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NewsITV beefs up comedy slate with new sitcom
ITV is beefing up its comedy slate with a pilot starring former EastEndersactress Tracey-Ann Oberman and veteran movie star Stephanie Beecham.
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NewsITV eyes Perkins for comedy role
8am:Catherine Tateproducer Geoffrey Perkins is being wooed for the top comedy job at ITV by its new director of comedy and entertainment Paul Jackson.
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NewsFlextech's new playout village takes shape
Multimedia company Red Bee Media has kick-started work on Flextech's new multimillion-pound playout and post-production 'village', due to go live this summer.
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NewsInteractive TV - Death of the red button?
C4's canning of its red button service has raised questions over interactive, but others see it as a platform for the future. James Curtis reports.
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NewsFlextech hires public strategy guru
Flextech has hired Patrick Robinson as head of public affairs, responsible for spearheading the group's lobbying efforts with Ofcom and other industry and government bodies.
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NewsHansen in shock MTV exit
London-based MTV Networks International president of creative and editor in chief Brent Hansen has quit the Viacom-owned company.
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NewsPosh duo serves salmon for BBC2
BBC2 is to screen a one-off documentary about two eccentric upper class cousins on the hunt for a Cornish salmon.
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NewsHoney We're Killing The Kids heads down under
BBC3 series Honey We're Killing The Kidsis heading down under after BBC Worldwide sold the format into Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsOctober Films buys Lodestar
October Films, the indie behind Channel 4's Cocaineseries, has acquired factual producer Lodestar Productions.
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NewsTinopolis cancels TV Corp's listing
8am:Television Corporation is no longer a traded company on the London Stock Exchange, after new owners Tinopolis cancelled its listing.
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NewsPEER POLL: Celebrity Love Island
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is ITV right to recommission Celebrity Love Island?
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NewsGovernors rule Ross not rude
BBC governors have dismissed complaints that talk show host Jonathan Ross was 'insultingly rude' when interviewing film star Nicole Kidman.
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NewsWho Do You Think You Are? goes to BBC1
2.30pm: BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has poached one of BBC2's most successful formats, Who Do You Think You Are?
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NewsReview: Davina's plug-fest
One of the highlights of Big Brother- flirting, fighting and flesh-baring aside - was presenter Davina McCall's probing interview of evicted contestants, conducted in her trademark easy, breezy style.
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UKTV in Wall to Wall deal
UKTV has acquired BBC2 series Who Do You Think You Are? after striking an unprecedented deal with indie Wall to Wall.
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Rolf's Portraits to air down under
Indie Hotbed Media is to co-produce an Australian version of its BBC1 series Star Portraits with Rolf Harris with the country's public broadcaster ABC.
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Format focus: A song for...
A new format aims to find the nation a new football anthem in time for the Fifa World Cup.
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New-look Toonami soups up schedule
Toonami is adding live-action drama and comedy to its line-up for the first time in a bid to attract more girls to the channel. New shows acquired for primetime include US comedy Life with Derekfrom Shaftsbury Films and sun and surf-based Aussie soap ...
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RDF gets first look at Special Edition
RDF Rights has signed a two-year first-look deal with indie Special Edition Films for all international TV and consumer product rights to their output. The deal will cover upcoming Channel 4 special Strictly Baby Ballroom, which follows young dancers competing over a year. RDF Rights ...
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ITV turns the cameras on Pinewood Shepperton
The action, egos and high drama of the film-making industry are set to be revealed when Shepperton and Pinewood Studios become the subjects of a forthcoming documentary series from Lab Broadcast and Shepperton-based Fire Mountain Productions.