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NewsCurrent plans Spurlock Sunday
Current TV is dedicating an entire day to Super Size Me filmmaker Morgan Spurlock built around his award-winning expose into fast food giant McDonalds.
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NewsMidwife exec to head drama for BBC Scotland
Chris Aird, executive producer of BBC1 hit Call the Midwife, has been appointed head of drama for BBC Scotland.
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NewsEntertainment One halts sale plans
Peppa Pig distributor Entertainment One has pulled the plug on a potential sale and is instead focusing on acquisitions.
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NewsZig Zag to produce Whitney Houston doc
The downward spiral of US singer Whitney Houston, who died on Saturday, will be chronicled via a fast turnaround doc from Zig Zag Productions and US magazine The National Enquirer.
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NewsBBC3 reboots Snog, Marry, Avoid
BBC3’s make-under show Snog, Marry, Avoid is being refreshed for its fifth series with comedian Ellie Taylor as presenter.
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NewsRadio 4 hunts 'New Elizabethans'
BBC Radio 4 is kicking off a hunt to find the 60 public figures who have had the greatest impact on life in the UK during the Queen’s reign to mark the Diamond Jubilee and create “a radio portrait of our age”.
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NewsAnimation tax break lobby grows
Animation UK has signed up a further three companies to its lobby group, which is calling for tax breaks for British animators.
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News6 Music signs Serafinowicz
Comedian, writer and actor Peter Serafinowicz is to present a series of six shows in Adam & Joe’s old slot on BBC 6 Music.
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NewsPolice Interceptors sold into Europe
Channel 5 series Police Interceptors has been sold into Europe and Australia by Target Entertainment.
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Ofcom upholds Atvod's Viacom ruling
Ofcom has upheld a decision from VoD regulator Atvod that Viacom is responsible for the editorial of its catch-up services on Virgin Media.
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NewsRIG plans online radio sales hub
Industry trade body Radio Independents Group is to announce a proposal to launch an online content sales hub for programmes.
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NewsDCD Media acquires Sequence Post
DCD Media has acquired the brand, assets and senior management of post facility Sequence.
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NewsAndrew Davies to adapt Les Misérables
Andrew Davies is working on a £10m adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables for drama co-production specialist Lookout Point, which is also planning to revive Lawrence of Arabia.
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NewsITV1 eyeing new Surprise Surprise
ITV1 is set to dust off classic show Surprise Surprise - more than a decade after its last appearance.
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NewsITV plans Space: 1999 revival
ITV Studios’ US arm is planning to remake Gerry Anderson’s cult series Space: 1999.
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NewsMTV upgrades to HD
MTV UK is to launch a high definition channel and replace existing MTVNHD with MTV Live.
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NewsITV1 to chart TV's most memorable moments
ITV1 is to celebrate the most popular moments in television history ahead of Britain completing the digital switchover this year.
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NewsVirgin Media beats 1bn VoD views in 2011
Virgin Media beat its forecast of 1 billion VoD views during 2011 by 4.5 million, with ITV1’s Coronation Street the most-watched show of the year.
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NewsSky boosts Isle of Wight coverage
Sky is upping its live coverage of this year’s Isle of Wight Festival to 18 hours - including broadcasts in 3D.
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NewsTwenty Twenty recruited for BBC1 conscripts drama
The final intake of National Service men is to be dramatised by Twenty Twenty in a new commission for BBC1 Daytime.