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NewsWeb-capable TV sets on the rise
Twenty per cent of all television sets available in Europe next year will be able to connect to the Internet, according to the findings of a new report.
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NewsPatrick Stewart's Macbeth to follow David Tennant Hamlet on BBC
Patrick Stewart will reprise his role as Macbeth on the BBC next year, following the TV version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet starring David Tennant, which airs this Christmas.
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NewsBBC2 backs second series of Miranda
BBC2 has ordered a second series of Miranda, the pre-watershed studio comedy show starring Miranda Hart.
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NewsEx-C4 commissioner launches comedy on shopping channel
Former Big Brother commissioning editor Shed Simove has bought space on the Shop on TV teleshopping channel to launch comedy show Shed Simove: Ideas Man.
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NewsUKTV's Eden picks up Animal Armageddon
UKTV channel Eden has bought natural disaster series Animal Armageddon from distributor Parthenon Entertainment.
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NewsC4 orders NYE Rude Tube special
C4 will count down to 2010 with a two-hour Rude Tube special featuring the top 100 viral clips in history.
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NewsTarget seals new sales for Roary
Target Entertainment Group has sealed a spate of new sales for key children’s properties, led by Chapman Entertainment’s Roary the Racing Car.
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NewsMGM and Sky launch HD movie channel
Film studio MGM has entered the UK TV market for the first time with a dedicated HD channel on Sky.
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NewsInto the Storm and Little Dorrit up for Golden Globes
BBC drama co-productions Little Dorrit and Into the Storm are vying for a prize in this year’s Golden Globe awards.
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NewsAJA unveils iPhone storage calculator app
AJA Video Systems has released a free Apple iPhone app that works out video and audio storage requirements.
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NewsShed MBO back on agenda
The Shed Media management team is trying to take the super-indie private for the third time.
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NewsHalo picks up two from Molinare
Halo Post Production has bolstered its client handling and business development team with the addition of two former Molinare staffers.
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NewsKids in TV review to focus on "grey area" reality shows
Former Ofcom adviser Sarah Thane is to lead the government’s review of the law surrounding children in entertainment, which promises to clamp down on the “grey area” of reality TV.
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NewsCowell rules out ITV bid
Simon Cowell has ruled out the prospect of bidding for ITV with business tycoon Sir Philip Green and will instead focus on developing a politics-meets-entertainment format ahead of the general election.
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NewsBBC drama to explore social services fallout
The BBC is to air a 90-minute film about three brothers split up by social services, produced by Kindle Entertainment and directed by The Devil’s Whore director Marc Munden.
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NewsTSL adds Salford base
Broadcast systems integrator TSL is to open an office at The Pie Factory in Salford.
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NewsBBCW forms German JV with All3Media
BBC Worldwide is to partner with superindie All3Media to launch a new production company in Germany.
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NewsQuantel adds SI-2K support
Quantel has added native support for files produced by the Silicon Imaging SI-2K camera to the software capabilities on its Pablo, iQ and eQ systems.
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NewsBBC to offer pitching tips
The BBC is to host pitching workshops for indies and will post journalism masterclasses by Robert Peston and John Humphrys online, as part of a wide-ranging initiative to share its training resources.
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NewsSarah Edwards bolsters BBC entertainment
The BBC has recruited Sarah Edwards, head of entertainment development at TalkbackThames, to bolster its in-house entertainment production team.