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NewsTV critics 14 February '08
'The whole thing looks like a massive CGI heavy-metal festival a long time ago.' Read on for more cutting criticism of last night's TV.
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NewsGuto Harri quits BBC for PR
BBC political correspondent Guto Harri is to leave the corporation after more than a decade to join PR firm Fleishman-Hillard as a senior policy adviser.
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NewsBBC3 greenlights Phoo Action series
BBC3 has ordered a full run of tongue-in-cheek kung-fu drama Phoo Action just days after broadcasting its pilot.
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NewsTen companies account for 60% of post spend
Consolidation and polarisation are the watchwords of this year's Broadcast Post Survey, with the 10 largest companies and groups accounting for nearly 60% of the money spent on television editing, graphics and finishing in the UK
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NewsITV Productions poaches HBO exec for digital role
ITV Productions has poached an HBO executive to become its first director of digital productions.
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NewsLacklustre Lily fails to lure viewers to relaunched BBC3
BBC3's relaunch suffered a wobbly start this week with chat show Lily Allen and Friends debuting with just 255,000 viewers/1.95% share on Tuesday (12 February).
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News5 Live football series transfers to TV
The BBC is turning its Radio 5 Live football phone-in 606 into an interactive TV programme.
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NewsRajar: Radio figures were wrong
Radio audience measurement body Rajar is withdrawing its latest set of audience figures for the fourth quarter of 2007 because data it published for nearly 300 stations was wrong.
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Cinderella search script
The BBC has signed Gavin and Stacey writers/performers Ruth Jones and James Corden (below) to script the TV film at the centre of a new talent search format.
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BBC Arabic TV sets date
The BBC will launch the BBC Arabic Television service on 11 March following several months of delays.
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Breath upgrades dubbing theatre
Breathe Post Production, the post facility formed by the merger of Strongroom and Air Studios, has spent£350,000 updating and upgrading its Hampstead dubbing theatre.
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Red Planet in drama hire
Red Planet Pictures has recruited Carly Rich-Conway from Wall to Wall to become drama development executive.
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NewsFive and Talkback to revive Minder
His trademark sheepskin and “'Er indoors” catchphrase may belong to another era but that hasn't stopped Five from planning to revive Arthur Daley in a remake of Minder.
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NewsAscent picks up new diTTo scanner
Ascent Media has become the first company in the world to purchase the new 16mm/35mm version of the Cintel diTTo film scanner.
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NewsC4 asks customers to turn round firms
Channel 4 is to fight back against bad customer service for a new Back to the Floor-style factual entertainment series that it hopes to turn into a returning format.
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NewsNeighbours becomes good friend to Five channel five
It may be too early to judge whether it was£300m well spent, but the early signs look good for Neighbours on Five
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NewsHollywood leaves top commissioning job at Living
Living head of commissioning Clare Hollywood has left her role after nearly five years as a commissioner at the Virgin Media TV channel.
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NewsRed Vision to work around both clock and globe
Red Vision is investing£1m in a workflow set-up and a new render farm that will see visual effects projects worked on for 22 hours a day.
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New directors to get boost with new prize
Lord Puttnam and Lord Attenborough are backing an award set up by industry charity CTBF to support the next generation of directors
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NewsPixion buys Men from Mars
Indian post-production company Pixion has paid more than£1m to buy Men From Mars.