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  • Michael Grade
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    Grade to front BBC series

    2010-08-25T09:09:00Z

    Michael Grade is making a return to the BBC to tell the story of a lost world of dancers, singers and comics who performed in variety shows up and down the land.

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    Name That Tune remake scrapped

    2010-08-25T09:02:00Z

    Ant and Dec’s bid to bring Name That Tune back to TV has been scuppered.

  • Liam Hamilton
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    Liam Hamilton to join STV

    2010-08-25T08:54:00Z

    Liam Hamilton, business development director at DCD Media, is to join STV as deputy director of content.

  • Anna Nicole Smith
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    BBC4 to screen Anna Nicole opera

    2010-08-25T08:51:00Z

    An opera based on the life of Playboy pin-up Anna Nicole Smith is to be broadcast on BBC4, as part of an autumn line-up that also includes a new Douglas Adams adaptation and a stage production of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart.

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    ITFC overhauls storage set-up with DIVArchive deal

    2010-08-24T14:45:00Z

    ITFC is hoping to improve its digital asset workflow with a major overhaul of its storage set-up that includes technology from Front Porch Digital, TransMedia Dynamics (TMD) and Quantum.

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    Telestream snaps up Anystream

    2010-08-24T14:44:00Z

    Telestream has negotiated a deal to buy the Anystream division and its staff from Grab Networks.

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    Students favour iPlayer

    2010-08-24T12:41:00Z

    More than half of students watch TV online through iPlayer, compared to 13% on YouTube, according to a new report.

  • I Could Do That!
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    Discovery ‘could do that’

    2010-08-24T12:19:00Z

    Discovery has picked up a new series of I Could Do That! from Beyond Distribution.

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    Channel 5 returns to Canvas

    2010-08-24T12:07:00Z

    Channel Five has rejoined Project Canvas, just over six weeks since it pulled out of the broadband-on-TV platform amid cost concerns.

  • Arwel Ellis Owen
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    S4C cuts pose “real threat” to its future

    2010-08-24T12:06:00Z

    Indies have warned that proposed cuts to Welsh channel S4C pose a “real threat” to the future of the broadcaster.

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    Only 13% watch TV ads

    2010-08-24T09:18:00Z

    Television advertising is still considered the most memorable form of marketing, even though the majority of viewers skip through commercials when watching recorded content, a study has found.

  • Top Gear
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    Publisher attacks BBC's legal moves over The Stig

    2010-08-24T08:48:00Z

    The publisher embroiled in a legal battle with the BBC over a memoir by Top Gear’s The Stig has attacked the corporation for using licence fee cash on legal moves to block the book.

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    Apple 'eyeing revamped TV service'

    2010-08-24T08:46:00Z

    A leaked report log indicates Apple is testing the first software update for its iOS4 operating system, which runs on devices such as the iPhone and iPod Touch.

  • The X Factor
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    Producer defends X Factor over autotuning

    2010-08-24T08:44:00Z

    An award-winning record producer has defended the X Factor over claims that the TV talent show used technology to make some contestants’ voices sound better.

  • Sky
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    Study shows boost in pay-TV revenue

    2010-08-24T08:43:00Z

    New research has shown that pay-TV revenue worldwide was around $58 billion (£36.8 billion) for the second quarter of the year.

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    Prime Focus mixer wins sound Emmy

    2010-08-23T20:50:00Z

    Prime Focus’ Phitz Hearne has won an Emmy Award for his sound design and mix on Nutopia’s America: The Story of the US.

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    P+S Technik plans IBC debut for 3D field recorder

    2010-08-23T20:49:00Z

    P+S Technik will show a new 3D field recorder at IBC to go with the SI-3D stereo camera system that it developed in conjunction with Silicon Imaging.

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    Panasonic unveils lighter and greener P2 shooter

    2010-08-23T20:47:00Z

    Panasonic will show a lighter and greener shoulder mounted P2 HD camcorder, the AJ-HPX3100, at IBC ahead of an official launch in October.

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    Visions increases HD OB fleet to 14 trucks

    2010-08-23T20:46:00Z

    Visions has launched two new OB trucks, Gemini 1 and 2, bringing the company’s fleet of HD-capable vehicles to a total of 14.

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    Kershaw returns to Radio 3

    2010-08-23T16:19:00Z

    Broadcaster Andy Kershaw is to return to BBC Radio 3 after three years off-air as a result of personal problems.