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BBC puts more into developing fewer dramas
BBC Drama has appointed Anne Mensah to the new role of head of independent drama and is changing its development strategy.
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Shed hails US progress after bumper results
Shed Media has earmarked the US as the place for future growth with 30% of its gross profit now coming from across the Atlantic.
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MipTV 09: Round-up
As the MipTV market in Cannes wraps up, Broadcastnow presents a selection of choice stories from throughout the week.
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Sky Real Lives to air US reality show Diet Tribe
Sky Real Lives has acquired a reality weight loss series that originally broadcast on US cable network Lifetime.
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Fremantle: UK format dominance is waning
FremantleMedia senior executive vice-president of entertainment Rob Clark has warned that the UK's dominance of the formats business will slip in the face of stronger competition from abroad.
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Channel 4 doc slate to lift veil on Gypsy weddings
Firecracker Films is to lift the lid on extravagant Gypsy weddings in a Channel 4 documentary.
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Multimedia briefs 2 April 2009
Multimedia news in briefs from Broadcast magazine dated 2 April featuring Britain From Above, myvideorights and The BBC Trust.
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C4 to boost niche web content
Channel 4 is looking to commission more web material to support niche and one-off programmes for the redesigned channel4.com.
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Hayfisher to hire out wireless van
Sports producer Hayfisher is to make its wireless outside broadcast vehicle available to other indies for the first time.
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Bafta audience award shortlist revealed
The Apprentice, Coronation Street, Outnumbered, Skins, Wallander and The X Factor are to battle it out for the audience award at this year's TV Baftas.
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Platform upgrades for Waybuloo project
Platform Post Production has spent£300,000 on new kit for editing and finishing RDF pre-school series Waybuloo.
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Evolutions speeds up Red Dwarf post
Evolutions has devised a bespoke post-production workflow for the return of sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf.
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Five's Roary racing to Canada
MipTV: Five preschool series Roary the Racing Car is on the road to Canada following a deal with Treehouse TV.
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England victory scores 8.9m
England's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine pulled in a sizeable match average of 8.9m viewers (36.4%) for ITV1, delivering a hefty blow to BBC1's The Apprentice.
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Playboy fined£22.5k for hardcore broadcast
Playboy TV has been fined£22,500 for broadcasting unencrypted explicit 'adult material'.
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First look at Comedy Central's new ident
See the new look to the rebranding of Paramount Comedy as Comedy Central here first.
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The Inbetweeners makes 1.2m laugh
E4's teenage comedy The Inbetweeners beat BBC2 at 10pm last night, averaging a total audience of 1.2m viewers (6.8%).
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North West media agency gets funding boost
Funding body Northwest Vision and Media has had a£3m cash injection to support collaboration between the creative and digital industries in the region.
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BBC hit by record fine for Sachsgate
Ofcom has slapped a£150,000 fine on the BBC for the Sachsgate affair - the biggest financial penalty it has ever imposed on the corporation for a single broadcast.