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BBC puts Music FastClear rights service online
The BBC will make its Music FastClear service available online next month, allowing indies to immediately clear music rights themselves.
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CBBC orders high profile drama slate for 2010
CBBC has ordered a raft of new dramas, including a Being Human-style comedy for children and the first TV work from novelist Jeanette Winterson since Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to host C4 quiz
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has been lined up to host a Channel 4 pilot quiz show about food.
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Great Escape for Ramsay in C4 Indian quest
The famously carnivorous Gordon Ramsay will get a taste of pure Hindu vegetarianism in a gastronomic quest across India for Channel 4.
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Shearman and Bell miss out in BBC restructure
BBC factual commissioners Nick Shearman and Mark Bell have failed to land jobs in the new Knowledge structure, sending shockwaves through the production sector.
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£1m show up for grabs as Scissorhands axed
BBC3 has axed Celebrity Scissorhands and put aside£1m to create a “channel-defining” stripped event for the autumn.
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RDF fights slump by funding format pilot
RDF Rights has begun fully funding pilots from its parent RDF Media Group as broadcaster funding dries up.
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Five to close finance section
Five is understood to be closing its programme finance department to save money.
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Screen Yorkshire eyes ITV's studios
Screen Yorkshire could buy ITV's Kirkstall Road Studios in Leeds as part of a drive to help protect production talent in the area.
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Blast! docs examine family matters for BBC2
Blast! Films will reunite estranged families in a country house for a BBC2 series.
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US comedian pens pilot for C4 Showcase season
Arrested Development star David Cross has written a sitcom pilot for Channel 4's second Comedy Showcase season.
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Sky 1 acquires Bondi Vet
Sky 1 has picked up an Australian reality series that follows the adventures of a Sydney-based vet.
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Blog: Tom Driberg and me
Executive producer Roger Bolton writes about his forthcoming BBC4 docu-drama about infamous former chairman of the Labour Party and alleged spy Tom Driberg.
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BBC1 to champion donation drive
BBC1 will highlight the need for blood and organ donation in the latest of its hard-hitting live, stripped programmes in daytime.
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BBC reveals online Dragons'
The BBC has revealed the identities of two new Dragons who will preside over an online-only version of Dragons' Den.
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BBC unveils Springwatch team
The BBC has revealed that Chris Packham will co-present Springwatch and Autumnwatch with Kate Humble following Bill Oddie's announcement that he is to take a break from the show.
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Trust: BBC must get better service from mega-contracts
The BBC has reduced the cost of its biggest outsourcing contracts ahead of targets, but is not getting good enough service for its money, a National Audit Office report has found.
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Tessa Ross: Film 4 under threat
Parliament was alerted today that Slumdog Millionaire backer Film 4 is under threat because of the financial problems confronting Channel 4.
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VoD use grows to 50%
Half of the UK population has used catch-up services and 20% of people access VoD services on a weekly basis, according to a new survey from the Association for Television Video on Demand.
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CBeebies orders more Grandpa in My Pocket
CBeebies has commissioned Adastra Creative to make a second series of Grandpa in My Pocket, the live action series about a boy whose grandfather can shrink.