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    Sony adds new POV camera combo

    2008-11-12T08:53:21Z

    Sony has developed a compact HD point-of-view (POV) camera and solid-state recorder combo designed to help programme makers that need more mobility than a shoulder-mounted or handheld camcorder allows.

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    Princess wins multimillion T4 contract

    2008-11-11T18:13:21Z

    Princess Productions has won the multimillion pound contract for Channel 4's youth strand T4.

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    Barmer joins Absolute Post

    2008-11-11T17:41:57Z

    Absolute Post has appointed former The Mill managing director Andy Barmer as its new production director.

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    Case study: Special Forces Heroes

    2008-11-11T17:37:27Z

    Fluid Pictures has completed CG design work on a new drama-documentary series for Five that highlights the heroic work of Britain's special forces.

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    Saddam takes on the Ice Dancers

    2008-11-11T17:31:29Z

    The BBC2 drama House of Saddam and ITV1 skating extravaganza Dancing on Ice are the front-runners to win big at this year's RTS Craft and Design Awards after both shows picked up three nominations each.

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    PPC adds Apple and Avid SANs

    2008-11-11T17:19:31Z

    The Picture Production Company has updated its post facilities with the addition of new SANs, software and systems upgrades from Root6.

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    Virgin Media to cut over 2,000 jobs by 2012

    2008-11-11T15:23:07Z

    Virgin Media will slash over 2,000 jobs over the next three years as part of the continued cost-cutting exercise first announced after the acquisition of NTL.

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    CBeebies to adopt rolling commissioning

    2008-11-11T13:04:51Z

    CBeebies has abandoned its annual commissioning round in favour of rolling commissioning.

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    Green Week: How Sky has gone carbon neutral

    2008-11-11T12:58:51Z

    Video: Sky made a recent interview with eco-champion Al Gore as environmentally friendly as possible. Here, key members of the production team reveal the steps they took to keep it green and honour Sky's label as the world's first carbon neutral media company.

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    UTV petitioned to halt job cuts

    2008-11-11T11:46:39Z

    The leaders of all the major political parties in Northern Ireland have united to implore northern Irish broadcaster UTV to halt its plans to cut 35 jobs from the service.

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    HD Crime network to feature Killer Couples

    2008-11-11T11:19:53Z

    The Crime Investigation Network HD is to examine couples who murder in its first UK commission since its high definition relaunch last week.

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    FME invests millions in Spike

    2008-11-11T11:12:36Z

    FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has struck a multi-million dollar deal with US male-skewed channel Spike TV to help finance and market four of its original series worldwide.

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    Time Team clocks 2.6m

    2008-11-11T11:09:39Z

    A feature-length special of Channel 4's archaeological series Time Team proved to be a hit last night with 2.6m viewers (11.7% share) at 9pm.

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    MTV orders first UK comedy shot on mobile

    2008-11-11T11:00:25Z

    MTV1 has commissioned indie Brown Eyed Boy to make a comedy shot entirely on mobile phones.

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    itv.com unveils senior team

    2008-11-11T10:59:17Z

    itv.com has unveiled its new senior staff line up that will aim to integrate the website with the commercial broadcaster's family of channels.

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    TV Critics 11 November ‘08

    2008-11-11T10:09:55Z

    “Yawn, yawn and again yawn.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    Embarrassing Teenage Bodies is online hit

    2008-11-11T09:45:54Z

    Channel 4's health series Embarrassing Teenage Bodies has proved to be a big hit online with visitors to the site making up a third of all traffic to channel4.com last week.

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    TalkSport's Gaunt suspended for 'Nazi' slur

    2008-11-11T09:45:40Z

    TalkSport presenter Jon Gaunt has been suspended after he called Redbridge councillor Michael Stark 'a Nazi'.

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    BBC London poaches Capital breakfast exec

    2008-11-11T09:40:49Z

    BBC London 94.9 has hired Global Radio's Gareth Roberts and named him assistant editor for the station.

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    Burnham: BBC needs confidence back

    2008-11-10T16:51:03Z

    Media secretary Andy Burnham is prepared to listen to suggestions from the Tories of how to help restore public confidence in the BBC following 'Sachsgate'.