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Virgin 1 boosts content with death-defying docs
Virgin 1 has stepped up its content drive by buying a major documentary series from Darlow Smithson Productions
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NewsHartswood to make fly on the ball show
BBC2 has commissioned Hartswood Films to make a mock-umentary comedy series about a junior football team.
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NewsNews 24 halves strand editors to reduce costs
The BBC is halving the number of News 24 strand editors from six to three in a bid to safeguard production staff in the channel's newsroom.
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NewsCommissioning revamp at UKTV to take on Sky
UKTV is overhauling its commissioning structure in a bid to challenge the likes of entertainment specialists Sky One and ITV2.
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NewsSutherland tipped for BBC post
Former Five factual commissioning editor Alex Sutherland is the favourite to become specialist factual commissioning editor for indies at the BBC.
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Fox will pilot ‘human Tetris' gameshow
US broadcast network Fox has ordered a pilot of Fremantle's Japanese gameshow Hole in the Wall.
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Karaoke game online
RDF USA has developed an online game based on its Fox gameshow Don't Forget the Lyrics.
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Century Aspect signs double talent deal
Century Aspect Films has signed Dragons' Den star James Caan and celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman on six-month exclusivity deals to develop new formats
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Guerrilla finds new home with Big Kid
The creative team behind collapsed multiplatform producer Guerrilla Group has joined digital media agency Big Kid to help it expand into video production.
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NewsBBC Trust backs£81m tapeless move
The BBC Trust has approved funding of£81m to kickstart the corporation's move into multiplatform production and tapeless workflow.
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NewsNuts show shoots on mobile phones
Nuts TV has commissioned its first multiplatform programming to be shot on mobile phone for a format that it plans to turn into an ongoing 'diaries' strand.
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Sky up after cutting churn while ITV falls
Another volatile week ended with the FTSE 100 slightly higher and risers and fallers spread relatively evenly across the Broadcast 20.
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NewsBelfast indie acquires local animation firm
Northern Ireland indie Waddell Media has ventured into new territory by acquiring a multi award-winning animation specialist.
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NewsReuters buys P2 camcorders for bureaux
International news agency Reuters has bought 100 Panasonic AJHPX2100 P2 memory card-based HD camcorders for use by its more than 80 bureaux.
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NewsFacilities pool their resouces across Pennines
VTR North in Leeds and Sumners in Manchester have merged their graphics and visual effects departments.
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NewsStudio comedy in demand from BBC
The BBC is calling for more traditional studio-based sitcoms and wants to run around four a year on BBC2.
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NewsBrits breaks radio record
Music awards The Brits is to be heard on more radio stations around the world than ever before following a raft of deals by indie Somethin' Else.
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NewsCSI special pulls 3.8m for Five
A special edition of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation picked up an impressive 3.8m viewers last night at 9pm, outperforming all other channels except BBC1 at the time.
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NewsKidnapped reporter set for release
The British CBS journalist and Iraqi interpreter kidnapped in Basra will be released this afternoon, according to news wire reports.