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NewsUnions agree ITV News Channel pay-off
Unions have agreed improved terms and conditions for staff facing redundancy over the closure of the ITV News Channel, with 21 people now facing the axe.
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NewsMPs call for Radio 4 rethink
Over 50 MPs have called for the BBC to rethink its controversial decision to drop the medley of British folk tunes which opens Radio 4 every morning.
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NewsITV drama heads to India
ITV is heading to India to film a new thriller about two women who set out on the journey of a lifetime together - but only one returns.
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NewsLatest skate-off gives ITV1 8.4m
Dancing on Iceskated off with 8.4 million (38.2%) on Saturday night at 6.45pm - attracting over 3 million more fans than its nearest rival, the Bolton Wanderers vs Arsenal match on BBC1.
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NewsOnline debut for C4's IT Crowd
10.45am: Channel 4 has premiered talked-about new comedy The IT Crowdthrough its website.
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NewsO'Grady C4 deal worth£2.5m
Paul O'Grady will land over£2.5m a year in presenting fees alone for his new Channel 4 daytime show.
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NewsITV slashes CiTV block for Pasquale
ITV is set to axe 30-minutes of its CiTV children's block in order to schedule The Price is Rightagainst Channel 4's hit show Deal or No Dealand BBC2's Ready Steady Cook.
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NewsWood in the running for Five job
8am: Former Sky One head of acquisitions Nicky Wood has emerged as a strong candidate to replace outgoing Jay Kandola at Five.
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NewsXfm Manchester to launch in March
8am:GCap Media is preparing for the launch of Xfm Manchester which will play a mix of new and established indie-rock music for 15 to 40 year olds.
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NewsOpinion - Comment - Whose show is it anyway?
It started off as a simple consultancy gig to a BBC programme on who owned Britain and it ended up as a mess in the courts. Kevin Cahill is bemused by how wrong it all went.
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NewsSMG TV makes Alexander responsible for new business
Glasgow-based SMG TV Productions has promoted Helen Alexander to the newly created role of head of business development as the group launch a creative development drive.
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NewsHotel Babylon takes 5.5m bookings
BBC1's slick drama series Hotel Babylonextended its lead over ITV1's Eleventh Hourlast night at 9pm with 5.5 million (23.4%).
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NewsLiving TV transforms mobiles into 'paranormal detectors'
Living TV is launching a paranormal mobile project to coincide with the next series of Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns.
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NewsPEER POLL: HD
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is the BBC right to invest heavily in HD programming?
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NewsJackson joins Ask Jeeves company
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has been appointed president of programming at US new media company InterActiveCorp, which owns search engine Ask Jeeves.
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Flextech promotion
Flextech has promoted Edward Humphrey to the position of head of interactive, in advance of Jason George's departure next month. Reporting to Jon James, director of commercial and operations, Humphrey, currently executive producer for the interactive team, will be responsible for all interactive developments across the company's portfolio of channels ...
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Howden to Support
Technical support and integrations company Support Partners has recruited producer Ross Howden from film director Baz Luhrmann's production company, Bazmark, as professional product manager. Howden will instigate projects and manage Support Partners' clients such as the BBC.
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Foundry plug-ins
Visual effects software developer The Foundry has launched a new image-processing plug-in, Furnace 3 for Shake, designed to enhance workflow and productivity for Shake artists. It offers an additional 10 plug-ins for compositing tasks for Linux and OSX operating systems, and includes new features such as MotionMatte and Depth.
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The Station titles killer kids doc
The Station has completed the titles and post for Redback Films' new production Killing Mum and Dad. The 4 x 60-minute programmes investigate four well-known cases of parents being killed by their children. The Station designed the titles with a blend of live action and ...
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Skaramoosh's Nat Geo idents
Skaramoosh and National Geographic (Nat Geo) have created the idents for the National Geographic Channel. Nat Geo's senior promo producer, Lee Parker, and Skaramoosh's head of design, Piers Helm, conceived the idea for the five idents, which Parker directed, including the moving cogs inside a robot. Head of 3D Seb ...