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Muslim pair search for 500 faces of Islam
Two young British Muslims will attempt to track down 500 people called Osama in just 50 days in a cross-platform commission from Channel 4.
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Ricochet challenges women to do ‘men's' jobs
Women will attempt to prove they can be better cowboys, hunters or loggers than men in a Ricochet series for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC makes case for PSB plurality
The BBC is trying to prevent the PSB debate from becoming a tug-of-war with Channel 4 by urging Ofcom to maintain “institutional plurality” in the new PSB landscape.
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NewsLivingstone backs Whale over ‘vote Boris' sacking
Defeated London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone has defended James Whale, the veteran radio presenter who was fired from Talk Sport for urging listeners to vote for Boris Johnson.
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NewsTombs leaves Paramount Comedy
Paramount Comedy vice-president of programming and planning Matt Tombs has left the broadcaster, Broadcast understands.
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NewsSooty presenter buys rights to launch new TV format
Sooty presenter Richard Caddell has bought the rights to the classic children's puppet show and is aiming to launch a television format that will revive the brand.
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NewsEngland-less Euro 08 fails to score in ratings
England's absence from the Euro 2008 football tournament has had a markedly adverse affect on viewing figures for both BBC1 and ITV1, but the competition has still had its moments.
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NewsSimson leaves NHU as cuts start to bite
The BBC's Natural History Unit is understood to have made around a quarter of its staff redundant in post-licence fee cuts, with key departures including former Wild strand editor Vyv Simson.
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CBBC orders One Minute Wonders
CBBC is to explore the amazing events that take place around the world every minute as part of a factual series dubbed “QI for kids”.
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NewsITV2 and iTunes agree major ad-funded tie-up
ITV2 is to strip an iTunes-branded music series across three weeks in one of the highest-profile advertiser-funded programming initiatives to date.
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September shock docs sold to three countries
A trio of September Films documentaries on extreme human conditions has been sold to broadcasters throughout Europe, Australasia and North America.
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New Garfield slopes over to Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network has acquired a new CGI series based around comic strip cat Garfield.
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Oakenfold returns to Kiss
DJ Paul Oakenfold will return to his radio roots with a series of shows for London dance network Kiss.
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NewsVirgin leads commercial stations onto Freesat
Virgin Radio will be the first commercial radio broadcaster to add its stations to the recently launched Freesat platform.
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NewsTechnicolor moves to Soho
Technicolor will open a new seven-storey facility in Soho's Lexington Street in late autumn as part of a multimillion pound project to move its post-production and its creative services division from West Drayton.
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NewsEvolutions takes on ex-Sanctuary facility
Evolutions has taken a 10-year lease on the Great Pulteney Street facility previously owned by Sanctuary Post and is spending£2m on new equipment to kit it out.
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NewsBGT helps itv.com hit 1.1m
ITV.com registered 1.1 million video views on the day after the final of Britain's Got Talent as part of a wider surge in viewing over the past five months.
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BBC seeks IPTV standard
The BBC is in talks with other public service broadcasters to agree a standard technology that would make IPTV content available on traditional television sets.