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    BBC strike action called off

    2007-02-22T16:10:00Z

    The BBC will not face strike action on 26 February after management assured the unions that the number of potential voluntary redundancies would be reduced.

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    Blog: Work that makes us sick

    2007-02-22T14:00:00Z

    Long hours and unpaid overtime are taken for granted in television - but when will the industry wake up to how unhealthy this is, asks Broadcasteditor Lisa Campbell. Non-subscribers go here.

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    Ofcom confirms junk food ad ban

    2007-02-22T11:10:00Z

    Ofcom has confirmed it will go-ahead with plans to ban junk food advertising to children under 16.

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    E4 plans mobile content

    2007-02-22T10:30:00Z

    Channel 4's digital channel E4 is to become part of a 'converged network' featuring user-generated and mobile phone content.

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    Comment - Fight the supers' power

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Nick Rosen suggests some solutions for producers finding it hard to win commissions

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    Comment - The shocking truth

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    All journalists face hard choices around what news images to show, says Steve Clark

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    Niche Attraction

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    What is the appeal of IPTV and how will the providers make money?

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    Dai4Films hunts new comics for BBC Wales

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Dai4Films is to film untapped comic talent in clubs across Wales in Funny Business, a new four-parter for BBC Wales.

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    Lion gets to Entertain You again

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Lion Television's BBC2 daytime variety show Let Me Entertain Youhas been commissioned for a second series.

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    Ladette to Lady gets third outing on ITV1

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    RDF has been commissioned to make a third series of Ladette to Lady, the ITV1 series which attempts to transform some of Britain's most unrepentant ladettes into perfect ladies.

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    UKTV comes home to Colin & Justin

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    UKTV Style will follow designers Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan as they go on a UK tour showing viewers how to make the most of their home. Starting in September, Colin & Justin's Home Showis a 10 x 60-minute magazine series that will form part ...

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    C4 deals out poker foursome

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is to cash in on the UK's poker boom with a deck of programmes dedicated to the game later this year.

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    Sky One takes a Flutter on sports

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Sky One has commissioned Silver River Television to make a 60-minute pilot in which celebrity guests wager their appearance fee in a new 'nonsense sports betting' show.

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    Commissioner's Q&A - Liam Humphreys

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4's commissioning editor, features has£140,000 per hour to spend on mischievous ideas for popular factual docs and he wants to know what indies think C4 is missing.

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    On the box - Blair wins on his way out

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Confessions of an Estate Agentoffered nothing very new but David Cook found Blair: The Inside Storya more satisfying look at an untrustworthy profession.

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    Lion reconstructs mummy

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Lion Television's reconstruction of The Curse of the IceMummyrequired careful grading to splice recently filmed interviews with archive footage and stills taken from 1991.

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    Pepper finishes off Iran film

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Pepper Post is behind the online and grade for 90-minute C4 documentary Once Upon a Time in Iran, which follows a devout band of Shia Muslims as they make a pilgrimage to the holy shrine in Karbala, across the border of war-torn Iraq.

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    Metro captures The Grey Man

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    The HD production of Andy McNab thriller The Grey Man, about an ordinary guy who pulls off a daring bank job, has been post-produced at Metro.

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    Magic parties online

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Magic Lantern has developed the online component to BBC dramas Party Animalsand Life on Mars, working closely with their producers, World Productions and Kudos Film and Television.

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    Bafta for Soundelux

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Creative director Eddy Joseph and sound designer Martin Cantwell of audio facility Soundelux have won the 2007 sound Bafta for their work on Casino Royale.