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    Britain's Got Talent beats Eurovision final

    2009-05-18T01:43:00Z

    BBC1’s live coverage of The Eurovision Song Contest was once again a big hit with 7.8m viewers (34.9% share) but was still outperformed by ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent.

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    ITV Wales veteran latest cuts casualty

    2009-05-18T01:45:00Z

    ITV Wales national director Elis Owen will leave the broadcaster after 30 years of service, following a restructure of the Wales and English regions commissioning team.

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    Spice Girl to stand in for Theakston on Heart

    2009-05-19T01:53:00Z

    ‘Baby Spice’ Emma Bunton is to co-host Heart Breakfast with Harriet Scott while Jamie Theakston takes a holiday.

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    ABC forgets Samantha Who

    2009-05-19T01:55:00Z

    US network ABC has cancelled its Christina Applegate-fronted sitcom Samantha Who, which aired in the UK on E4.

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    Sky 1 Cilla dating format goes global

    2009-05-19T01:57:00Z

    Target Entertainment has sold dating format Loveland, which is fronted by Cilla Black in the UK, to Nine Network in Australia and a host of producers around the world.

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    CBS finds Undercover Boss

    2009-05-19T01:59:00Z

    US network CBS is believed to have picked up Stephen Lambert’s reality format Undercover Boss for its schedule next season.

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    Crook joins Summer Films

    2009-05-19T02:01:00Z

    Susan Crook, the producer of the first series of BBC2’s The Restaurant, has joined Summer Films as factual executive producer.

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    Tern hires Donal MacIntyre producer for Belfast office

    2009-05-19T02:02:00Z

    Tern Television has continued the expansion of its Northern Ireland office, Tern Belfast, with the addition of producer David Malone.

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    All3 chief proposes online content fund

    2009-05-19T02:04:00Z

    All3Media chief executive Steve Morrison is calling for the government to provide financial support for small producers to get more value out of their content online.

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    MPs poised to back licence fee rise

    2009-05-18T02:06:00Z

    MPs are poised to back the BBC this week by rejecting a Tory bid to freeze the BBC licence fee at last year’s level.

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    IPA adds to Project Canvas concerns

    2009-05-19T02:07:00Z

    The UK’s leading trade body for advertising and marketing agencies has added its voice to the concerns about Project Canvas – claiming that the BBC it is not being sufficiently open about its plans for the IPTV joint venture.

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    Parkinson: Melvyn Bragg should join BBC

    2009-05-19T02:09:00Z

    Michael Parkinson has urged outgoing host of The South Bank Show, Melvyn Bragg, to join the BBC when the iconic arts programme ends next summer.

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    BBC1 is Moving On with 1.6m

    2009-05-19T02:10:00Z

    BBC1’s stripped daytime drama series Moving On got off to a flying start yesterday, with a sizeable 1.6m viewers (24%) at 2.15pm.

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    Virgin Media finance director to step down

    2009-05-19T02:11:00Z

    Virgin Media chief financial officer Jerry Elliott has resigned from the company due to family health reasons.

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    Halo opts for Bray

    2009-05-20T02:16:00Z

    Former DGP general manager Rowan Bray has joined Halo Post Production as business development manager.

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    Brookside co-creator backs tapeless

    2009-05-20T02:17:00Z

    Colin McKeown, the producer and executive producer behind BBC daytime drama Moving On, has praised the camera technology that was used to shoot the show.

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    Breathe adds Icon and posts charity film

    2009-05-20T02:18:00Z

    Breathe Post Production has upgraded one of the 5.1 dubbing theatres at its North London facility and provided picture post on the winner of a charity short film competition.

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    Mockler heads for Soho Film Lab

    2009-05-20T02:19:00Z

    Neil Mockler has joined Ascent Media’s Soho Film Lab (SFL) as director of film services.

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    Skyworks opens up HD aerial archive

    2009-05-20T02:20:00Z

    Independent production company Skyworks is offering other television producers the chance to access its aerial footage library which contains 60,000 high definition shots taken from the air.

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    BVE targets craft and creative with new show

    2009-05-20T02:21:00Z

    Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) is introducing a sister event for its main show next year that is specifically aimed at creative, logistics and craft people.