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    Talent hires BBC producer

    2008-04-25T11:52:36Z

    Talent Television has bolstered its entertainment team with the addition of Dinah Gray as development executive for factual entertainment.

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    TV critics 25 April '08

    2008-04-25T11:46:06Z

    '... like something out of The Brothers Grimm crossed with The Apprentice.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    BBC admits misleading interviewee

    2008-04-25T11:29:58Z

    The BBC has admitted breaching its editorial standards after a “naïve” in-house production team misled a contributor to the BBC3 documentary Amy: My Body for Bucks.

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    BBC2 gets a heroic 3.7m

    2008-04-25T11:27:46Z

    The start of the second series of BBC2's high profile US drama Heroes was welcomed back by the viewers with a strong audience of 3.7m (16.5%) at 9pm.

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    Concrete hires Millichope

    2008-04-25T10:01:48Z

    Concrete has recruited a new senior Smoke artist.

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    Smoke and Mirrors in£5m expansion plan

    2008-04-25T09:50:21Z

    Smoke and Mirrors is embarking on a£5m expansion programme that will see the boutique facility more than double in size.

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    Speculation mounts over RDF backers

    2008-04-24T17:52:40Z

    All3Media and Cyrte Investments, the investment vehicle owned by John De Mol, are being tipped as the most likely backers for the RDF management buy out bid.

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    Excelsior takes ITV to court

    2008-04-24T15:56:37Z

    A Touch of Frost indie Excelsior Group Productions has issued a multi-million pound claim against ITV in the High Court of Justice today (24 April) over unpaid royalties.

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    MBO offer for RDF

    2008-04-24T14:18:54Z

    RDF, the indie behind hit Channel 4 show Wife Swap, may be taken private after a consortium including its management team made an indicative cash proposal for all of the company's shares.

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    Clements to join STV in the autumn

    2008-04-24T13:31:47Z

    Update: Former IWC creative director Alan Clements will join STV as director of content, it has confirmed.

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    RDF and Clements settle dispute

    2008-04-24T12:45:33Z

    RDF Media and Alan Clements have settled their long-running dispute, with the former IWC creative director now free to join a competitor from 15 September this year.

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    TV critics 24 April '08

    2008-04-24T12:28:03Z

    '... this felt like a history lesson for the Facebook generation'. Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    ITV1 between a Rock and a hard place

    2008-04-24T11:26:37Z

    ITV1's troubled drama series Rock Rivals came to a close last night with a meagre 2.4m viewers (9.9%) in its high profile 9pm slot.

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    BT Vision to air new films

    2008-04-24T08:36:46Z

    BT's on-demand service BT Vision is to offer movies including Atonement and The Bourne Ultimatum on Picture Box, a subscription channel developed with Universal Pictures.

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    ITV archive shows on iTunes

    2008-04-24T08:35:16Z

    ITV is to offer archive shows including Inspector Morse and Cold Feet on Apple's iTunes.

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    Full launch for Blinkbox

    2008-04-24T08:33:19Z

    TV and film download and social networking site blinkbox.com has added an ad-supported TV channel that will screen entire episodes of shows.

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    Zattoo gets 2m downloads

    2008-04-24T08:28:07Z

    Two million people have downloaded the Zattoo multichannel media player ahead of its full UK launch.

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    South Asian VoD set to launch in UK

    2008-04-24T08:25:03Z

    A video-on-demand service for the UK's 2.2 million South Asians, featuring content from broadcasters such as Star, Sony and Zee TV, is set to launch by the end of this year.

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    Multiplatform distribution is media's 'biggest challenge'

    2008-04-24T08:18:16Z

    Distribution models, funding and creativity are the biggest challenges for broadcasters seeking to work across different platforms and with other media companies, according to a survey commissioned by Broadcast.

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    Sky One to resurrect sci-fi classic Blake's 7

    2008-04-23T17:34:29Z

    Sky One is planning a remake of iconic British science fiction series Blake's 7.