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    ITV to cut a third of top staff

    2009-03-06T12:07:45Z

    ITV will cut 30% of its highest ranking staff as part of its cost-saving measures, Broadcastnow can reveal.

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    Diverse makes Roberts head of factual

    2009-03-06T11:33:03Z

    Diverse London has promoted The Real Slumdog Millionaires exec producer Mark Roberts to head of factual.

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    Landmark to make BBC4 mobile doc

    2009-03-06T11:15:55Z

    Landmark Films will track the life cycle of a mobile phone and investigate the phenomenon of “that text you shouldn't have sent” in an off-beat doc for BBC4.

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    BBC1 orders more Lark Rise

    2009-03-06T11:12:24Z

    BBC1 has ordered a third series of Sunday night favourite Lark Rise to Candleford.

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    Landmark to make BBC4 mobile doc

    2009-03-06T10:38:52Z

    Landmark Films will track the life cycle of a mobile phone and investigate the phenomenon of “that text you shouldn't have sent” in an off-beat doc for BBC4.

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    Pro-Bel and Snell and Wilcox confirm merger

    2009-03-06T10:18:49Z

    Two of the broadcast industry's biggest manufacturers, Pro-Bel and Snell and Wilcox, are to merge, creating a new joint company.

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    Moorhouse appointed Gravity COO

    2009-03-05T20:48:46Z

    Gravity Media Group, the owner of Gearhouse Broadcast and outside broadcast company 021 Television, has promoted group technical director Kevin Moorhouse to the role of chief operating officer.

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    ITV will scrap 70 unfilled roles

    2009-03-05T17:49:19Z

    ITV will leave 70 vacancies unfilled on top of cutting 600 posts as part of its swingeing cost-saving measures.

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    UKTV joins Sky Player

    2009-03-05T15:34:11Z

    BSkyB's online TV subscription service Sky Player has added six channels, including two from UKTV.

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    Living unveil Jade's wedding preparations

    2009-03-05T12:52:44Z

    Video: Living has released footage from the latest instalment of its reality series with terminally ill celebrity Jade Goody, based around preparations for her wedding to partner Jack Tweed.

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    Five puts 87 jobs under threat

    2009-03-05T11:26:24Z

    One in four jobs are under threat at Five in a major restructure to remove layers of management at the broadcaster.

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    Multiplatform briefs 6 March

    2009-03-05T10:15:33Z

    News in briefs from Broadcast magazine dated 6 March featuring Burn After Listening, Crufts, Fireworks International, 4iP and BT Vision.

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    Medway enhances FCP-Avid transfer

    2009-03-05T10:11:22Z

    Marquis Broadcast has come up with a new feature for its Medway transfer and format conversion software that allows editors to move an entire sequence between Final Cut Pro (FCP) and Avid Media Composer in a single drag-and-drop operation.

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    Vitec axes jobs despite profits

    2009-03-05T10:08:11Z

    Vitec Group has made job cuts in its broadcast systems division despite pocketing a pre-tax profit of£35m last year, an increase of 17% on 2007.

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    Electra appoints new business head

    2009-03-05T10:04:40Z

    Camera hire company Electra Film and Television has recruited Dominic Kipling as head of new business.

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    Economic downturn forces Mill to cut staff

    2009-03-05T10:01:52Z

    The Mill is making 25 people redundant as part of a restructuring programme that will also see some central resources relocated to America.

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    Grade vows to 'spend better'

    2009-03-04T20:34:06Z

    ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has vowed viewers “won't notice” the£135m it will cut from its programming budget over the next three years - but has warned producers to expect more tough negotiations.

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    Snowball to invigorate expanding Reef

    2009-03-04T20:23:23Z

    Reef Television has appointed Andrew Snowball to a newly created role as head of popular factual, as part of a rapid expansion.

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    RDF swells exec ranks in top-level staff reshuffle

    2009-03-04T20:11:32Z

    RDF Media Group has appointed two senior executives and a raft of group directors as part of a top-level reorganisation.

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    Brook Lapping to uncover Skippy's story

    2009-03-04T17:58:19Z

    Factual heavyweight Brook Lapping is making a BBC documentary on iconic Australian TV show Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.