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    Waybuloo creator teams up with Hit

    2009-03-23T12:58:21Z

    Waybuloo creator Dan Good is working on a new preschool series with intellectual property company Hit Entertainment.

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    Gold to reopen Fawlty Towers

    2009-03-23T12:48:54Z

    Fawlty Towers star and co-writer Connie Booth is to break her 30 year silence on the BBC1 sitcom in one of two specials for UKTV channel Gold.

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    STV takes stake in start-up indie

    2009-03-23T12:32:38Z

    STV and Scottish Enterprise have both taken stakes in a start-up indie run by a former Firefly executive producer.

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    DCD enjoys jump in first half revenue

    2009-03-23T12:19:49Z

    DCD saw a 23% uplift in revenue in the first six months of its current financial year but warned that it will make cost savings to help weather the downturn.

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    Living plans Jade tribute

    2009-03-23T11:58:52Z

    Living will kick off a two-part tribute to Jade Goody this Thursday at 9pm.

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    Burnham demands more TV coverage of women's sport

    2009-03-23T11:40:02Z

    Media secretary Andy Burnham has called for more TV coverage of women's sport and suggested new targets for governing bodies could make them tougher when negotiating with broadcasters.

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    New Knight Rider revs up for Sci Fi UK

    2009-03-23T10:24:29Z

    The revival of Knight Rider and Dollhouse, the latest show from Buffy creator Joss Whedon, will air on Sci Fi in the UK.

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    Heart launches 12 new stations

    2009-03-23T09:48:53Z

    Global Radio-owned Heart will today (23 March) complete the second phase of its national roll-out by launching 12 new stations across the south west.

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    ITN slams BBC web super-funding

    2009-03-20T17:07:54Z

    ITN has accused the BBC of aiming to “destroy the business models of competitors” after it upped its online budget by 26%.

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    Sky to appeal ITV stake decision - again

    2009-03-20T15:23:13Z

    The saga of BSkyB's controversial 17.9% stake in ITV is set to rumble on after the satellite broadcaster was cleared to make another appeal against being forced to dramatically reduce its holding.

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    Discovery Shed launches

    2009-03-20T13:38:31Z

    Discovery Shed, the channel aimed at “men who like to get their hands dirty”, launched on satellite and cable today.

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    BBC Trust approves extra£30m for online

    2009-03-20T13:29:43Z

    The BBC Trust has lifted the bbc.co.uk budget freeze after 10 months and released£30.7m new of cash for online over the next three years.

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    Fremantle US faces ex-staff lawsuit

    2009-03-20T13:17:40Z

    FremantleMedia North America is facing a lawsuit from former employees who claim they were forced to work up to twenty hours a day with no statutory breaks or overtime.

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    Scottish Parliament lobbies for national channel

    2009-03-20T12:25:27Z

    The Scottish Parliament is to put pressure on the UK government to greenlight a proposed dedicated digital TV channel for the nation.

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    ITV: viewers need clarity about online viewing

    2009-03-20T12:08:01Z

    ITV has called on the industry to ensure consumers are fully aware of the nature of online content before they or their children watch it.

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    Henry to be Horrid in Sweden

    2009-03-20T11:35:19Z

    Novel Entertainment has secured a number of new deals for its CITV kids series Horrid Henry, including a sale to Swedish terrestrial channel SVT1.

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    TV charity gets£1m donation

    2009-03-20T11:20:00Z

    Industry charity Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund has received a£1m cash injection from the Albert R. Broccoli and Dana Broccoli Foundation.

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    Primeval to get the Twitter treatment

    2009-03-20T10:23:54Z

    ITV is planning to engage the ‘Twitterati' in a mass live conversation about Primeval for the duration of the first episode of the drama's third series.

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    Being Human gets one-off special

    2009-03-20T10:12:13Z

    BBC3 is to screen a Being Human special next week, offering a behind the scenes look at the hit comedy drama.

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    Cohen: Make catch-up TV pay-per-view

    2009-03-19T17:45:14Z

    On-demand services should introduce ‘micropayments' from 5p to£2 for catch-up views of big shows to recoup money lost through falling TV advertising revenues, FremantleMedia chief executive Tony Cohen has proposed.