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    EastEnders preparing child abuse storyline

    2008-07-02T09:42:07Z

    EastEnders is to tackle the sensitive issue of child sex abuse for the first time later this year, in a taboo-busting storyline centred on Bianca Jackson's 15-year old stepdaughter Whitney Dean.

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    Camera Corps ready for Beijing role

    2008-07-01T17:43:06Z

    UK specialist camera systems company Camera Corps will play a key role in providing coverage of next month's Beijing Summer Olympics.

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    US broadcasters benefit from tapeless Wimbledon

    2008-07-01T17:40:39Z

    NBC, ESPN and Tennis Channel are making use of an on-site tapeless production set-up to provide coverage of this year's Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

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    TSL to upgrade NI assembly broadcast system

    2008-07-01T17:37:34Z

    Systems integrator TSL has won a contract to re-furbish the broadcast facilities within the historic Parliament buildings in Belfast where the Northern Ireland Assembly meets.

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    Sony takes EX3 on the road

    2008-07-01T17:30:15Z

    Sony will showcase its new EX-range camera technology and the HDCAM SR mastering format during a UK road show in July.

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    DVB-T2: how the tests will work

    2008-07-01T17:27:09Z

    As preparations for the launch of HD on Freeview begin, Justin Mitchell from BBC research and innovation offers up some detail on the DVB-T2 trials.

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    Tarrant to take on BBC radio dominance

    2008-07-01T13:43:21Z

    GMG will use Chris Tarrant as a weapon to take on the BBC, according to GMG group programme director John Simons.

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    Tranter denies US move

    2008-07-01T13:07:16Z

    BBC director of fiction Jane Tranter has insisted she is going nowhere - and that she wants to commission more comedy drama in her current role.

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    Turner names marketing boss

    2008-07-01T13:03:04Z

    Former Heart FM managing director Barnaby Dawe has joined Turner Broadcasting as vice president of marketing and communications across all of its Turner Entertainment brands in the UK.

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    Second year for writing prize

    2008-07-01T11:59:40Z

    Red Planet Pictures is set to announce the second year of its writing prize to find the best of Britain's unsigned writers.

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    Comcast bringing Style to Sky

    2008-07-01T11:36:04Z

    Comcast International Media Group will launch female skewing channel The Style Network on the BSkyB satellite platform later this month.

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    BBC axes Out of the Blue

    2008-07-01T10:49:55Z

    Out of the Blue, the Australian soap ordered by the BBC as a successor to Neighbours, is to be axed after just a single series.

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    NetPlay TV lures Leggo

    2008-07-01T10:23:15Z

    Former BBC head of light entertainment Michael Leggo has joined interactive gaming firm NetPlay TV as director of television.

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    TV critics 01 July ‘08

    2008-07-01T10:19:45Z

    “This looks like a series worth sticking with.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    Tern wins double BBC order

    2008-07-01T10:08:51Z

    Tern Television will give six people the chance to beat their modern lifestyle addictions in an 8 x 30-minute series for BBC Northern Ireland.

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    Game, set and match to BBC

    2008-07-01T10:06:34Z

    Andy Murray's thrilling five set victory against Richard Gasquet to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon was a huge attraction last night as the audience peaked at 9.15pm with 10.4m (43.5%) on BBC1.

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    Kayak sales reach 2,500

    2008-07-01T08:42:26Z

    Thomson has sold the 2,500th unit of its Thomson Grass Valley Kayak switcher.

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    S4C completes first HD children's programme

    2008-07-01T08:39:45Z

    Welsh-language broadcaster S4C is a step closer to its goal of making all programming in HD by 2012 after completing filming on its first high-definition children's programme.

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    Saturday slump for ITV1

    2008-06-30T14:33:54Z

    ITV1's all-hours share of 10.2% on Saturday (28 June) was its second worst day ever, with new entertainment show Who Dares Sings! interesting just 3.7m viewers (18.8%) at 8pm.

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    Grade slams OFT decision

    2008-06-30T13:14:38Z

    Michael Grade has accused the OFT of hindering British broadcasters' attempts to compete with the likes of Google and Apple after the watchdog asked the Competition Commission to investigate Project Kangaroo.