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    ITV moves closer to tapeless status

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    ITV has moved a step closer to a tapeless workflow after selling Independent Facilities Centre (ITFC) to digital services company Elektrofilm for£8.1m.

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    Blinkx searches for lifestyle content

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Video search engine Blinkx has earmarked cookery, DIY and travel as the genres with the biggest online growth potential in the coming months, because of pent-up demand among internet users and advertisers.

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    Playing a joke the interactive way

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    A new website boasting web-only comedy clips lets its users decide whether the videos are elevated to its archive or removed forever.

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    Indie premieres two shows on Joost

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Indie production company The Rocket Science Group will debut two shows on Joost as the broadband TV service moves into hosting original programming.

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    Virgin plans UGC BB final

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Virgin Media's sponsorship idents for the finale of Big Brother 8will feature user-generated clips that debuted online.

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    Discovery mobile revamp

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Discovery has changed its mobile TV package to offer versions of Discovery Turboand Animal Planeton Sky Mobile's package for Vodafone and Orange customers.

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    London Live in Second Life

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    3DD Productions has extended London Live, the international brand name for Channel 4 music showcase The Album Chart Show, onto Second Life.

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    Extraordinary People to go beyond shock doc appeal

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Five is moving its flagship Extraordinary Peoplestrand away from its shock doc roots with its latest round of commissions.

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    Child in Time back on BBC1

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Child of Our Time, the Open University and BBC co-production presented by Professor Robert Winston will return later this month for three weeks on BBC1.

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    BBC to look at Oz wine

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    The BBC has signed up as a co-production partner on an Australian documentary titled Chateau Chunder.

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    Pioneer to shine light on biology

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Pioneer Productions is promising a ground-breaking two-hour journey through the human body's life cycles in its most ambitious high-tech science commission for Channel 4.

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    Garden show plans to help urban spaces bloom

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    UKTV Gardens will show viewers how to 'green up' Britain's towns and cities by transforming 10 urban gardens into natural triumphs, writes Rob Shepherd.

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    The cuts that can kill

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    In taking an axe to factual budgets, the BBC is threatening shows only it can make, says Lisa Campbell.

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    £12k for festival pitchers

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Four Fast Track delegates will pitch live for a£12,000 commission from ITV2 at the Pitch Perfect session at this month's Edinburgh TV Festival.

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    Virgin picks up subs despite Sky basic loss

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Virgin Media said it had shrugged off the impact of the loss of the Sky basic channels after making 2,200 net additions to its TV service in the second quarter.

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    CPS attacks C4 over 'distorted' mosque report

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has accused Channel 4 of misrepresenting the subjects of its Dispatches: Undercover Mosquedocumentary through judicious editing.

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    Grade: longer running drama series are key

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    ITV executive chairman Michael Grade is hunting for returning series that could run for as much as 16 weeks of the year as the broadcaster steps up its attempts to revive 9pm drama.

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    Five nurtures wildlife strand for primetime

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Five is developing a flagship wildlife strand for its primetime schedule.

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    C4 to draw up promotions 'rulebook'

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is to issue guidelines for approving all promotional materials in the wake of the ongoing controversy over trust in TV.

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    BBC plans cuts to flagship factual shows

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Horizon, Imagine, Timewatchand The Culture Showall face 20% budget cuts as the BBC looks to axe up to half of London factual staff.