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NewsNew festival will map the digital age
Broadcast and sister titles Screen International and Shots are coming together to launch The Media Festival, an event which will bring the digital content industries of TV, film, online, gaming, mobile, music and advertising together.
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NewsBBC3 orders body double doc
Prospect Pictures is to produce a revealing portrait of the world of body doubles in a new one-off ob doc for BBC3.
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NewsC4 funding dilemma splits TV industry
Broadcast readers strongly believe Channel 4 should have to provide public service broadcast programming in the digital era - but are divided over whether it should get more access to public funds than its commercial rivals.
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NewsBBC factual chief joins new Disney nature unit
BBC factual boss Keith Scholey is leaving the corporation to make natural history feature films - starting with a project for Disney.
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Celeb MasterChef line-up
Michael Buerk, Denise Lewis, Andi Peters and Julia Bradbury will battle it out for the Celebrity MasterChef title this summer.
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NewsTough ad market will push us into the red, admits C4
Channel 4 expects programme costs to stabilise this year after escalating by 3% in 2007, but has warned that a tougher advertising market will move the broadcaster into the red.
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BBC3 pilot gets go-ahead
Supernatural drama Being Human has become the second of BBC3's pilot dramas to be commissioned for a full series.
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NewsNeal Street gains Worth novel rights
Sam Mendes' indie, Neal Street Productions, has secured the television rights to best-selling novel Call the Midwife as its follow-up TV project to the critically acclaimed Stuart: A Life Backwards.
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NewsSky explores IPTV launch for Picnic
Picnic, BSkyB's proposed pay DTT offering, could launch as an IPTV service that would rival BT Vision.
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NewsComedy duo aims to be new Morecambe and Wise
James Corden and Mathew Horne are hoping to become the next Morecambe and Wise in a new sketch show for BBC3 that will be directed by Kathy Burke.
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NewsBaby Cow trilogy to star Hoskins
Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans and Sheila Hancock are set to star in a BBC1 comedy drama series from Gavin and Stacey producer Baby Cow.
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NewsDragons' Den star to front smoking doc
Dragons' Den panellist Duncan Bannatyne is to turn investigative reporter for BBC2's This World strand.
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NewsHi-5 to be reworked for UK audiences
Hit Australian kids show Hi-5 is to be remade for the UK and will air on GMTV next year.
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NewsPresentable to make BBC4 quiz
RDF-owned indie Presentable is to make a University Challenge-style quiz show for BBC4 and a third Oz and James show that has a British twist.
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NewsSalary of C4's Andy Duncan doubles to£1.2m
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan doubled his pay to£1.2m last year after receiving three years' worth of loyalty payments.
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Marr to study Darwin for BBC2 series
Bafta-winner Andrew Marr's next big project will be a series on Charles Darwin's theories for BBC2.
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One Foot star Wilson hits the road for BBC4
Twofour has signed One Foot in the Grave actor Richard Wilson to front a BBC4 series showcasing Britain's best-loved drives.
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NewsHeroes creator: US will take shorter UK drama
British drama producers are set to benefit from an increasing appetite among US broadcasters for shorter seasons, according to the creator of Heroes.
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Speech: Peter Bazalgette, RTS
Peter Bazalgette's speech at a Royal Television Society dinner, 22 April 2008.
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CITV buys US's Four Eyes
Digital channel CITV has acquired a new animated series Four Eyes from the US.