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    Century Aspect signs double talent deal

    2008-02-13T16:14:09Z

    Century Aspect Films has signed Dragons' Den star James Caan and celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman on six-month exclusivity deals to develop new formats

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    Guerrilla finds new home with Big Kid

    2008-02-13T16:10:24Z

    The creative team behind collapsed multiplatform producer Guerrilla Group has joined digital media agency Big Kid to help it expand into video production.

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    BBC Trust backs£81m tapeless move

    2008-02-13T16:04:11Z

    The BBC Trust has approved funding of£81m to kickstart the corporation's move into multiplatform production and tapeless workflow.

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    Nuts show shoots on mobile phones

    2008-02-13T15:53:09Z

    Nuts TV has commissioned its first multiplatform programming to be shot on mobile phone for a format that it plans to turn into an ongoing 'diaries' strand.

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    Sky up after cutting churn while ITV falls

    2008-02-13T15:31:10Z

    Another volatile week ended with the FTSE 100 slightly higher and risers and fallers spread relatively evenly across the Broadcast 20.

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    Belfast indie acquires local animation firm

    2008-02-13T15:28:21Z

    Northern Ireland indie Waddell Media has ventured into new territory by acquiring a multi award-winning animation specialist.

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    Reuters buys P2 camcorders for bureaux

    2008-02-13T15:07:15Z

    International news agency Reuters has bought 100 Panasonic AJHPX2100 P2 memory card-based HD camcorders for use by its more than 80 bureaux.

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    Facilities pool their resouces across Pennines

    2008-02-13T14:28:46Z

    VTR North in Leeds and Sumners in Manchester have merged their graphics and visual effects departments.

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    Studio comedy in demand from BBC

    2008-02-13T12:58:49Z

    The BBC is calling for more traditional studio-based sitcoms and wants to run around four a year on BBC2.

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    Brits breaks radio record

    2008-02-13T12:44:35Z

    Music awards The Brits is to be heard on more radio stations around the world than ever before following a raft of deals by indie Somethin' Else.

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    CSI special pulls 3.8m for Five

    2008-02-13T12:42:29Z

    A special edition of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation picked up an impressive 3.8m viewers last night at 9pm, outperforming all other channels except BBC1 at the time.

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    Kidnapped reporter set for release

    2008-02-13T12:16:57Z

    The British CBS journalist and Iraqi interpreter kidnapped in Basra will be released this afternoon, according to news wire reports.

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    ITV orders first toon for mobile

    2008-02-13T12:10:25Z

    A sketch show in the Little Britain mould is ITV's first original made-for-mobile animation series.

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    Plowman to receive lifetime award

    2008-02-13T12:07:14Z

    Former BBC comedy chief Jon Plowman is to receive a lifetime achievement award at this year's Banff World Television Festival.

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    BBC3 relaunch falls flat with viewers

    2008-02-13T11:52:47Z

    BBC3's new chat show Lily Allen and Friends, part of a new look for the entertainment channel, had a tough time on its debut at 10.30pm with 255,000 viewers (1.95%).

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    Call for BBC to get serious over minorities

    2008-02-13T11:25:13Z

    The BBC must “put in place some serious enforcements” to get more people from ethnic minorities into senior roles, a member of the corporation's executive board has said.

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    UTV pays£5m for Internet Business

    2008-02-13T10:49:30Z

    UTV Media, the owner of the Ulster ITV franchise and TalkSport radio station, has acquired Northern Ireland firm The Internet Business Limited (Tibus) in a£5m deal.

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    Celebrity influx at Classic FM

    2008-02-13T10:46:37Z

    Classic FM has signed Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Margherita Taylor and Blur bassist Alex James as part of the station's schedule shake-up.

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    TV critics 13 February '08

    2008-02-13T10:44:19Z

    'I'm no scientist, nor a mathematician, but I'm thinking this is all bunkum.' Read on for more cutting criticism of last night's TV.

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    2008-02-13T09:27:15Z

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