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    Put audience first, urges Lyons

    2008-01-17T10:43:53Z

    BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has made an impassioned plea to put the audience's needs at the heart of the public service broadcasting debate.

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    Thomson to demo new edit station

    2008-01-16T18:32:46Z

    Thomson Grass Valley will demonstrate its Edius Broadcast edit workstation 4.6 for the first time in Europe at Broadcast Live and VideoForum later this month.

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    Creative review - Film 2008

    2008-01-16T18:28:02Z

    A new title sequence for Film 2008 created by Liquid TV.

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    Private equity to fund BDA growth

    2008-01-16T18:09:41Z

    BDA, the broadcast design and promotions agency responsible for creating the on-screen identity for Setanta Sports and NBC Universal, has sold a 33% stake to private equity firm Octopus for£5m.

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    Thomson edit station demo

    2008-01-16T18:03:09Z

    Thomson Grass Valley will demonstrate its Edius Broadcast edit workstation 4.6 for the first time in Europe at Broadcast Live & VideoForum.

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    ArenaP3 rebranded as Beach 74

    2008-01-16T18:00:20Z

    ArenaP3, a division of TV Set, has been rebranded as Beach 74.

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    Thompson: BBC must take risks

    2008-01-16T17:49:30Z

    Mark Thompson has admitted that 2007's editing and phone-in scandals may have undermined risk-taking at the BBC and will launch a Failing to Succeed initiative to ensure producers do not play it safe.

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    Thomson animation tie-up

    2008-01-16T17:49:18Z

    Thomson's Technicolor Services division has formed an alliance with DreamWorks animation to develop its capabilities in India.

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    Envy makes the grade

    2008-01-16T17:45:20Z

    Envy has added a£300,000 grading suite to its Rathbone Place facility.

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    Iannucci returns to politics for new comedy

    2008-01-16T17:43:05Z

    Armando Iannucci's next big project is a The Thick of It-style political satire for BBC Films.

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    VTR buys Clarke Associates

    2008-01-16T17:40:45Z

    Prime Focus's holding group, VTR, has secured the business interests of visual effects specialist Clarke Associates.

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    Celebs vie to write crime novel in BBC2 series

    2008-01-16T17:38:29Z

    BBC2 is to teach six celebrities tips for solving murders before challenging them to write their own crime fiction novel, working under the guidance of best-selling author Minette Walters.

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    Discovery's Drobnyk is new UKTV entertainment chief

    2008-01-16T17:37:08Z

    UKTV chief executive David Abraham has gone back to former employer Discovery Networks US to find his new director of entertainment.

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    BBC3 show to scare unhealthy teens

    2008-01-16T17:33:18Z

    BBC3 will perform “live autopsies” on hedonistic youngsters in an 8 x 60-minute series by TwoFour.

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    Apparitions lands full run

    2008-01-16T17:19:36Z

    BBC1 has ordered a full series of Martin Shaw supernatural drama Apparitions for this autumn.

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    ITV lines up Boy Meets Girl for 9pm slot

    2008-01-16T17:16:23Z

    ITV1's latest 9pm drama commission is a Freaky Friday-style series in which a man and woman swap bodies

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    Huge reorder for Real Deal

    2008-01-16T17:15:33Z

    RDF has secured a massive recommission from ITV1 for two more years' worth of daytime antiques show Dickinson's Real Deal.

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    Nick News returns to take on climate change

    2008-01-16T17:12:03Z

    Nickelodeon is reviving its award-winning factual strand Nick News for a special season tackling global warming

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    Unions urge Trust to extend pay study

    2008-01-16T17:07:46Z

    Unions have called on the BBC Trust to broaden its study of BBC on-screen talent costs to include pay levels for the corporation's top executives.

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    R1 hires new dance DJs

    2008-01-16T16:59:20Z

    BBC Radio 1 has refreshed its dance music show In New DJs We Trust with Dave Spoon and Nerm and D-Code joining the weekly line-up alongside DJs Kutski and Kissy Sell Out.