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NewsBBC plans web push for Burgess thriller
Lime Pictures’ digital arm Conker Media has teamed up with controversial teen novelist Melvin Burgess for a cross-platform psychological thriller for BBC Switch.
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CBBC to develop virtual Bamzooki interactive game
CBBC has licensed a web application created by Mint Digital to develop real-time interactive games based on gameshow Bamzooki.
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NewsMr Bean to mark 20 years with HD series
Mr Bean is to return to television in high definition (HD), as part of plans by Tiger Aspect Productions and RDF Rights to mark the 20th anniversary of the brand.
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NewsUKTV sells show to US for first time
UKTV has sold lifestyle show Ty’s Great British Adventure to US network ABC – a first for the pay-TV broadcaster.
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NewsBBC Wales may be 'only news option' by 2010
Welsh MPs have warned the government that viewers in the nation may have no alternative choice of English-language news by next year.
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NewsShed Media announces board changes
Shed Media has promoted financial and commercial director Jonathon Kemp to chief financial officer as part of a number of board changes.
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RatingsViewers drawn to Desperate Romantics
Viewers were seduced by the first episode of BBC2’s new art-inspired drama Desperate Romantics with 2.5m (15% share) watching at 9pm last night.
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NewsSetanta slots to be sold
Canis Media has been appointed to sell the Setanta Sports-owned EPG slots on the BSkyB platform following the the collapse of the Irish broadcaster’s UK operation last month.
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Below the Radar to profile recession and assassination
Northern Irish indie Below the Radar will profile the assassination of a Royal and recession hit Citizens Advice Bureaus in Northern Ireland in two new programmes.
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NewsIt's Me or the Dog goes global
Outright Distribution has sold the US version of Channel 4 reality show It’s Me or the Dog to a plethora of international broadcasters, including Network 10 in Australia.
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NewsLiving secures rights to US drama Supernatural
US drama Supernatural is to move from ITV2 to Living after Virgin Media secured the first-run UK TV rights to series five.
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NewsDRG sells Collision in US
Digital Rights Group has sold ITV1’s upcoming drama Collision to five broadcasters, including PBS in the US.
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Monkey in deal with ITV Global Entertainment
Indie Monkey Kingdom has turned to ITV Global Entertainment to help expand its scripted portfolio into original dramas suitable for international sales.
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NewsFamily Guy-style puppet comedy heads to BBC3
BBC3 has commissioned an adult puppet comedy pitched as “Avenue Q meets Family Guy”.
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NewsSugar cleared to continue Apprentice
The BBC Trust has given Sir Alan Sugar the greenlight to continue his role in The Apprentice after taking a government position but criticised his publicity stunt with Ed Balls.
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NewsGrand Designs presenter embarks on Grand Tour
Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud is to take a break from home renovation for a European travelogue series for Channel 4.
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Renegade to turn drinking doc into returnable strand
Renegade Pictures is to turn its one-off BBC3 documentary Drinking with the Girls into a returnable strand that examines how women deal with key issues at different stages of their lives.
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NewsHigh exec salaries outrage staff
BBC staff have come out in defence of controllers who gave gifts on expenses - but have hit out at the size of their pay packets.
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NewsBBC faces up to public scrutiny
BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has described the publication of expenses and salaries as a “step change” in the corporation’s attempts to lead the way for public institutions to be more transparent.
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RatingsBBC2 hits high for year so far
An array of new and returning shows on BBC2 last week helped the broadcaster gain its highest weekly share so far this year.