduct after it aired a game in which it claimed a balaclava and rawl plugs were items that might be found in a women's handbag.

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    BBC commissions controversial C-Word show

    2007-01-12T13:35:00Z

    The BBC will explore one of the most controversial words in the English language in a new commission called The History of the C-Word(working title).

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    Superted creators secure£600,000 windfall

    2007-01-12T08:00:00Z

    Wales' largest independent animation studio Calon is set to expand after securing£600,000 of investment.

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    Aardman hires Cockle for move into pre-school

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Wallace and Gromitproducer Aardman Animations is set to move into pre-school programming.

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    Profile: The plain truth about Betty

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Profile of Ugly Betty's rise to fame

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    Max secures distribution for Guinness shows in Asia

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Distributor Max Entertainment has sold more than 200 hours of Guinness World Records TV (GWR) shows into Asia.

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    Grade: new shows will get a chance

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Michael Grade has kicked off his tenure at ITV by vowing to give new shows a chance to shine and warning he will waste no time in dropping long-established but underperforming shows.

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    Dirty rotten cheater

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    The twist to this gameshow is that one of the contestants is a cheat and the others must discover who.

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    Five Life in Shed drama double

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Five's female-skewed digital channel Five Life has done a double deal with Shed Productions to buy the UK multichannel rights to Bad Girlsand Footballers' Wives.

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    ITV may restructure news as Jones quits

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    ITV chief executive of news and regions Clive Jones is leaving the broadcaster after 29 years, prompting it to consider a shake-up of the structure of its news management team.

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    ITV chief of news and regions quits

    2007-01-10T12:20:00Z

    ITV's chief executive of news and regions Clive Jones is leaving the broadcaster after 29 years. He will also step down as chairman of GMTV but continue in a part time role as editorial strategy advisor to ITN.

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    Magnus Magnusson dies aged 77

    2007-01-08T09:30:00Z

    Magnus Magnusson, the veteran Mastermindpresenter who fronted the show for 25 years, died last night aged 77.

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    Coles appointed COO of BBC's journalism group

    2007-01-04T14:20:00Z

    BBC director of sports rights and finance Dominic Coles has been handed a new role as the chief operating officer of its journalism group.

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    Fox and Warner Bros pull plug on The O.C.

    2007-01-04T12:10:00Z

    Teen soap The O.C.has been axed in the US. Fox TV and Warner Bros Television Production said in a joint statement that the fourth series, which starts today in the US, will be its last.

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    Neville the Blue Bear given BBC series

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    BBC children’s puppet Neville the Blue Bear will follow in the footsteps of Gordon the Gopher and Basil Brush after being handed his own spin-off show.