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Scramble upgrades suites
Sound design and audio post facility Scramble Soho has upgraded its London facility.
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NewsDominic West to star in BBC2 period newsroom drama
Dominic West is to star in a new drama which could be the BBC’s equivalent to US TV hit Mad Men.
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NewsPresenter axed for not being "young or pretty" enough
A female BBC presenter was told she was not “young” or “pretty” enough to appear on the Countryfile programme when it moved to a primetime slot, a tribunal has heard.
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NewsAPTN plans £30m upgrade
The video arm of newswire Associated Press (AP) plans to spend up to £30m equipping its news teams around the world with HD cameras and upgrading its production infrastructure to a fully digital workflow.
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NewsThompson: No new pension talks
The BBC’s director general has made it clear he will not reopen talks with journalists in a bitter row over pensions despite the threat of fresh strikes, including walkouts over Christmas and the New Year.
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NewsBBC quizzed McGovern over anti-Man Utd bias
TV dramatist Jimmy McGovern said today that he was taken to task by BBC chiefs over concerns that his writing would offend Manchester United fans.
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NewsSherlock scores five RTS Craft nods
BBC1 drama Sherlock has picked up five nominations in this year’s RTS Craft and Design Awards.
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NewsSexism and ageism denied in O'Reilly case
A senior BBC executive has denied charges of sexism and ageism over a decision to drop presenter Miriam O’Reilly from the Countryfile programme.
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NewsWalking Dead to rise again
US zombie drama The Walking Dead, which debuted in the UK last week, has been renewed for a second season.
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NewsWarner Bros invests £100m in Leavesden
Warner Bros has bought Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, meaning a boost for the British film industry and improved facilities for TV production by the Hollywood studio in the UK.
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NewsIslam Channel breaches broadcasting code
A specialist Muslim religious channel breached the broadcasting code by airing discussions containing contentious views on violence against women and marital rape, according to a ruling by regulator Ofcom.
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NewsWelsh viewers back S4C
Welsh broadcaster S4C has received a tentative thumbs-up from the viewing public, with a slim majority of people agreeing there is a need for a national language channel.
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NewsGMG to relaunch Channel M
Manchester-based television station Channel M is to be relaunched by the Guardian Media Group (GMG) in May.
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Waterloo Studios hires Baker-Downes
Spectrecom’s Waterloo Film Studios has recruited Suzanne Baker-Downes as studio manager.
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NewsGlobelynx feeds Sky HD
The fixed-camera network company helped to set up a live HD feed from the trading floor at CMC Markets’ City of London offices for a special feature on the City. Globelynx teamed up with network firm Colt, which has a link that connects CMC to Globelynx’s master control switch using ...
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NewsC4's Britdoc calls for nature pitches
The Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation is teaming with the National Trust to back a documentary examining humans’ current relationship with nature.
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NewsC4 orders more Supersize vs Superskinny
Channel 4 has ordered a new series of Supersize vs Superskinny for broadcast early next year.
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NewsBBC1 must take more risks, Trust demands
The BBC Trust has given new controller Danny Cohen just over 12 months to make BBC1 early peaktime more surprising and to show more creative ambition at 9pm.
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NewsBBC faces Christmas strikes
The National Union of Journalists is considering further strike action over Christmas and New Year’s Eve over the BBC’s pension reform proposals.