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    ITV drama heads to India

    2006-01-31T07:59:20Z

    ITV is heading to India to film a new thriller about two women who set out on the journey of a lifetime together - but only one returns.

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    Latest skate-off gives ITV1 8.4m

    2006-01-30T13:05:46Z

    Dancing on Iceskated off with 8.4 million (38.2%) on Saturday night at 6.45pm - attracting over 3 million more fans than its nearest rival, the Bolton Wanderers vs Arsenal match on BBC1.

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    Online debut for C4's IT Crowd

    2006-01-30T10:48:29Z

    10.45am: Channel 4 has premiered talked-about new comedy The IT Crowdthrough its website.

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    O'Grady C4 deal worth£2.5m

    2006-01-30T10:47:40Z

    Paul O'Grady will land over£2.5m a year in presenting fees alone for his new Channel 4 daytime show.

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    ITV slashes CiTV block for Pasquale

    2006-01-30T08:00:00Z

    ITV is set to axe 30-minutes of its CiTV children's block in order to schedule The Price is Rightagainst Channel 4's hit show Deal or No Dealand BBC2's Ready Steady Cook.

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    Wood in the running for Five job

    2006-01-30T07:59:50Z

    8am: Former Sky One head of acquisitions Nicky Wood has emerged as a strong candidate to replace outgoing Jay Kandola at Five.

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    Xfm Manchester to launch in March

    2006-01-30T07:59:00Z

    8am:GCap Media is preparing for the launch of Xfm Manchester which will play a mix of new and established indie-rock music for 15 to 40 year olds.

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    Opinion - Comment - Whose show is it anyway?

    2006-01-27T14:43:17Z

    It started off as a simple consultancy gig to a BBC programme on who owned Britain and it ended up as a mess in the courts. Kevin Cahill is bemused by how wrong it all went.

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    SMG TV makes Alexander responsible for new business

    2006-01-27T13:00:00Z

    Glasgow-based SMG TV Productions has promoted Helen Alexander to the newly created role of head of business development as the group launch a creative development drive.

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    Hotel Babylon takes 5.5m bookings

    2006-01-27T11:09:50Z

    BBC1's slick drama series Hotel Babylonextended its lead over ITV1's Eleventh Hourlast night at 9pm with 5.5 million (23.4%).

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    Living TV transforms mobiles into 'paranormal detectors'

    2006-01-27T09:48:29Z

    Living TV is launching a paranormal mobile project to coincide with the next series of Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns.

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    PEER POLL: HD

    2006-01-27T07:45:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is the BBC right to invest heavily in HD programming?

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    Jackson joins Ask Jeeves company

    2006-01-26T16:49:25Z

    Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has been appointed president of programming at US new media company InterActiveCorp, which owns search engine Ask Jeeves.

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    Flextech promotion

    2006-01-26T08:30:00Z

    Flextech has promoted Edward Humphrey to the position of head of interactive, in advance of Jason George's departure next month. Reporting to Jon James, director of commercial and operations, Humphrey, currently executive producer for the interactive team, will be responsible for all interactive developments across the company's portfolio of channels ...

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    Howden to Support

    2006-01-26T08:30:00Z

    Technical support and integrations company Support Partners has recruited producer Ross Howden from film director Baz Luhrmann's production company, Bazmark, as professional product manager. Howden will instigate projects and manage Support Partners' clients such as the BBC.

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    Foundry plug-ins

    2006-01-26T08:30:00Z

    Visual effects software developer The Foundry has launched a new image-processing plug-in, Furnace 3 for Shake, designed to enhance workflow and productivity for Shake artists. It offers an additional 10 plug-ins for compositing tasks for Linux and OSX operating systems, and includes new features such as MotionMatte and Depth.

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    The Station titles killer kids doc

    2006-01-26T08:30:00Z

    The Station has completed the titles and post for Redback Films' new production Killing Mum and Dad. The 4 x 60-minute programmes investigate four well-known cases of parents being killed by their children. The Station designed the titles with a blend of live action and ...

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    Skaramoosh's Nat Geo idents

    2006-01-26T08:30:00Z

    Skaramoosh and National Geographic (Nat Geo) have created the idents for the National Geographic Channel. Nat Geo's senior promo producer, Lee Parker, and Skaramoosh's head of design, Piers Helm, conceived the idea for the five idents, which Parker directed, including the moving cogs inside a robot. Head of 3D Seb ...

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    Nats posts Mossad revenge doc

    2006-01-26T08:30:00Z

    Nats has completed the post on Atlantic Productions documentary Munich: Mossad's Revenge, a Discovery/Channel 4/Fremantle Media co-production. The 50-minute programme reconstructs the true story of Israel's response to the massacre at the 1972 Olympics through the eyes of those involved. Online editor Alan Jones conducted ...

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    MEM merges production into Scarlet TV

    2006-01-26T08:30:00Z

    MEDIA group Medal Entertainment & Media (MEM) has merged all its production arms under a single brand and has also secured a major series commission from the Discovery Channel.