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Rushes Soho Shorts winners unveiled
The organisers of the Rushes Soho Shorts have announced the eight winners of this year’s film competition.
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NewsBBC reveals new local news plans
The BBC is to overhaul its local TV and radio services as an alternative to its rejected proposal for on-demand local video news services.
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NewsJoce Capper on the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival
Rushes managing director Joce Capper offers up her take on the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, which reached its climax last week.
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NewsShed upbeat despite downturn
Shed Media suffered a dip in global drama sales for the first half of 2009 but is still outperforming last year in terms of production revenues and pre-tax profit.
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NewsESPN team shapes up for new season
Jon Champion, Mark Chapman and Kenny Dalglish’s daughter Kelly are joining ESPN as its commentary and presenting teams for the new season take shape.
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NewsBBC recommissions McGovern daytime drama
BBC1 has doubled the run for the second series of Jimmy McGovern’s daytime drama Moving On.
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Boomerang wins £12m S4C contract
Welsh indie Boomerang has received a timely boost by securing a three-year contract with S4C worth £12m.
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NewsTrue Blood series three confirmed
HBO has recommissioned vampire series True Blood, Mormon drama Big Love and Hollywood comedy Entourage for 2010.
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BBC enlists James Martin for iPlayer push
Chef James Martin is fronting a primetime push on the iPlayer that will push the extra features on the BBC catch-up site.
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NewsBSkyB to launch 3DTV in 2010
BSkyB will become the first broadcaster in Europe to offer 3DTV when it launches the new service next year.
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NewsShed Media execs in talks with private equity houses
Shed Media’s executive directors have confirmed they held preliminary talks with a number of private equity businesses regarding the possibility of making an offer for the super-indie.
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NewsMotive turns back on production after tech deal
Motive Television has given up on buying production companies to focus on technology, after striking a licensing agreement for a revolutionary DTT system.
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NewsBBC: Test Matches should stay on pay-TV
The BBC has decided not to push for the government to return Test Match cricket to the ‘crown jewels’ list of free-to-air sporting events.
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NewsIn full: BBC sports proposals
The BBC today proposed the following changes to the ‘crown jewels’ list of protected sports events.
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NewsC4 urges protection for cricket rights
Channel 4 has called for “some form” of cricket to be on the list of protected sports rights, but has stopped short of recommending Test Matches return to free-to-air TV.
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NewsC4's HD channel joins Virgin
Virgin Media is to offer Channel 4’s HD channel to all of its 3.5 million customers.
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NewsBBC shows help to launch Microsoft's web player
Former BBC new media executive Ashley Highfield has unveiled Microsoft’s attempt to fill the gap left by the demise of Project Kangaroo, the joint industry video-on-demand project he previously lead.
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NewsTaggart rocked by staff cuts
Taggart’s executive producer of seven years has been made redundant as speculation about the future of the long-running drama grows.
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NewsUKTV links with Five for travelogue series
UKTV has joined forces with Five to co-fund the second series of IWC Media’s Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness comedy travelogue.
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NewsSky closes in on 10m subscriber target
BSkyB has added almost half a million new customers in the year to 30 June, more than at any time in the past five years.