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    BBC wants standalone web content

    2009-04-29T16:50:15Z

    The BBC has pledged to put extra firepower behind standalone web projects as part of a “shot in the arm” for online content producers.

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    Welsh indie Calon to list on AIM

    2009-04-29T16:43:00Z

    Calon TV, the Welsh indie behind Five’s Hana’s Helpline, is poised to float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

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    Morrison handed BBC Academy role

    2009-04-29T15:54:20Z

    BBC controller of network production Anne Morrison is to take up a new role as head of a cross-discipline training body for the corporation.

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    Electric Sky sells ITV's Fat Teens to NZ

    2009-04-29T15:39:20Z

    Electric Sky has sold ITV1 documentary Fat Teens in Love to Prime NZ in New Zealand, as part of a raft of deals done with cable and terrestrial broadcasters in the country.

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    Shine swoops on Nordic indie for £60m

    2009-04-29T15:23:00Z

    Shine Group has stepped up its global expansion with the£60m acquisition of the Nordic region’s biggest production group, Metronome Film and Television.

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    Novel wins first radio commission for Fimbles

    2009-04-29T15:11:47Z

    CBeebies has handed Novel Entertainment its first-ever radio commission, based around characters from the Fimbles.

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    ITV1 to air crime doc on TV appeal phenomenon

    2009-04-29T15:04:34Z

    ITV1 is to examine the phenomenon of people who make impassioned TV appeals about kidnaps and murderers - and then turn out to have committed the crime.

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    Keo Films lands IWC exec for Scotland push

    2009-04-29T15:00:05Z

    River Cottage indie Keo Films has hired the producer of BBC2's acclaimed Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer's to head up a new Glasgow office.

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    Low share price led to Shed MBO attempt

    2009-04-29T14:55:50Z

    Shed Productions chief executive Eileen Gallagher has for the first time spoken publicly about the failed management buyout attempt of parent company Shed Media and has also signalled plans to poach big-name talent.

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    Report to decide bid for ITV's Leeds studios

    2009-04-29T14:25:39Z

    Screen Yorkshire is waiting on the results of a feasibility study which it will use to decide whether to mount a bid for ITV's moth-balled Kirkstall Road Studios in Leeds.

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    Alexa Chung heading stateside for MTV US show

    2009-04-29T13:51:16Z

    T4 presenter Alexa Chung is to head to the US to front MTV's successor to magazine show Total Request Live.

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    BBC plans to share iPlayer in the regions

    2009-04-29T12:39:36Z

    The BBC is drawing up plans to extend its offer to share iPlayer technology to local and regional and media companies.

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    BBCW sends Prince Charles down under

    2009-04-29T11:24:04Z

    Films about Prince Charles and sons William and Harry are among a raft of films that BBC Worldwide has sold to networks in Australia and New Zealand.

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    ITV's Benidorm to return with hour-long episodes

    2009-04-29T10:59:37Z

    Tiger Aspect's Spanish holiday resort comedy Benidorm will switch to hour-long episodes kicking off with a one-off special when it returns to ITV1 this summer.

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    RDF USA hires E! exec

    2009-04-29T10:29:00Z

    RDF USA, the US arm of RDF Media Group, has made a number of key appointments, including former E! Entertainment executive, Jennifer Danska.

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    STV pilots regional news consortium

    2009-04-29T10:27:45Z

    Scottish broadcaster STV will look to pilot a groundbreaking scheme where a consortium of local media companies will become partners in the provision of its local TV news service by the end of this year.

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    Dailymotion bags Bafta content

    2009-04-29T10:04:02Z

    Video sharing site Dailymotion is offering footage from backstage interviews at the Bafta TV awards for the first time.

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    ITV to refresh This Morning

    2009-04-29T09:41:42Z

    ITV has denied there will be a cull of its This Morning presenters - but admitted it is looking at ways to refresh the programme, including its line up of experts.

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    Riedel resurrects Mediornet

    2009-04-28T18:12:29Z

    Riedel Communications has unveiled a real-time routing network for transmitting audio, video, control and data over fiber-optic cable.

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    NAB show buoyant despite drop in traffic

    2009-04-28T15:57:30Z

    Although visitor numbers at last week's NAB exhibition in Las Vegas were down almost 20% year-on-year most exhibiting manufacturers were more than content with the quality of the people that did make the trip.