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NewsRDF close to£53m management buyout
The management of Wife Swap creator RDF Media is “nearing completion” of a£53m takeover bid for the company, backed by Endemol founder John De Mol's investment firm.
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NewsC4 drama to recreate Battle of Hastings
Hardy Pictures has called on more than 800 extras to recreate the three key battles of the Norman Conquest for Channel 4.
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NewsBlair to examine Christianity for C4
Michael Portillo, Ann Widdecombe and Cherie Blair will offer their personal takes on Christianity's rich history in Channel 4's forthcoming new religious strand.
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NewsJamie, Gordon and Hugh continue C4 Food Fight
Channel 4 is to tackle the welfare of pigs and chickens in another campaigning food season, a year on from January's Big Food Fight season of programmes.
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NewsC4 unveils new doc line-up
Channel 4 has pledged to continue to air the equivalent of one new documentary film in peak every weekday into next year despite restoring Celebrity Big Brother to its primetime schedules in January.
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NewsPeter Kay's Geraldine to return to C4
Channel 4 is planning a follow-up to Peter Kay's ratings-busting talent show spoof Britain's Got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice.
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NewsMoyles to host C4 quiz show
Chris Moyles is to get his own TV show for the first time in eight years with a quiz show in which the Radio 1 DJ competes against three celebrities.
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NewsBBC's Gardner follows Tranter to US
Julie Gardner, head of drama for BBC Wales, is to join the corporation's outgoing director of fiction Jane Tranter in the US.
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NewsJulie Walters honoured by WFTV
Golden Globe and Bafta winning actress Julie Walters has been given the Women in Film and Television's highest accolade - a lifetime achievement award.
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NewsSony adds new POV camera combo
Sony has developed a compact HD point-of-view (POV) camera and solid-state recorder combo designed to help programme makers that need more mobility than a shoulder-mounted or handheld camcorder allows.
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NewsPrincess wins multimillion T4 contract
Princess Productions has won the multimillion pound contract for Channel 4's youth strand T4.
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NewsBarmer joins Absolute Post
Absolute Post has appointed former The Mill managing director Andy Barmer as its new production director.
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NewsCase study: Special Forces Heroes
Fluid Pictures has completed CG design work on a new drama-documentary series for Five that highlights the heroic work of Britain's special forces.
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NewsSaddam takes on the Ice Dancers
The BBC2 drama House of Saddam and ITV1 skating extravaganza Dancing on Ice are the front-runners to win big at this year's RTS Craft and Design Awards after both shows picked up three nominations each.
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NewsPPC adds Apple and Avid SANs
The Picture Production Company has updated its post facilities with the addition of new SANs, software and systems upgrades from Root6.
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NewsVirgin Media to cut over 2,000 jobs by 2012
Virgin Media will slash over 2,000 jobs over the next three years as part of the continued cost-cutting exercise first announced after the acquisition of NTL.
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NewsCBeebies to adopt rolling commissioning
CBeebies has abandoned its annual commissioning round in favour of rolling commissioning.
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NewsGreen Week: How Sky has gone carbon neutral
Video: Sky made a recent interview with eco-champion Al Gore as environmentally friendly as possible. Here, key members of the production team reveal the steps they took to keep it green and honour Sky's label as the world's first carbon neutral media company.
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NewsUTV petitioned to halt job cuts
The leaders of all the major political parties in Northern Ireland have united to implore northern Irish broadcaster UTV to halt its plans to cut 35 jobs from the service.