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Cinderella search script
The BBC has signed Gavin and Stacey writers/performers Ruth Jones and James Corden (below) to script the TV film at the centre of a new talent search format.
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BBC Arabic TV sets date
The BBC will launch the BBC Arabic Television service on 11 March following several months of delays.
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Breath upgrades dubbing theatre
Breathe Post Production, the post facility formed by the merger of Strongroom and Air Studios, has spent£350,000 updating and upgrading its Hampstead dubbing theatre.
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Red Planet in drama hire
Red Planet Pictures has recruited Carly Rich-Conway from Wall to Wall to become drama development executive.
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NewsFive and Talkback to revive Minder
His trademark sheepskin and “'Er indoors” catchphrase may belong to another era but that hasn't stopped Five from planning to revive Arthur Daley in a remake of Minder.
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NewsAscent picks up new diTTo scanner
Ascent Media has become the first company in the world to purchase the new 16mm/35mm version of the Cintel diTTo film scanner.
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NewsC4 asks customers to turn round firms
Channel 4 is to fight back against bad customer service for a new Back to the Floor-style factual entertainment series that it hopes to turn into a returning format.
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NewsNeighbours becomes good friend to Five channel five
It may be too early to judge whether it was£300m well spent, but the early signs look good for Neighbours on Five
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NewsHollywood leaves top commissioning job at Living
Living head of commissioning Clare Hollywood has left her role after nearly five years as a commissioner at the Virgin Media TV channel.
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NewsRed Vision to work around both clock and globe
Red Vision is investing£1m in a workflow set-up and a new render farm that will see visual effects projects worked on for 22 hours a day.
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New directors to get boost with new prize
Lord Puttnam and Lord Attenborough are backing an award set up by industry charity CTBF to support the next generation of directors
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NewsPixion buys Men from Mars
Indian post-production company Pixion has paid more than£1m to buy Men From Mars.
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Virgin 1 boosts content with death-defying docs
Virgin 1 has stepped up its content drive by buying a major documentary series from Darlow Smithson Productions
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NewsHartswood to make fly on the ball show
BBC2 has commissioned Hartswood Films to make a mock-umentary comedy series about a junior football team.
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NewsNews 24 halves strand editors to reduce costs
The BBC is halving the number of News 24 strand editors from six to three in a bid to safeguard production staff in the channel's newsroom.
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NewsCommissioning revamp at UKTV to take on Sky
UKTV is overhauling its commissioning structure in a bid to challenge the likes of entertainment specialists Sky One and ITV2.
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NewsSutherland tipped for BBC post
Former Five factual commissioning editor Alex Sutherland is the favourite to become specialist factual commissioning editor for indies at the BBC.
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Fox will pilot ‘human Tetris' gameshow
US broadcast network Fox has ordered a pilot of Fremantle's Japanese gameshow Hole in the Wall.
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Karaoke game online
RDF USA has developed an online game based on its Fox gameshow Don't Forget the Lyrics.