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    Ascent Media gives Media Centre the hard sell

    2008-02-12T13:10:41Z

    Ascent Media is going to take an aggressive approach to selling its transmission services to the broadcast market after officially opening a new Media Centre in Stephen Street in London.

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    Big post companies continue sector domination

    2008-02-12T13:04:36Z

    Consolidation and polarisation are the watch words of this year's Broadcast Post Survey with the 10 largest companies taking home nearly 60% of the money spent on TV post production in the UK.

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    On Sight first in line for PDW-700s

    2008-02-12T12:58:10Z

    Broadcast equipment hire and HD facility On Sight has placed the first order in the UK for the new Sony XDCam HD PDW-700 camcorder.

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    XLeague.TV prepares for rebrand

    2008-02-12T12:34:06Z

    Gaming channel XLeague.TV is to move nearly 80 places up the BSkyB EPG following its rebrand as an entertainment station.

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    TwoFour hires Maverick producer

    2008-02-12T12:15:50Z

    TwoFour has recruited Maverick TV's Ben Stoll as development producer for drama.

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    TV critics 12 February '08

    2008-02-12T12:07:53Z

    'Doesn't lose sight of such old-fashioned virtues as pace, narrative and, above all, characterisation.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    BBC orders pre-school quiz

    2008-02-12T12:05:45Z

    The BBC is lining up the first ever game show aimed at pre-schoolers that will see youngsters answer questions and predict the outcome of CGI races.

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    E4 beats BBC2 with Skins

    2008-02-12T11:44:27Z

    The return of E4's youth drama series Skins pulled in a sizeable average audience of 884,000 (5.9%) at 10pm last night, more viewers than BBC2's Pulling.

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    History Channel unearths the original SAS

    2008-02-12T11:16:51Z

    The History Channel has unearthed unseen interviews with the first SAS pilots for a new series on the unit's history.

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    Fremantle names Talent Fund scout

    2008-02-12T10:26:26Z

    Fremantle Media has tasked Stephen Flint with identifying new investments for its €40m (£28m) Talent Fund.

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    Orange and T-Mobile test broadcast

    2008-02-12T10:21:23Z

    Mobile phone giants Orange and T-Mobile UK have joined forces to pilot a mobile TV and multimedia broadcast service targeted at people living in west London.

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    2.3m become good Neighbours with Five

    2008-02-12T10:02:17Z

    The transfer of Neighbours to Five from BBC1 went off smoothly yesterday with 2.3m viewers (14.2%).

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    British journalist kidnapped in Iraq

    2008-02-12T09:55:35Z

    A British journalist working for US television network CBS has been kidnapped in Iraq.

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    Five's digital team staffs up

    2008-02-12T09:24:17Z

    Five has boosted its newly created digital media team with two new appointments.

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    News 24 lines up entertainment show

    2008-02-11T17:38:03Z

    Strictly Come Dancing star and Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones is to front a new 15-minute entertainment show on News 24.

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    Peppa Pig finds new US home

    2008-02-11T16:11:27Z

    Canadian home entertainment distributor Entertainment One has sold Contender Entertainment's pre-school series Peppa Pig to US children's channel Noggin.

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    Aardman strikes more deals for Shaun

    2008-02-11T16:00:16Z

    Aardman International has racked up further sales for its animated children's series Shaun the Sheep, including a broadcast deal with Canada's CBC and a raft of video and licensing deals. The series has now secured television sales and licensing deals in over 150 territories.

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    Galleon appoints Disney exec to head sales push

    2008-02-11T15:59:40Z

    Aim-listed Galleon Entertainment has named former Disney exec Erick Rouillé as sales and licensing director as it gears up for the launch of its Apollo's Pad TV series at this April's Mip TV.

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    NGTI strikes German doc deals

    2008-02-11T15:51:08Z

    National Geographic Television International has struck a hat trick of deals with German broadcasters in recent weeks, including the sale of two new factual packages to Super RTL and N24. Following strong ratings for its documentaries last summer, Super RTL has picked up nine hours of National Geographic Television productions, ...

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    Gavin and Stacey head down under

    2008-02-11T15:51:03Z

    Baby Cow's award-winning comedy series Gavin and Stacey has been picked up by Australia's Seven Network, along with a raft of other comedy and drama titles from BBC Worldwide.