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    ITV beefs up comedy slate with new sitcom

    2006-02-20T08:00:00Z

    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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    ITV eyes Perkins for comedy role

    2006-02-20T07:59:50Z

    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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    Flextech's new playout village takes shape

    2006-02-20T07:59:30Z

    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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    Interactive TV - Death of the red button?

    2006-02-17T15:10:30Z

    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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    Flextech hires public strategy guru

    2006-02-17T10:43:53Z

    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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    Hansen in shock MTV exit

    2006-02-17T10:31:56Z

    London-based MTV Networks International president of creative and editor in chief Brent Hansen has quit the Viacom-owned company.

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    Posh duo serves salmon for BBC2

    2006-02-17T10:17:24Z

    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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    Honey We're Killing The Kids heads down under

    2006-02-17T10:01:38Z

    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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    October Films buys Lodestar

    2006-02-17T08:00:04Z

    October Films, the indie behind Channel 4's Cocaineseries, has acquired factual producer Lodestar Productions.

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    Tinopolis cancels TV Corp's listing

    2006-02-17T08:00:02Z

    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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    PEER POLL: Celebrity Love Island

    2006-02-17T07:45:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is ITV right to recommission Celebrity Love Island?

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    Governors rule Ross not rude

    2006-02-16T16:11:09Z

    BBC governors have dismissed complaints that talk show host Jonathan Ross was 'insultingly rude' when interviewing film star Nicole Kidman.

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    Who Do You Think You Are? goes to BBC1

    2006-02-16T14:56:37Z

    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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    Review: Davina's plug-fest

    2006-02-16T11:26:46Z

    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

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    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

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    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...

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    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

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    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

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    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

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    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.