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NewsMaidstone Studios wins Trisha series
Warring audience members will now be housed under a new roof as Five's The Trisha Goddard Show moves from Teddington Studios to Maidstone in a two-year,£1.75m deal.
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NewsPrime moves to set up vfx facility
Indian super-facility Prime Focus' restructure of the VTR Group is poised for the next step - merging commercials facility VTR with design arm The Hive and newly acquired graphics outfit Clear into The Hive's 37 Dean Street premises.
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NewsEight out of 10 viewers pick BBC1 for World Cup final
The World Cup final between France and Italy, shown live on both ITV1 and BBC1 on Sunday (9 July), hit a combined peak audience of 21.2 million - just over a third of the entire population of the UK - at 9.15pm.
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Fever hires BBC exec
Fever Media, the indie set up by former BBC entertainment executives David Mortimer and Richard Hopkins, has taken on Michael Sutherland as senior development producer.
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RDF to film sumo women
Channel 4 is to follow the journey of a group of larger than life women as they learn the ancient art of sumo wrestling in order to compete at the World Championships in Japan later this year.
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Crompton set for indie role after Sky exit
Senior commissioning editor at Sky One Paul Crompton has quit the channel after almost four years following the arrival of director of programming Richard Woolfe.
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Clough replaces Matthews as head of Mentorn Oxford
The Former editor of BBC's Rough Justice, Elizabeth Clough, has been made the new head of Mentorn Oxford, the production arm behind Question Time.
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Gerrie poaches Initial staff for start-up
Former Initial chief executive Malcolm Gerrie has poached two senior staffers from the Endemol-owned producer to form the senior management team of his start-up indie.
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MTV set to form 'super' boyband
MTV Networks International is attempting to resurrect the careers of five has-been boyband members in a new 8 x 30-minute reality series.
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NewsRDF restructures to boost growth
RDF Media Group will next week unveil a major restructure, modelled on the giant advertising group WPP, designed to prepare the AIM-listed company for further expansion.
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Japanese show piloted by C4
Channel 4 is looking at launching a UK version of one of Japan's most popular gameshows to be fronted by Johnny Vaughan as part of its Friday night entertainment line-up.
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Martin backs Arrow
Legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin has thrown his weight behind Chrysalis Radio's bid for the new Liverpool FM licence with its adult rock format, The Arrow.
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NewsMurphy in talks to join TwoFour
Former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy is in talks to join TwoFour Broadcast, three months after his forced exit from RDF Media Group.
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NewsLeader - Last of the big spenders?
The BBC has shown a lack of judgement in paying top whack for top talent and execs says Conor Dignam, editor
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Kershaw takes up Five's factual remit
Five's controller of science, Justine Kershaw, has been promoted to the channel's newly created post of controller of factual. She will take responsibility for all Five's science, history, factual acquisitions, arts and religious programming.
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NewsITV ratings slump to all-time low
ITV1 slumped to its worst ever all-hours weekly audience share last week as BBC1 capitalised on its World Cup and Wimbledon coverage.
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Hawken joins indie Outline Productions
Helen Hawken, the former Endemol UK senior producer who was instrumental in launching Big Brotheron Channel 4, has joined Outline Productions as an executive producer on the indie's growing batch of new reality commissions.
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NewsFremantle Media first to launch download service
Talkback Thames owner Fremantle Media is to become the first producer to enter the burgeoning UK on-demand market, launching a broadband service by the end of the summer that will allow consumers to pay to download its content direct from the internet.
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NewsBBC chiefs defiant over 'super salaries'
In a tumultous week, the corporation faced a backlash from the press, politicians and unions.
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NewsBBC puts new Chris Langham series on hold
BBC2 has shelved plans for a second series of Bafta-winning comedy Help, while actor Chris Langham faces 15 charges of making indecent images of children.