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NewsWhitechapel to return to ITV
Rupert Penry-Jones will return to the East End of London for ITV1 next year, starring in a second series of Whitechapel.
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NewsTake Me Out heads for Japan
Fremantle Media has sold its dating format Take Me Out to Japanese broadcaster TBS, just weeks after selling the show to ITV.
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NewsITV aims to avoid fines with 'double compliance '
Independent producers commissioned by ITV will have their content vetted for compliance by the commercial broadcaster, following moves by Ofcom which beef up the fines the network faces for breaches of the broadcasting code.
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NewsOfcom toughens fine limits for ITV
Ofcom could fine ITV more than £3m for any future breaches of the broadcasting code, after a review concluded the broadcaster’s fines over the TV fakery scandal were not hefty enough.
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NewsRough Cut sets up comedy site
Ash Atalla’s indie Rough Cut is launching a comedy website with content slated to include a sketch series about the most miserable teddy bear in the world.
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Objective show puts science into ‘paranormal’
Objective Productions has enlisted Derren Brown and scientist Kat Akingbade to front a C4 web series debunking psychic phenomena.
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NewsFoundry celebrates Nuke sales
Soho-based visual effects software developer The Foundry will head to IBC on the back of huge London sales of its Nuke compositing software.
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NewsBBC links up with Ecosse for Atkinson adaptation
The BBC is lining up a major adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s Behind The Scenes At The Museum from Mistresses producer Ecosse Films.
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NewsIBC 2009 round-up part 2
New products and technology developments from IBC 2009 featuring Da Vinci, SIS Live, VidiGo and Blackmagic Design.
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NewsTrust review to shrink BBC
The BBC is facing its biggest shake-up since 2006’s Creative Future strategy after the BBC Trust fired the starting gun on a major review of its size and scope.
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DTG unveils Freeview HD box-vetting regime
British television viewers will come a step closer to being able to watch HD channels on DTT when the Digital Television Group (DTG) launches its test and conformance regime for Freeview HD set-top boxes at IBC this week.
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NewsBBC loadsamoney row rages
Greg Dyke and Will Wyatt have waded into the BBC pay row - agreeing with the Tories that corporation exec salaries are too high.
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NewsThe Culture Show’s Morgan to drive BBC production training
The Culture Show editor Eddie Morgan is stepping down from the BBC2 show to become head of the college of production within the new BBC Academy.
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NewsArri to unveil new digital camera system
Arri will officially unveil a new range of 35mm-format digital cameras at IBC tomorrow when the technology tradeshow opens for 2009.
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NewsThe VFX Co opens post boutique
Specialist camera-effects house The Visual Effects Company will move into post-production this week when it opens a boutique facility in central London.
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Former MPC trio launches visual effects house
Three former Moving Picture Company (MPC) colleagues have joined forces to launch a visual effects studio in Soho.
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NewsThe Saint set to be resurrected by major Canadian producer
A Canadian production company is remaking iconic ITV thriller The Saint but has yet to approach UK broadcasters about the project.
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NewsFiver to tempt a younger audience with US shows
Fiver has acquired a hat-trick of US shows, including the recent reboot of Knight Rider, as part of a drive to attract a younger audience to the digital channel.
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NewsITV plots overhaul of daytime quiz line-up
ITV1 is poised for a daytime quizshow shake-up, with a pair of new shows set for lengthy orders and Goldenballs likely to be shelved.
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NewsTwofour and Shiver win factual orders from ITV
A series on the troops who take supplies to frontline soldiers in Afghanistan will be contrasted with a docu-soap about the busy holiday season in the Lake District in two factual commissions set for ITV1.