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NewsCosgrove Hall resurrected
The Bafta Award-winning animator behind Dangermouse, Wind in the Willows and Count Duckula has risen from the ashes two years after it went out of business.
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NewsVirgin Media: Tivo attracts 75,000 new subs
Virgin Media has netted 222,000 subscribers to its connected TV service Tivo - with a third of them new to the cable TV operator.
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NewsClaudia Lewis returns to Talkback
Claudia Lewis is to return to Talkback Thames to oversee Channel 4 show Four Rooms just months after defecting to Mentorn Media.
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NewsTarget founder steps down
Alison Rayson is to step down as chief executive of Target Entertainment, the distribution business she founded in 1998, and has appointed a new managing director to take the reins.
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NewsITV1 orders Stephen Fry drama
Stephen Fry’s indie is to make the first Ian Rankin thriller to air on ITV1 since Rebus more than four years ago.
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NewsBeing Human team cast spell on witches drama
After vampires, werewolves and ghosts, the team behind Being Human is working on a female-skewing comedy-drama about witches.
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NewsITV orders ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ gameshow
ITV1 has ordered a “Raiders of the Lost Ark-style” gameshow, set in a giant 24-room maze, that challenges contestants to memorise the answers to questions in order to escape with up to £200,000 in prize money.
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NewsTrue Vision wins Poor Kids spin offs
True Vision has won a string of spin-off developments and commissions from its critically acclaimed BBC1 film Poor Kids.
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NewsSkillset reveals radio gender imbalance
Women working in radio are significantly under-represented at senior levels, particularly as they get older, according to a report produced by training body Skillset.
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NewsCLAC founder attacks HMRC for wasting millions
The founder of embattled TV accountancy firm Christopher Lunn & Company (CLAC) has accused HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of wasting millions of pounds on an investigation “without foundation”.
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NewsFoundation Scotland hosts CBBC's Ultimate Sports Day
The Foundation Scotland is producing a children’s sports series for CBBC that will air in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics.
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NewsWingspan visits corridors of power for Sky Atlantic
Former British ambassador to the US Sir Christopher Meyer is to front a documentary series for Sky Atlantic exploring the relationship between cities including London, Moscow and Mumbai.
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NewsBBC local radio reach up to 17% ahead of DQF cuts
RAJAR: BBC local radio, currently facing staff cuts of up to 20%, has reported an increase of nearly 300,000 listeners across its England network.
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NewsDragonfly hires BBC3 exec in senior rejig
Dragonfly has poached BBC3’s head of development as part of a range of changes to the indie’s senior team.
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NewsTwofour counts down Tweets of the Year for ITV2
ITV2 has commissioned a 90-minute special looking at the impact of Twitter news stories throughout 2011.
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NewsRDF to refashion History salvage series for ITV1
RDF TV West is producing two versions of a documentary series about salvage reclamation for UK broadcast.
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NewsBBC extends Wimbledon contract to 2017
The BBC has extended its contract to cover Wimbledon for a further three years.
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NewsDigital radio tops 300m hours; analogue slides
RAJAR: Digital radio listening has broken the 300 million hours barrier for the first time – as tuning into analogue stations continues to slide.
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NewsRadio 1 hits record high as Moyles drops 275k
RAJAR: Radio 1 breakfast DJ Chris Moyles has lost more than 275,000 listeners despite the BBC youth station racking up its biggest audience since 1999.
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NewsThai floods bring threat of hard drive shortages
Suppliers of hard drives have warned of escalating prices and possible shortages following Thailand’s worst floods in five decades.