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    Hansen in shock MTV exit

    2006-02-17T10:31:56Z

    London-based MTV Networks International president of creative and editor in chief Brent Hansen has quit the Viacom-owned company.

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    Posh duo serves salmon for BBC2

    2006-02-17T10:17:24Z

    BBC2 is to screen a one-off documentary about two eccentric upper class cousins on the hunt for a Cornish salmon.

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    Honey We're Killing The Kids heads down under

    2006-02-17T10:01:38Z

    BBC3 series Honey We're Killing The Kidsis heading down under after BBC Worldwide sold the format into Australia and New Zealand.

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    October Films buys Lodestar

    2006-02-17T08:00:04Z

    October Films, the indie behind Channel 4's Cocaineseries, has acquired factual producer Lodestar Productions.

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    Tinopolis cancels TV Corp's listing

    2006-02-17T08:00:02Z

    8am:Television Corporation is no longer a traded company on the London Stock Exchange, after new owners Tinopolis cancelled its listing.

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    PEER POLL: Celebrity Love Island

    2006-02-17T07:45:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is ITV right to recommission Celebrity Love Island?

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    Governors rule Ross not rude

    2006-02-16T16:11:09Z

    BBC governors have dismissed complaints that talk show host Jonathan Ross was 'insultingly rude' when interviewing film star Nicole Kidman.

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    Who Do You Think You Are? goes to BBC1

    2006-02-16T14:56:37Z

    2.30pm: BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has poached one of BBC2's most successful formats, Who Do You Think You Are?

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    Review: Davina's plug-fest

    2006-02-16T11:26:46Z

    One of the highlights of Big Brother- flirting, fighting and flesh-baring aside - was presenter Davina McCall's probing interview of evicted contestants, conducted in her trademark easy, breezy style.

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    UKTV in Wall to Wall deal

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    UKTV has acquired BBC2 series Who Do You Think You Are? after striking an unprecedented deal with indie Wall to Wall.

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    Rolf's Portraits to air down under

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    Indie Hotbed Media is to co-produce an Australian version of its BBC1 series Star Portraits with Rolf Harris with the country's public broadcaster ABC.

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    Format focus: A song for...

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    A new format aims to find the nation a new football anthem in time for the Fifa World Cup.

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    New-look Toonami soups up schedule

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    Toonami is adding live-action drama and comedy to its line-up for the first time in a bid to attract more girls to the channel. New shows acquired for primetime include US comedy Life with Derekfrom Shaftsbury Films and sun and surf-based Aussie soap ...

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    RDF gets first look at Special Edition

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    RDF Rights has signed a two-year first-look deal with indie Special Edition Films for all international TV and consumer product rights to their output. The deal will cover upcoming Channel 4 special Strictly Baby Ballroom, which follows young dancers competing over a year. RDF Rights ...

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    ITV turns the cameras on Pinewood Shepperton

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    The action, egos and high drama of the film-making industry are set to be revealed when Shepperton and Pinewood Studios become the subjects of a forthcoming documentary series from Lab Broadcast and Shepperton-based Fire Mountain Productions.

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    W10 facility doubles as training camp

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    A new west London-based editing facility that will double up as a Final Cut Pro training centre is set to launch next month.

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    Pixel Farm release

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    Digital post-production specialist The Pixel Farm has announced the release of the PFTrack 3.5, a camera tracking and motion analysis product. Added features in the new version include segmented shot solving, improved geometry tracking and extensive UI and workflow improvements.

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    Swepson promotion

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    Golden Square Post Production has promoted senior producer Andrew Swepson to head of production, where he will develop client relations. Swepson, who joined in 2004, had previously worked at The Mill as head of library, before setting up Peach Post Production in 2001. He replaces Golden Square co-founder Ewan MacLeod, ...

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    Osbourne gets a second adrenaline run

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    Jack Osbourne is to return to ITV2 for a second run of his Adrenaline Junkieseries, this time taking on a desert marathon and a jungle expedition in South America. Made by Ginger TV Productions, Jack Osbourne - Adrenaline Junkiehas been ...

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    Made in Manchester marks IRA blast

    2006-02-16T08:30:00Z

    ITV has commissioned Made in Manchester Productions to produce a 30-minute documentary marking the 10th anniversary of the IRA bomb blast of 1996. From Bomb to Boomis due to air on ITV1 at the end of March and charts the city's rise from devastation to ...