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    Morris handed Elstree Studios job

    2008-12-16T17:00:10Z

    Former Teddington Studios managing director Roger Morris has been appointed as the new MD of Elstree Studios, the home of Big Brother.

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    BBC Resources staff win reprieve

    2008-12-16T15:01:03Z

    BBC Resources staff in Birmingham and Bristol are to escape compulsory redundancy despite the commercial facilities company's plan to cease trading at the two cities.

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    BBC2 orders major space drama

    2008-12-16T14:31:00Z

    The BBC has signed up as a co-pro partner for a major 13-part space drama from the makers of Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives.

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    Fremantle seals first archive deal

    2008-12-16T12:31:33Z

    Fremantle Media has kicked off a strategy of acquiring rights to archive content by signing a deal with American red carpet film company Celebrity Footage.

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    NTP buys up Digital Audio Denmark

    2008-12-16T12:03:27Z

    NTP Technology has acquired Digital Audio Denmark (DAD), the manufacturer of analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue converters.

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    Smallwood joins Beam TV

    2008-12-16T11:33:31Z

    The Mill has appointed former Mindshare Worldwide client leader Mike Smallwood as the new managing director of Beam TV.

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    Registrations surge for BVE

    2008-12-16T11:29:32Z

    The number of people that have registered for Broadcast Video Expo is up by more than 10 per cent on this time last year.

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    Technology supply sector faces ‘challenging times'

    2008-12-16T11:25:34Z

    Confidence amongst senior executives in the supply and manufacturing part of the broadcast and media technology sector has declined sharply according to the latest IABM Industry Trends Survey.

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    All3I names acquisitions chief

    2008-12-16T11:13:27Z

    All3Media International has promoted acquisitions executive Maartje Horchner to the company's head of acquisitions.

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    Nigella serves up a ratings treat

    2008-12-16T10:43:46Z

    TV chef Nigella Lawson drew a tasty 3.6m viewers (14.8% share) to BBC2 at 8.30pm for the start of her festive series.

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    C4/Five merger back on table

    2008-12-16T10:41:35Z

    The possibility of a£500m merger of Five and Channel 4 has re-emerged as Ofcom approaches the final stages of weighing up Channel 4's future funding.

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    Living to shape up with McKenna

    2008-12-16T10:00:16Z

    Living has acquired a Paul McKenna weight-loss show that originally aired on the TLC network in the US.

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    BBC in Strictly refund climb down

    2008-12-16T09:50:53Z

    The BBC has backed down in the face of public anger by offering refunds to Strictly Come Dancing voters upset by the result of Saturday's semi-final.

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    TV Critics 16 December ‘08

    2008-12-16T09:36:51Z

    “It has moved so gloriously beyond parody.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    North One appoints Hornby

    2008-12-15T11:59:23Z

    North One Television has appointed Nick Hornby as executive producer in charge of factual programming.

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    Elf gets a spritely 5.3m for C4

    2008-12-15T11:51:52Z

    Channel 4's festive film Elf pulled in the viewers yesterday, with an impressive audience of 5.3m (27.3%) at 6.15pm.

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    BBC drops licence fee direct mail firm

    2008-12-15T11:38:57Z

    The BBC has fired the company in charge of sending out letters to licence fee evaders for using false statistics.

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    NetPlay to launch Freeview channel

    2008-12-15T10:42:59Z

    Interactive gaming company NetPlay will launch a 24-hour Freeview channel in the new year.

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    BBC under fire over Strictly debacle

    2008-12-15T10:32:00Z

    The BBC has been flooded with 200 complaints after the Strictly Come Dancing scoring system meant that viewer's phone votes were unable to alter the outcome on Saturday.

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    TV Critics 15 December ‘08

    2008-12-15T10:29:43Z

    “A lovely programme.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.