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NewsAt a glance: BBCW review
The BBC Trust today published the conclusions of its 18-month review into BBC Worldwide’s commercial activities and the BBC’s broader strategy.
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NewsEndemol buys Tiger and Darlow
Global production giant Endemol has bought Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions for around £30m, ending the indies’ turbulent relationship with former parent IMG Media.
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NewsBritish acts clean up at Emmys
Veteran actress Julie Walters and up-and-coming star Ben Whishaw took the top acting honours as British talent dominated the International Emmys awards.
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NewsJones: stamp out unfair TV work experience
GMTV and Skillset chairman Clive Jones has called for the TV industry to “stamp out” the culture of low and unpaid internships as part of a new code of practice.
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NewsRTS rewards Being Human werewolf
Being Human’s werewolf transformation, Wallander’s title music and the make-up for Moses Jones were all honoured at the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2008/9 last night.
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NewsCowell to produce Boyle TV special
Britain’s Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle has been handed her own US TV special.
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NewsMuppits has first public demo
Collaborative production project Muppits, which aims to enable facilities to buy and sell digital resources, is gearing up for its first public demonstration.
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NewsPanasonic readies Winter Olympics HD tech
Panasonic will provide a huge quantity of both broadcast and AV equipment for HD coverage of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next year.
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NewsITV cleared over talent show complaints
ITV and Talkback Thames have successfully fought off almost 4,500 complaints concerning the treatment of Danyl Johnson on The X Factor and Hollie Steele and Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent after Ofcom cleared the broadcaster of any wrongdoing.
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NewsGMTV broke sponsorship rules
GMTV’s sponsored morning segment Talking Telly has been found in breach of the broadcasting code by Ofcom.
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NewsWorld Cup games set for full mobile delivery
UK subscribers will be able to watch all 64 games of the World Cup 2010 on select mobile phone networks.
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NewsCheryl Cole to host ITV1 special
X Factor judge Cheryl Cole is set to star in a celebrity-packed special for ITV1 this Christmas.
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NewsSun, Sea and A&E returns to Virgin
Virgin 1 has commissioned a second series of ob doc hit Sun, Sea and A&E from October Films.
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NewsAziz files £5m lawsuit against ITV
A local newsreader is suing ITV for £5m on the grounds of race, sex and age discrimination.
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NewsNorman: ITV could 'charge for channels'
The new chairman of ITV is considering charging viewers for some of its channels as part of a complete overhaul of the broadcaster, it has been reported.
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NewsInternational Emmys honours Frost
British TV personality David Frost will be honoured at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers.
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NewsFirst community radio station to close
A lack of money looks set to force the closure of the UK’s first full-time community radio station at the end of the year.
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NewsHuggers: Canvas may be delayed until 2011
MEDIA FESTIVAL: Project Canvas will be delayed until 2011 unless the BBC Trust gives interim approval before the end of the year, BBC director of future media and technology Erik Huggers has revealed.
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NewsSIS Live set to buy OB rival O21
SIS LIVE is on the verge of acquiring fellow outside broadcast supplier O21 Television from Gravity Media Group.
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NewsC4 plans to charge for web previews
MEDIA FESTIVAL: Channel 4 is considering charging for online views of new programmes - before it airs them on television.