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  • Manson
    News

    Cineflix sells titles to Nordic broadcasters

    2010-10-14T08:00:00Z

    Cineflix International Distribution has sold nearly 230 hours of programming, including Channel 5 doc Manson, to broadcasters across the Nordic region.

  • Lip Service
    News

    HBO picks up BBC3’s Lip Service for South America

    2010-10-14T11:22:00Z

    BBC3’s racy Glaswegian lesbian drama Lip Service is to be shown across South America as part of a package of programming snapped up by HBO.

  • DCI Banks
    Ratings

    A case for detective dramas

    2010-10-14T07:59:00Z

    Popular crime follows in Poe’s footsteps while the entertainment juggernauts collide.

  • MasterChef: The Professionals
    Ratings

    Eating up the TV schedules

    2010-10-15T16:34:00Z

    With so much cooking and general foodiness around, this week I felt like I had stumbled into one of Heston Blumenthal’s more exquisitely eccentric menus: a last minute change to the starter, which arrived a day early, followed by a main course of annoying suits, garnished with Preparation H, and ...

  • Thorne
    Ratings

    Slow start for Sky’s Thorne

    2010-10-14T07:59:00Z

    Amid the usual suspects of factual, entertainment, brand extensions and, of course, The Inbetweeners (2.2 million/11% excl+1), Sky 1 launched its latest mainstream big-scale drama.

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    News

    Boom named best TV mix facility at Conch Awards

    2010-10-14T09:27:00Z

    Soho’s Boom was the big winner at last night’s Conch audio post-production awards, winning in three categories including best TV mix facility.

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    News

    BBC S&PP strikes Endemol deal

    2010-10-14T09:52:00Z

    BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) is to take over studio and post-production services for two new series of Endemol UK’s Deal Or No Deal, picking up the rental lease for the show’s Bristol studio at the same time.

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    News

    Rental firms count cost of fraudulent hires

    2010-10-14T09:57:00Z

    A host of London broadcast equipment rental companies are out of pocket to the tune of thousands of pounds following a spate of thefts through fraudulent hires.

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    News

    Bubble TV owner acquires Silk

    2010-10-14T10:01:00Z

    Silk Sound, the 30-year-old Soho audio post-production house, has been acquired by Bubble TV owner Chris Phinikas for an undisclosed sum.

  • News

    MTV places order for online uni travel series

    2010-10-14T10:09:00Z

    MTV has ordered an online university travelogue that previously went out on Bebo.

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    News

    All3Media invests in digital projects

    2010-10-14T10:16:00Z

    All3Media’s distribution arm has earmarked a six-figure pot of cash for developing mobile apps and other multiplatform projects over the next year.

  • Film 2010
    Ratings

    Film 2010 premieres with 1m

    2010-10-14T10:50:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: The new look Film 2010 premiered with more than 1m viewers, topping the show’s average performance earlier this year.

  • Ofcom
    News

    Government reveals Ofcom shake up

    2010-10-14T11:05:00Z

    Ofcom is to undergo a major overhaul as part of the government’s “bonfire of the quangos” that will “return the policy-setting role to the secretary of state, reduce unnecessary expense and avoid duplication”.

  • Daybreak
    Ratings

    BBC Breakfast extends lead over Daybreak

    2010-10-14T11:38:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: BBC Breakfast pulled in a million more viewers than ITV’s Daybreak yesterday - the largest gap in audience since last month’s overhaul of the commercial broadcaster’s morning show.

  • Chilean miners
    News

    BBC defends Chilean coverage

    2010-10-15T09:01:00Z

    The BBC has defended its coverage of the rescue of the Chilean miners by revealing that viewing figures on its international website BBC.com hit record highs on the climactic day.

  • Chris Evans
    News

    Moyles should quit, says Chris Evans

    2010-10-15T09:06:00Z

    Chris Evans has said breakfast rival Chris Moyles should leave his Radio 1 show - and claimed he had “lost perspective”.

  • Commonwealth Games
    News

    BBC defends Commonwealth coverage

    2010-10-15T09:08:00Z

    The BBC has defended its coverage of the Commonwealth Games after some viewers complained of an England-bias.

  • Spooks
    Ratings

    DCI Banks takes on Spooks

    2010-10-15T09:36:00Z

    This week, in a dramatic network clash, BBC1’s spies and ITV1’s new lugubrious detective went head-to-head. But who arrested the biggest consolidated audience?

  • question time 2
    News

    Jowell adds to BBC pay criticism

    2010-10-15T10:10:00Z

    Former culture secretary Tessa Jowell has joined the chorus of voices criticising the BBC over executive pay.

  • Ken Loach
    News

    Ken Loach slams "grotesque" British TV

    2010-10-15T10:24:00Z

    Filmmaker Ken Loach has launched a fierce attack on UK television industry, saying it has been reduced to “a grotesque reality game” - and has applauded recent top level cuts at the BBC.