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    Granada International signs indie deals

    2006-03-06T11:42:59Z

    Granada International has picked up three new children's series from indie producers, including a new live-action series from Endemol-owned Initial kids.

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    NGTI broadens slate

    2006-03-06T11:44:16Z

    National Geographic Television International is heading to MipTV with over 70 hours of new programming, both from National Geographic Television & Film and independent producers such as Nature Conservation, Peartree Films and Darlow Smithson.

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    Planet Earth wins over 8.7m

    2006-03-06T12:22:37Z

    BBC1's big-budget natural history series Planet Earthwowed the viewers with a substantial audience of 8.7 million (32.1%) at 9pm.

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    Power launches WWII miniseries

    2006-03-06T12:43:50Z

    London-based production and distribution company Power will launch the World War II miniseries Above and Beyondat MipTV, along with two new thrillers and a slate of titles from RHI Entertainment.

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    Minotaur to push docs at Cannes

    2006-03-06T12:47:32Z

    A one-hour special for Five featuring a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ and a documentary filmed in war-torn southern Sudan are among the new factual programmes on offer from Minotaur at MipTV.

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    Mobile video deals for Premier League

    2006-03-06T13:39:39Z

    Mobile content publisher and distributor Player X has licensed mobile video rights to the Premier League to operators in the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark.

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    Interactive Millionaire launches in Italy

    2006-03-06T13:42:29Z

    Celador International has teamed up with French technology company HTTV to launch the interactive version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? on Sky Italia.

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    Jowell in push to convert last 30% to digital TV

    2006-03-07T10:38:26Z

    Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has revealed that 70% of households have now switched to digital television - up from 66% three months ago.

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    Hallmark hires Russell for channel launches

    2006-03-07T10:47:24Z

    Hallmark Channel parent Sparrowhawk has hired one of the consultants who worked on the acquisition of Hit Entertainment by Apax last year.

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    I'm a French Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

    2006-03-07T11:48:13Z

    Endemol is recruiting French celebrities willing to eat bugs and pick up snakes to appear in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.

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    Gray completes ITV entertainment team

    2006-03-07T18:22:16Z

    ITV's new director of comedy and entertainment Paul Jackson has successfully lured Duncan Gray back to ITV, four years after he left the broadcaster's production arm Granada.

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    Grenside in shock Hallmark exit

    2006-03-08T07:59:20Z

    8am:Sparrowhawk Media's Mark Grenside has quit the company to take up new business interests.

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    ITV Play to make£20m in first year

    2006-03-08T09:48:48Z

    ITV chief executive Charles Allen has predicted that ITV Play will make£20m in profit in its first 12 months.

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    Ian Wright in bid to wean London teens off junk

    2006-03-09T07:48:50Z

    Arsenal legend Ian Wright is set to 'do a Jamie Oliver' by embarking on a health crusade for Channel 4 tackling the UK's growing teenage obesity problem.

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    Macqueen takes on C4 docs role

    2006-03-09T07:49:00Z

    Acclaimed documentary producer Angus Macqueen has been appointed as the new head of documentaries at Channel 4, signalling a new direction for the broadcaster's factual output.

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    Sarpong set for first BBC project

    2006-03-09T07:50:00Z

    T4 presenter June Sarpong has been lined up to host a primetime debate show for BBC3 - her first project for the corporation.

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    Lay-offs at BBC down to 93

    2006-03-09T07:50:06Z

    The number of BBC staff facing compulsory redundancy has dropped below 100, less than one year after BBC director general Mark Thompson announced that 3,780 jobs would be lost across the corporation.

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    Pact: DTI's rules don't make sense

    2006-03-09T07:50:08Z

    Producers alliance Pact is to protest against rules outlawing unpaid work experience, during a meeting with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) this week.

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    Older viewers give BBC2 a mid-life crisis

    2006-03-09T07:50:20Z

    BBC2 has the oldest viewers of any terrestrial channel, sparking concern within the corporation over the rising age of the audience.

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    ITV records bumper profits

    2006-03-09T07:50:37Z

    ITV reported bumper profits yesterday (Wednesday), despite the continued decline of ITV1's performance over the period.