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  • Sex Education Show
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    C4 sends producer Wild for sole survivor doc

    2009-06-18T08:52:00Z

    Channel 4 will cross a frontier in survival programming by dropping a TV producer into the Canadian wilderness for 12 weeks with just a camera and a backpack.

  • Alex Connock
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    Ten Alps in move to tap Asian content market

    2009-06-18T08:48:00Z

    Super-indie Ten Alps is finalising plans to set up a base in Asia after ruling out plans to buy any more UK producers.

  • Elaine Hackett
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    Crackit links with Mammoth in bid to optimise skills

    2009-06-18T08:47:00Z

    Crackit Productions and Mammoth Screen have formed an unlikely partnership to share production tips, ideas and ways of working.

  • Britain's Got Talent: Susan Boyle
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    ITV could charge for on-demand content service

    2009-06-18T08:46:00Z

    ITV is planning to levy small charges to view on-demand content beyond the standard seven-day catch-up window in a bid to boost revenues.

  • Jeff Anderson
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    ITV veteran takes factual role at Lion Scotland

    2009-06-18T08:46:00Z

    Jeff Anderson’s next job after more than 20 years at ITV will be as Lion Scotland’s head of factual.

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    Living goes around Britain with Hasselhoff

    2009-06-18T08:46:00Z

    David Hasselhoff will sleep in a haunted castle, row with the Oxford blues and sail a long boat down the canals of Britain in six-part special for Living.

  • Luke Johnson
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    C4’s Luke Johnson to exec credit crunch doc

    2009-06-18T08:46:00Z

    Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson is to get his first executive producer credit, on Studio Lambert’s first cinema documentary.

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    Cake to produce cartoon comedy for Canadian TV

    2009-06-18T08:45:00Z

    Kids producer and distributor Cake Entertainment is co-producing a live-action comedy for Canadian kids broadcaster Teletoon.

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    CBeebies dishes up food series targeted at tots

    2009-06-18T08:45:00Z

    The BBC is to teach preschoolers how to cook and where their food comes from, in a new CBeebies cookery show.

  • Welsh National Assembly
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    Barcud Derwen stream live National Assembly for Wales sessions

    2009-06-17T09:32:00Z

    Welsh facility group Barcud Derwen is producing live streams of National Assembly for Wales sessions for on demand viewing at senedd.tv.

  • Gordon Brown
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    PM plans BBC top slicing bill

    2009-06-17T00:01:00Z

    DIGITAL BRITAIN: Gordon Brown is to rush a bill through parliament allowing top slicing of the BBC licence fee to become law before the general election, widely expected next May.

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    Tiger's Fell to go freelance

    2009-06-17T16:21:00Z

    Tiger Aspect drama exec Richard Fell is to go freelance after entering a period of consultation over his post.

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    P2 media costs cut by a third

    2009-06-17T09:28:00Z

    The cost of the recording media which slots into Panasonic P2 cameras has been reduced following new releases from Panasonic and Fuijifilm.

  • Tony Ball
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    Tony Ball joins BT as non-exec

    2009-06-17T11:37:00Z

    Tony Ball, the former BSkyB chief exec tipped to replace Michael Grade at ITV, has joined the BT Board as non-executive director.

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    On-Air upgrades its playout software

    2009-06-17T09:31:00Z

    On-Air Systems has unveiled the latest version of its automated playout solution playKast. The product brings storage, graphics, scheduling and output inside a single PC and is in use at TVN Poland and RTV Belgium among other broadcasters.

  • Ian Jones
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    Target MD to step down

    2009-06-17T00:01:00Z

    Target Entertainment’s managing director Ian Jones is to leave the company as part of a management restructure designed to help “weather the economic recession.”

  • Slumdog Millionaire
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    EIFF focuses on camera technology

    2009-06-17T09:30:00Z

    The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has scheduled a heavyweight series of technology and cinematography sessions and debates, June 25-27.

  • Fish Tank
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    New Avids at Salon

    2009-06-17T09:35:00Z

    West London-based editing equipment hire firm Salon has made a new investment in Avid systems including six Media Composer Nitris DX systems, two Media Composer Mojo DX systems and one Avid Unity Media Network.

  • Occupation
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    Occupation goes west

    2009-06-17T09:27:00Z

    Kudos took the post for Occupation to several houses including Shepherd’s Bush facility Clear Cut Pictures to obtain the high level of authenticity demanded for its Iraqi war drama.

  • CBeebies' Get Set Go
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    Rubber Studios opens

    2009-06-17T12:29:00Z

    Two former employees of Bermuda Shorts have set up their own animation company Rubber Studios and completed work on an ident for CBeebies.