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Coolabi sells Poppy Cat to Nick Jr Australia
Kids indie Coolabi Productions is building on its relationship with Nickelodeon with sales of animated series Poppy Cat in Australia.
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NewsOz sales for outspoken Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay's Olympian use of foul language in his reality TV series has caused mass consternation in Australia's Catholic Church, schools and parliament.
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BBC2 doc to track the impact of divorce
BBC2 has commissioned a landmark documentary series that will trace the long-term impact of divorce by following three cases that have gone through the Family Courts.
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NewsVote Boris: no apology from Whale
James Whale has called for a new set of regulations governing speech radio to protect the integrity of outspoken presenters after he was sacked by TalkSport for breaching impartiality.
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FTSE firms make hay as sun starts to shine
The sunny start to May has been reflected in the stock market, where the FTSE 100 jumped to its highest level since mid-January on the back of lower-than-expected US unemployment figures. Most of the Broadcast 20 shared in this upswing.
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NewsMotive issues 95m shares in drama bid
Motive Television has raised more than half a million pounds for its planned investment in drama after issuing almost 95.5 million more shares to its directors and Australian media giant Beyond International Ltd.
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News4Radio sounds off with dramas ahead of launch
The first fiction commissions for Channel 4's fledgling 4Radio venture are to debut online later this month when the broadcaster unveils four audio dramas.
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NewsJames Whale resurfaces
Ex-TalkSport radio host James Whale has rebounded from his recent sacking by taking a presenting role at shopping channel Bid TV.
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NewsSony promotes Hair
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Ross Hair to executive vice president of international networks for Europe.
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NewsJools delivers younger crowd
BBC2's latest venture in music, Later Live... with Jools Holland, may be struggling in the ratings but attracts a much needed younger audience to the channel.
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NewsOfcom investigating web TV
Ofcom is to investigate the impact of the BBC's iPlayer and other web TV services on the quality of service of the internet in the UK.
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NewsC4 hires radio/multimedia chief
Channel 4 has appointed BBC Worldwide's Daniel Heaf as head of new media, 4 Radio and multimedia entertainment.
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NewsITV1 too thin to win
ITV1's lifestyle documentary Too Fat to Toddle couldn't topple BBC1's Waking the Dead from the top spot with an audience of 3.7m (16.4%) at 9pm.
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NewsTV critics 7 May '08
'... immeasurably better than its name.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsGervais plans NME Radio special
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington will present a one-off special during NME Radio's test transmission period ahead of its launch next month.
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NewsNews Corp exec knew about hackers
A senior News Corp executive has admitted to keeping two hackers on the payroll even after one was accused of breaking into the security system of rival satellite outfit DISH.
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NewsBeam TV to launch subtitling service
Distribution companies IMD and Beam.tv are teaming up to launch a new service for the television commercials market that will make adding subtitles part of the distribution process.
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NewsBBC comedy sweeps Rose D'Or
BBC comedy series Kombat Opera Presents... cleaned up at the Rose D'Or Television Awards last night, where it was crowned best comedy and best show of 2008.
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Drop in share for Virgin
Virgin Radio saw its share drop from 1.5% to 1.4%, while TalkSport figures also slipped from 2% to 1.9%.