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NewsBoomerang profits up 8%; Bulb division launched
Boomerang Plus has posted operating profits of £950,000 over its last reported six months and is now looking to extend its output via fledgling production division Bulb.
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NewsSky Business names new MD
Sky Business has appointed a new managing director to oversee its business-to-business products including 3D and HD.
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NewsDixons to launch TV download store
Electrical retail Dixons has struck deals with Disney, Momentum Pictures and Warner Bros ahead of the launch of a pay-as-you-go TV and movie digital download store.
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NewsFemale line up for BBC2's Orbit
BBC2 is to launch a new factual series investigating how the Earth’s journey through space affects us on the ground, with an all-female line up.
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NewsBlack Mirror nominated for Rose d’Or
Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror and Ricky Gervais’ Life’s Too Short have been nominated for international awards at the Rose d’Or Festival.
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NewsRidley Scott to make Japan in a Day
Scott Free London is teaming with Japan’s Fuji TV to capture a snapshot of a day in Japan – marking the anniversary of last year’s deadly earthquake and tsunami.
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NewsNew Watch branding revealed
UKTV has unveiled its new on-air branding for entertainment channel Watch that will be used across all programming from 9 March.
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NewsFirst sales for Downs series Punky
Animated series Punky – featuring a lead character with Down Syndrome – has been sold into a raft of new territories and has secured award nominations in Ireland.
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C&IN revisits Essex Boy murders
Crime & Investigation Network has ordered a one-off docu-drama about a set of infamous drug-related murders from the 1990s.
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NewsIdea of splitting DG role mooted again
The possibility of splitting the BBC’s top job has emerged once again, as headhunters put together a succession plan for Mark Thompson’s departure.
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NewsCut BBC radio execs to meet savings, report says
The BBC could save £11m from its local radio service without having to resort to sharing programmes, according to a new report.
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NewsSky Arts reorders Exposed series
Society photographer Richard Young is the subject of Brassneck TV’s second Exposed series for Sky Arts.
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NewsWould I Lie To You gets sixth run
Comedy panel show Would I Lie To You? will return to BBC1 for a sixth series in an earlier, pre-watershed slot.
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NewsSales for Sinbad in Canada and France
Impossible Pictures’ Sinbad has been pre-sold by BBC Worldwide to Space in Canada and both Canal+ and NRJ12 in France.
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NewsMicropayments on agenda as ITV results loom
Adam Crozier is expected to provide an update on ITV’s long-awaited micropayments strategy this week, as the broadcaster looks set to report a relatively flat 2011.
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NewsArqiva adds European playout centre
Arqiva has opened a playout centre for its European clients.
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NewsCanon EOS-1D X to ship in April
Canon’s flagship DSLR, the EOS-1D X, will be available to buy from the end of April.
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NewsBBC drama head leaves for Kudos
The BBC’s creative director of drama production is leaving to return to Spooks indie Kudos.
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NewsBBC and ITV resolve Love Life clash
Love has broken out between the BBC and ITV after the two broadcasters resolved a clash that could have seen them air romantic dramas with the same name.
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NewsSTV plots major data drive
STV is plotting a major audience data collection drive as part of plans to bolster its digital revenues and make more informed commissioning decisions.