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    Bill Cotton dies

    2008-08-12T09:56:12Z

    BBC executives and colleagues have paid tribute to the former BBC1 controller and light entertainment head Sir Bill Cotton, who has died at the age of 80.

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    ITV reveals 12 Yard format

    2008-08-12T10:23:28Z

    12 Yard's first gameshow pilot for ITV will feature contestants trying to win money from 20 different coloured cash machines.

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    Mendoza to join Play Radio

    2008-08-12T10:23:30Z

    Ex-TalkSport presenter Mike Mendoza is to reunite with old colleague James Whale on internet radio site Play Radio UK.

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    Fox acquires Endemol's online prison drama

    2008-08-12T10:42:17Z

    Fox International Channels has picked up the first in a planned series of online programmes for its global network of websites.

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    Sports stars line up for new Disney series

    2008-08-12T10:53:13Z

    Disney Channel UK will follow the paths of five UK sporting stars as they surprise fans and budding athletes on their doorsteps.

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    Ratings soar as Olympians dive

    2008-08-12T11:15:27Z

    British Olympic hopeful Tom Daley may have crashed out of the 10m diving competition but ratings for BBC1 soared to a high of 3.3m (50.6%) at 8.15am yesterday morning.

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    Doctor Who's Moffatt wins writers prize

    2008-08-12T11:24:08Z

    Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffatt has won his third consecutive Hugo award for an episode of the BBC series.

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    ITV makes Haste board member

    2008-08-12T11:28:18Z

    Group chief executive of RSA Insurance Group, Andy Haste, has been appointed a non-executive director of ITV plc's nomination committee.

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    Refund system for participation TV launches

    2008-08-12T11:52:56Z

    The UK's first broadcast SMS refund platform has launched in a bid to restore customer confidence in participation TV.

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    FX goes to the Wire with key viewers

    2008-08-12T12:08:05Z

    FX's US cop drama The Wire may be little more than a cult attraction but the show attracts the sort of viewers TV executives lust after.

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    US picks up Britcoms

    2008-08-12T13:12:40Z

    Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd has found a new home in the US, after a trio of comedy sales by distributor FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME).

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    Beam TV goes mobile

    2008-08-12T14:19:03Z

    Beam TV, the global approval and distribution network, is making footage available to its clients via web-enabled mobile phones.

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    Digital Vision adds support for Red files

    2008-08-12T14:23:40Z

    Digital Vision has adapted all of its picture enhancement software systems so that they will now support footage captured with Red One cameras.

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    Prism moves into Sadie building

    2008-08-12T14:34:57Z

    Prism Sound, the manufacturer that bought the audio workstation brand Sadie earlier this year, is consolidating its businesses and moving into a building previously owned by Studio and Audio Video Ltd.

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    UK Screen board shortlist unveiled

    2008-08-12T20:58:57Z

    UK Screen Association, the trade body that represents the TV and Film services market, has published the names of the candidates that will stand in this year's Board Elections.

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    TV critics 13 August ‘08

    2008-08-13T09:13:55Z

    “Complacent, overlong yet not exactly unengaging.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    BBC names Gaelic service

    2008-08-13T09:21:35Z

    The BBC's Gaelic digital service will be called BBC Alba and will launch on 19 September.

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    Variety show leads ITV1 autumn line-up

    2008-08-13T09:26:09Z

    A modern day variety show will be the centrepiece of the entertainment line-up on ITV1 this autumn.

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    ITN furious over Ray arrest in Beijing

    2008-08-13T10:30:40Z

    ITN has vowed to make “the strongest possible protest” to the Chinese authorities after ITV News China correspondent John Ray was arrested and detained.

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    ITV1 calls for Total Emergency

    2008-08-13T10:57:34Z

    Sheffield's police, fire and ambulance crews will be the focus of a six-part series for ITV1 as part of the broadcasters factual output this autumn.