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  • News

    Heartbeat and The Royal secures tourism deal

    2009-04-09T11:08:25Z

    Fears that resting production on iconic Yorkshire-based programmes Heartbeat and The Royal will harm tourism could be allayed thanks to a new commercial deal.

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    Huggers discusses iPlayer 3.0

    2009-04-09T11:22:03Z

    BBC future media and technology director Erik Huggers has promised a new look and feel for the iPlayer and vowed to boost its number of users.

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    Apprentice wins extra million

    2009-04-09T11:28:49Z

    BBC1's business reality show was back on form with viewers last night with an audience of 7.4m (30.9%), a million more than last week.

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    Disney exec joins Chorion

    2009-04-09T11:35:46Z

    Chorion, the rights owner behind the Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie titles, has hired former Playhouse Disney executive Paula Rosenthal as senior vice president of creative.

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    ITV confirms Iacono exit

    2009-04-14T00:09:20Z

    ITV president and managing director of global entertainment, Peter Iacono has left the broadcaster after just over a year in the post, the broadcaster has confirmed.

  • Ratings

    Talent beats Doctor in Easter ratings battle

    2009-04-14T09:05:06Z

    The start of the third series of Britain's Got Talent got off to a strong start on Saturday with an impressive average audience of 10.3m (45%), nearly double that of BBC1's Robin Hood.

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    Skellig falls short of million mark for Sky 1

    2009-04-14T09:31:53Z

    Sky 1's big Easter drama Skellig failed to pass the million mark with the feature length one-off averaging a relatively disappointing 936,000 (4.7%) at 7pm on Easter Day.

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    Tudors to return for fourth and final season

    2009-04-14T09:37:07Z

    Historical drama The Tudors is to bow out after a fourth and final series next year.

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    ITV's Primeval to get Hollywood treatment

    2009-04-14T09:53:56Z

    Impossible Pictures has teamed up with US film studio Warner Bros to turn ITV1 dinosaur drama Primeval into a Hollywood movie.

  • Ratings

    Red Dwarf returns with 2.4m

    2009-04-14T09:58:14Z

    Dave's decision to resuscitate sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf has paid off with a total audience of 2.4m (11.7%) tuning in at 9pm on Good Friday - the channel's best performance to date.

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    Chapman regains Fifi rights

    2009-04-14T10:11:30Z

    Chapman Entertainment has not renewed its licensing partnership with Target Entertainment for popular kids brand Fifi and the Flowertots.

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    C4 to show nudes before the watershed

    2009-04-14T10:28:56Z

    Channel 4 is to take a literal approach to stripped programming with a week-long series of masterclasses in painting nude figures.

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    Current TV cancels float due to 'market conditions'

    2009-04-14T10:51:14Z

    Current TV, the Al Gore-backed UGC broadcaster, has cancelled its plan to raise $100m (£67m) by floating on Nasdaq.

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    Zigby set for CBeebies

    2009-04-14T12:21:45Z

    CBeebies has secured the rights to a new CGI-animated series based on an adventurous zebra.

  • Ratings

    Opposition burnt by ITV1's Hell's Kitchen

    2009-04-14T12:32:39Z

    The return of Marco Pierre White at the helm of ITV1's Hell's Kitchen turned up the heat at 9pm last night with 5m viewers (20.9% share), getting the better of BBC1 film King Arthur.

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    STV heads to South Park

    2009-04-14T12:47:54Z

    STV has bought animated series South Park as part of its drive to take greater control of its schedule and be less reliant on ITV network shows.

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    Third of ITV web content team face redundancy

    2009-04-14T13:04:08Z

    Almost a third of ITV's web content team is being made redundant as part of the broadcaster's cull of 600 jobs.

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    Cineform brings 3D workflow to FCP

    2009-04-14T15:36:20Z

    CineForm has introduced a new compression technology specifically designed to allow Final Cut Pro to be used to cut stereoscopic 3D content.

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    Sony fattens XDcam range

    2009-04-14T15:38:22Z

    Sony has expanded its XDcam HD422 product family with a new 24p camcorder that offers variable frame-rate recording for under- and over-cranking.

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    Award winning mixer joins LipSync

    2009-04-14T15:41:35Z

    LipSync has added award-winning re-recording mixer Robert Farr to its sound department.