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NewsITV sets out election stall
ITV has revealed its plans for coverage of the 2010 general election, spearheaded by the Leaders’ Debate.
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NewsWarner Bros unveils flash dance format
Warner Bros is to unveil a new ‘flash mob’ dance format at MipTV hosted by a British presenter and starring the choreographer of Michael Jackson’s This Is It.
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NewsMTV to pilot Style Date
MTV is piloting a new format based on a popualr Irish series in which men attempt to win a date using their fashion sense.
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NewsPact appoints diversity champion
Pact has appointed Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams to help UK indies boost their diversity efforts.
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NewsAnimation award for Shaun the Sheep
Children’s TV show Shaun the Sheep made mincemeat of competition at the British Animation Awards.
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NewsMen fuelling mobile TV boom
Men are leading the way when it comes to using their mobile handsets for different purposes, such as mobile television viewing, according to a study by Orange.
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NewsGreen light for Shameless US
A premium cable channel in the US has ordered 12 new episodes of the popular British TV drama Shameless.
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NewsWallace & Gromit head down under
Aardman Rights has sold its new Wallace and Gromit science show to ABC Australia as part of a raft of deals ahead of MipTV.
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NewsR3 to air classical chart
BBC Radio 3 is lining up a new weekly chart for fans of classical music.
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NewsOprah to swap day for night
Chat show host Oprah Winfrey will switch to a night time slot on her new channel.
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NewsEuro Media Group snaps up ACS
Euro Media Group, the parent company of outside broadcast firm CTV, has bought specialist camera supplier Aerial Camera Systems (ACS) for an undisclosed fee.
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Sofia’s Diary indie gets growth boost from Portuguese backer
Sofia’s Diary producer Campbell Ryan Entertainment (CRE) is set for expansion after securing investment from beActive Entertainment, the Portuguese company behind the original incarnation of the Bebo teen drama.
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NewsBBC mulls Strictly makeover
The BBC is eyeing a new home for Strictly Come Dancing as part of plans to supercharge the BBC1 format - and has yet to secure Bruce Forsyth as host for this year’s series.
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NewsBBC S&PP faces further job losses in reshuffle
The headcount at BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) is set to be reduced further in 2011 because there is a “99.9% chance” that its Sport and Children’s staff will not follow their production counterparts to MediaCityUKin Salford.
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NewsBBC breaks ground with Doctor Who game
Forget Matt Smith - Doctor Who viewers will get the chance to regenerate as the new Timelord themselves, in a landmark game that is the BBC’s biggest-ever web commission.
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NewsFree-to-air Ashes plan hit for six
Moves to put the Ashes on the Crown Jewels TV sports list have been derailed thanks to lobbying from the English Cricket Board and the timing of the general election.
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News6 Music gets Sony nods
Two radio stations earmarked by the BBC for closure as part of a strategic review have secured the lion’s share of nominations at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.
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NewsRDFR moves to digital delivery
RDF Rights (RDFR) is adding new capabilities to its post-production set-up so that it can send programme content to broadcasters digitally rather than on tape.
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NewsMaconie gets 6Music spin-off
BBC 6Music is to launch a late-night spin-off of Stuart Maconie’s eclectic Sunday afternoon show The Freak Zone.
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NewsBBC team field-tests 3D for wildlife docs
The BBC’s Natural History Unit has completed a 3D shoot in Africa as part of a wider experiment exploring the possibilities of wildlife production in 3D.