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News3D World Cup coverage to be shown in London
The 2010 football World Cup finals in South Africa will be produced in 3D and transmitted to public screens in cities around the globe following a deal agreed between Sony and FIFA.
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NewsVirgin appoints first on-demand director
Virgin Media has hired the general manager of Chellomedia’s on-demand service for a new role heading up its own VoD platform.
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NewsITV Leeds to get £5m revamp
ITV’s Kirkstall Road studios in Leeds are set for a £5.2m revamp that will move Emmerdale’s production facilities into the mothballed site and introduce high definition facilities.
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NewsFive follows C4 with YouTube deal
More than 3,000 hours of full length Five shows including Neighbours and Home and Away will join YouTube’s new UK Shows channel.
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NewsPopper indie wins first order in E4 sitcom pilot
The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird is to take a lead role in an E4 sitcom pilot from Robert Popper’s indie and Big Talk Productions about a Jewish family.
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Target restructures as Dockery departs
Target Entertainment Group will not replace Jane Dockery, director of sales and programming, following her departure to 2waytraffic International.
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NewsBSkyB's Sullivan moves to Sky Deutschland
BSkyB customer group managing director Brian Sullivan, who has spearheaded the pay-TV group’s move into on-demand, HD and 3D, is to leaving the UK company to become chief executive of Sky Deutschland.
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NewsNews presenter drops tribunal proceedings against ITV
West Country news presenter Jemma Woodman has dropped tribunal proceedings against ITV after accusing her former employers of “hanging her out to dry”.
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NewsITV2 shows launched on iTunes
ITV has soft launched a range of programmes for download on Apple iTunes, to test whether consumers are willing to pay for online content.
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NewsBBC taps Northern Ireland indies for entertainment shows
Northern Ireland indies have landed a flurry of major BBC network orders, including an eight-part National Lottery series and an entertainment pilot starring Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert.
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Isaacs leaves Twenty Twenty as part of restructure
Twenty Twenty creative director Jamie Isaacs is to leave the company in a senior management reshuffle.
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NewsBBC1 orders third series of Merlin
BBC1 has ordered a third series of Shine Television’s hit family fantasy drama Merlin.
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NewsStephen K Amos gets BBC2 show
Comedian Stephen K Amos is to unveil a set of comedy characters in his own BBC2 show.
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NewsChristmas TV is 600 hours of repeats
The spirit of Christmas past will highlight this year’s TV schedule with 600 hours of repeats on the main channels.
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NewsMurphy to overhaul Sky 1 roles
Sky 1 has embarked on a major restructure of its commissioning team which has resulted in the departure of commissioning editor for factual entertainment and specialist factual Emma Read.
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NewsRogerson named UKTV director of commissioning
UKTV has promoted director of factual and fact ent commissioning Jane Rogerson to the newly created role of director of commissioning.
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NewsRefurbished De Lane Lea to reopen in new year
De Lane Lea, the facility worst affected by this summer’s Soho fire, will reopen with bigger and better studios in the new year, according to its chief executive.
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NewsHRA storyboarding system debuts
Lupus Films and The Picture Production Company are using a new proprietary storyboarding and preproduction management system to help with production of The Hive, a new CG children’s show for GMTV.
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NewsTop Teks and Electra pick up SRW-9000s
Sony specialist dealer Top-Teks has placed the first UK orders for Sony’s SRW-9000 camcorder and in turn has secured its first sale.
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News4iP funds web app that shows impact of bad habits on looks
Channel 4 is backing a web application that will show users how a lifetime of smoking, drinking or eating junk food could affect their physical appearance.