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    Monster inks more deals for Planet Rock

    2008-03-10T14:10:14Z

    Dublin-based Monster Distributes has struck a raft of new deals for its celebrity biography series, Planet Rock Profiles.

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    BBC3 to domesticate virgin cooks

    2008-03-10T12:51:22Z

    BBC3 will put teens who cannot even boil an egg in charge of the family cooking, in a bid to transform them into “domestic gods and goddesses”.

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    ITV orders religious series'

    2008-03-10T12:42:03Z

    ITV Productions' restructured specialist factual and arts department, headed by Melvyn Bragg, has picked up a raft of new commissions.

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    BBC1's Enemy within

    2008-03-10T12:33:39Z

    BBC1's struggling Sunday night drama The Last Enemy remained in the mire at 9pm with just 2.4m (9.6%), on par with BBC2 at the time.

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    Barnsley win keeps BBC1 on top

    2008-03-10T11:34:32Z

    Barnsley's shock defeat of Premiership side Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter final on Saturday afternoon saw 7.1m viewers (34.6%) go through the turnstiles from 5.30pm.

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    Dawn's further tales from LA

    2008-03-10T11:24:32Z

    Dawn Porter continues her exclusive blog for Broadcastnow following her experiences making a new Channel 4 series in the US.

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    BBCW says 'Allo 'Allo to Germany

    2008-03-10T10:56:32Z

    British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo has been sold to Germany - despite the shows famously anti-German stance.

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    C4 orders music/reality series

    2008-03-10T10:54:04Z

    Whizz Kid Entertainment has been commissioned to make a new music/reality show for Channel 4, to be co-funded by the broadcaster and mobile phone company Nokia.

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    ITV signs with Bebo

    2008-03-10T10:51:29Z

    ITV is to distribute programmes including acquisition Gossip Girl on Bebo, four months after rival broadcasters signed up to the social network.

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    The Saint set for TV film

    2008-03-10T10:03:36Z

    Classic ITV series The Saint is to make a comeback in the form of a two-hour TV film that could lead to the production of a new show.

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    Nohr leaves Granada International

    2008-03-10T09:52:37Z

    Granada International managing director Nadine Nohr is leaving the distributor.

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    TV critics 10 March '08

    2008-03-10T09:49:48Z

    'A Rolls-Royce of a documentary.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.

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    MacKenzie teams with Baz for online venture

    2008-03-10T09:30:36Z

    Peter Bazalgette and Kelvin MacKenzie are backing a start-up venture that aims to help video content producers to manage their rights on digital platforms.

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    BBC launches mobile browser

    2008-03-07T18:01:15Z

    The BBC has re-launched its bbc.co.uk site for mobile devices ahead of a major push into covering sports events on the platform.

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    BBC to sell OB but keep studios

    2008-03-07T13:16:01Z

    The BBC has agreed to sell its outside broadcast arm but will now retain its studios business.

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    Second series for Horrid Henry

    2008-03-07T12:54:25Z

    Hit kids show Horrid Henry has been handed a second series by CITV.

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    Heartbeat signs new producer

    2008-03-07T12:36:37Z

    Emmerdale series producer Kathleen Beedles is taking over from Archie Tait as producer of ITV's Sunday night stalwart Heartbeat.

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    O'Grady gets the willies while Ghost Hunting

    2008-03-07T12:18:54Z

    ITV2 has confirmed Paul O'Grady will make his return to the network in its Ghost Hunting With... strand this year.

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    Broadcasters urged to speed up tapeless move

    2008-03-07T12:03:48Z

    Broadcasters came under fire at Broadcast's Mastering Digital Workflows conference last week with Paul Stevenson of ITV News arguing that they are wasting their time worrying about technology standards.

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    Reality stars win payout

    2008-03-07T11:55:09Z

    Contestants on the French version of reality show Temptation Island have won the right to strike and paid overtime following a legal challenge.