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NewsRDF acquires Presentable
9.45am:RDF has bought poker TV specialists Presentable for up to£6m, in a deal designed to allow the Wife Swapindie to make the most of relaxed gaming regulations.
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NewsS4C in£8m recommission
8am: S4C has handed an£8m three year deal to indie Nant for two new series of Welsh language children's drama series Rownd a Rownd.
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NewsMarple attracts 6.1m for ITV1
A new episode of Aga tha Christie's Marple managed to attract a respectable 6.1m (28.5%) on Sunday for ITV1, gaining the highest audience for the 9pm slot.
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NewsFry claims he earns more than Paxman
Stephen Fry has waded into the BBC salary leak scandal, claiming he earns more presenting QIthan the£245,000 Jeremy Paxman is paid for University Challenge- but adding they both deserve such rates.
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NewsProduction - Will it work on the small screen?
The hunt is on to find money-making content for mobile phones, with producers experimenting with made-for-mobile and repurposing options. David Wood reports.
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Opinion - Horribly wright - Is it time to switch off?
Somehow TV's just not working for Steven D Wright at the moment. Does he need a hobby, he wonders.
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NewsGranada launches Tightrope TV movie
Granada International has picked up the international rights to the latest drama from Tightrope Pictures, the independent production company set up in 2004 by Paul Abbott ( Shameless, State of Play) and Hilary Bevan Jones.
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NewsLove match for Off The Fence
Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence has clinched a distribution deal with UK indie Love Productions.
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Hotel Babylon opens its doors down under
BBC Worldwide has licensed Carnival Films' drama Hotel Babylonto Australia's Nine Network, where it will air from 9 April.
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Twofour inks Canadian co-pro deal
UK indie Twofour is teaming with Canadian production company Exploration Production to produce Mayhem at the Manor, a 10-part reality series for Discovery UK and CTV Travel in Canada.
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Germans prefer 8 Out of 10 Cats
Endemol International has struck a deal with German broadcaster Sat 1 to produce a local version of Channel 4's topical panel show 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
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Wall To Wall completes HG Wells drama
Wall to Wall has completed production on HG Wells: War With The World, the latest addition in its Life In Picturesstrand of dramatised biographies.
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High Point picks up Canadian thriller
High Point Films & TV has expanded its catalogue of North American product after picking up the international rights for urban thriller Doomstownand Canadian series At the Hotel.
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Foothill and Create team on kids' shows
Santa Barbara-based Foothill Entertainment has teamed up with Create Media Ventures to develop and produce two new children's properties from the US and New Zealand.
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Granada America launches digital division
Granada America has formed a new Digital Media division in a bid to tap into revenue streams from new media platforms and named Katrina Moran as executive VP.
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NewsITV bid all over
The Greg Dyke-led consortium has ended its attempt to take over ITV, after the broadcaster rejected a second approach for the company.
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NewsTeatime Poirot gets just 500,000
ITV1's teatime troubles went from bad to worse last night with a hastily scheduled repeat of Poirotonly interesting 552,700 (4.1%) - ITV1's worst performance in that slot for at least five years.
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NewsGrade offers licence fee rebate
BBC chairman Michael Grade has said the public could be given a licence fee rebate if large chunks of its 10-year plan fail to happen.
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NewsITV board rejects second bid
10.15am: The ITV board has unanimously rejected a second bid from the Greg Dyke-led private equity consortium, saying the approach is not in the interest of shareholders.
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NewsLiving TV in ratings slump
8am:Pressure is mounting on Flextech managing director Lisa Opie to appoint a new controller for Living TV after new ratings showed the channel has shed a fifth of its audience this year.