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    Outright signs Singing Priests

    2008-10-08T14:58:13Z

    Outright Distribution has picked up the international rights to Northern Ireland-based indie Waddell Media's new ITV1 special The Singing Priests.

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    ITV Global inks deal with Blink Films

    2008-10-08T14:52:18Z

    ITV Global Entertainment has agreed its first exclusive output deal since rebranding, signing up former Five head of programmes Dan Chambers' indie, Blink Films.

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    3,000 hours of history go online

    2008-10-08T14:48:36Z

    Colleges are to get free online access to more than 3,000 hours of film and TV news from the past 100 years following a collaboration between academia and the broadcast industry.

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    Hat Trick to produce its first online drama

    2008-10-08T13:12:06Z

    Hat Trick's multimedia and drama departments have teamed up for the first time to produce the indie's first online drama, commissioned by car manufacturer Ford's media agency MindShare.

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    Little Sunshine for BBC1

    2008-10-08T13:03:06Z

    BBC1's new drama comedy Sunshine managed to just win the slot at 9pm but could only bring in 3.7m (16.7%).

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    Top brass reshuffle at Kudos

    2008-10-08T12:56:26Z

    Kudos' director of drama Simon Crawford Collins and commercial director Daniel Isaacs have taken over from Jane Featherstone and Stephen Garrett as the Shine-owned indie's joint managing directors.

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    Tranter bids emotional farewell

    2008-10-08T12:49:58Z

    Jane Tranter bid a tearful farewell to the UK drama industry last night, at the screening of Little Dorrit - expected to be her last major speech before she steps down as BBC director of fiction.

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    Discovery to delve into desserts

    2008-10-08T12:43:19Z

    The world's most delicious desserts will be featured in a new 10-part advertiser-funded series for Discovery Network Europe.

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    White men still dominate boards

    2008-10-08T12:32:22Z

    Broadcasters are making modest improvements in their employment of minorities, but boards are increasingly dominated by white men.

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    Branson's next adventure to air on Virgin 1

    2008-10-08T12:29:57Z

    Virgin 1 will follow Sir Richard Branson as he attempts his next record-breaking adventure, speeding across the Atlantic - with his children.

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    At-a-glance: Virgin 1's autumn/winter schedule

    2008-10-08T12:23:01Z

    Browse the biggest shows coming to Virgin 1 this autumn and winter in our complete overview of the forthcoming season.

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    Virgin 1 autumn/winter '08: Documentary

    2008-10-08T12:18:16Z

    Overview of forthcoming documentary programming on Virgin 1 this autumn/winter.

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    Virgin 1 autumn/winter '08: Factual entertainment

    2008-10-08T12:14:44Z

    Overview of forthcoming factual entertainment programming on Virgin 1 this autumn/winter.

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    Virgin 1 autumn/winter '08: US comedy/drama

    2008-10-08T12:08:01Z

    Overview of forthcoming US comedy/drama on Virgin 1 this autumn/winter.

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    Grade: Scrap the indie quota

    2008-10-08T11:24:50Z

    ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has branded its 25% indie quota an “utter nonsense” and demanded it be scrapped.

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    100,000 watch Richard and Judy

    2008-10-08T10:28:12Z

    Richard and Judy's debut outing for new digital channel Watch launched in peaktime last night with 100,000 viewers (0.53%) at 8pm.

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    Worst Driver steers toward US

    2008-10-08T10:18:38Z

    Mentorn has set its Worst Driver format on the road to the US after accelerating a deal with the LA-based indie behind Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen USA.

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    Speech: Michael Grade 8 October '08

    2008-10-08T09:53:30Z

    RTS Patron breakfast speech by Michael Grade, executive chairman of ITV, on 8 October, 2008.

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    Grade: Non-PSB ITV is real option

    2008-10-08T09:44:32Z

    ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has outlined two stark choices for the future of the broadcaster: guarantee to provide national news as a public service broadcaster or become a purely commercial brand with no guarantee of any kind of programming.

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    Endemol names regional CEO

    2008-10-08T09:42:44Z

    Endemol has hired its first chief executive for Central and Eastern Europe.