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NewsArgosy appoints Sears
Argosy has appointed John Sears to the role of senior field sales engineer.
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NewsX Factor USA to introduce Twitter voting
The X Factor USA is to offer viewers the ability to vote for their favourite contestants via Twitter when the knockout stage begins on 2 November.
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NewsUnions ballot BBC staff over festive strikes
The BBC is facing strikes on some of its biggest programmes of the year, including Strictly Come Dancing, with the joint unions balloting its members over action in the run up to Christmas.
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NewsC4 orders more Fresh Meat; Beaver Falls
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of student comedy drama Fresh Meat midway through its first run.
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NewsS4C secures funding to 2017
S4C has secured funding security up to 2017, when the BBC will renew its Charter, safeguarding the Welsh broadcaster for a further two years.
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NewsBectu accepts BBC drama pay offer
Bectu’s freelancer members have approved the introduction of a minimum pay rate for those working on BBC Vision’s drama series and serials.
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NewsTeens favour mobile/internet over TV
Teens would miss their phones and the internet more than television, a new Ofcom report has revealed.
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NewsC4’s Place in the Sun sold to Sweden/Australia
Foreign property show A Place in the Sun has been sold to broadcasters around the world by Electric Sky.
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Motive Television raises £1m
Motive Television has raised just over £1m through a share placing.
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NewsImagineer appoints Milne
Imagineer Systems has appointed Bryan Milne to the role of vice president of sales.
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NewsCurrent TV hunts shorts via Vimeo
Current TV is to air up to six film shorts on the channel following a competition it has kicked off via video sharing site Vimeo.
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NewsHit sold to Mattel for £425m
Hit Entertainment, the kids indie behind Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine, has been sold to US toymaker Mattel for $680m (£425m).
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NewsThis Morning rapped over Amanda Holden promotion
ITV1’s This Morning has been rapped for allowing Amanda Holden to plug her association with a WH Smith legal aid campaign.
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NewsOfcom clears Sri Lanka's Killing Fields doc
C4 head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne has hailed ITN Production’s journalism and the broadcaster’s “meticulous legal and compliance scrutiny” after Ofcom rejected almost 120 complaints about Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields.
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NewsNetflix to hit UK in early 2012
Subscription video-on-demand service Netflix, which has 25 million members across the US, Canada and Latin America, will launch in the UK and Ireland early next year.
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NewsOfcom rejects Sheridan privacy complaints
Ofcom has rejected two privacy complaints launched by former Scottish politician Tommy Sheridan and his wife Gail.
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NewsAlan Partridge flies Down Under
Steve Coogan’s recent revival of comedy character Alan Partridge is to be broadcast in Australia.
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NewsBBC receives 42 kids Bafta nods
The BBC has scored 42 nominations for this year’s Bafta Children’s Awards - but faces stiff competition from multichannel and other terrestrials.
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NewsSyfy identifies Persons Unknown
Syfy has acquired the exclusive UK TV rights to Persons Unknown, a mystery miniseries from the writer of The Usual Suspects.
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NewsFX acquires Leverage
Leverage, the US con artist drama that previously aired on Bravo and Channel One, has been picked up by FX.