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NewsThompson: BBC must take risks
Mark Thompson has admitted that 2007's editing and phone-in scandals may have undermined risk-taking at the BBC and will launch a Failing to Succeed initiative to ensure producers do not play it safe.
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Thomson animation tie-up
Thomson's Technicolor Services division has formed an alliance with DreamWorks animation to develop its capabilities in India.
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NewsIannucci returns to politics for new comedy
Armando Iannucci's next big project is a The Thick of It-style political satire for BBC Films.
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VTR buys Clarke Associates
Prime Focus's holding group, VTR, has secured the business interests of visual effects specialist Clarke Associates.
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NewsCelebs vie to write crime novel in BBC2 series
BBC2 is to teach six celebrities tips for solving murders before challenging them to write their own crime fiction novel, working under the guidance of best-selling author Minette Walters.
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NewsDiscovery's Drobnyk is new UKTV entertainment chief
UKTV chief executive David Abraham has gone back to former employer Discovery Networks US to find his new director of entertainment.
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NewsBBC3 show to scare unhealthy teens
BBC3 will perform “live autopsies” on hedonistic youngsters in an 8 x 60-minute series by TwoFour.
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Apparitions lands full run
BBC1 has ordered a full series of Martin Shaw supernatural drama Apparitions for this autumn.
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ITV lines up Boy Meets Girl for 9pm slot
ITV1's latest 9pm drama commission is a Freaky Friday-style series in which a man and woman swap bodies
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Huge reorder for Real Deal
RDF has secured a massive recommission from ITV1 for two more years' worth of daytime antiques show Dickinson's Real Deal.
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Nick News returns to take on climate change
Nickelodeon is reviving its award-winning factual strand Nick News for a special season tackling global warming
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NewsUnions urge Trust to extend pay study
Unions have called on the BBC Trust to broaden its study of BBC on-screen talent costs to include pay levels for the corporation's top executives.
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R1 hires new dance DJs
BBC Radio 1 has refreshed its dance music show In New DJs We Trust with Dave Spoon and Nerm and D-Code joining the weekly line-up alongside DJs Kutski and Kissy Sell Out.
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NewsITV plans major mobile push
ITV is making its biggest push into original content for mobile phones, ordering its first sitcom for the platform and two animated series for later this year.
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GMG sets up promo team
GMG Radio is launching an in-house sponsorship and promotions team called GMG Radio Solutions to be headed up by John Walker, currently head of radio at OMD UK.
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Scottish pair rise to 101 challenges for T4
Two Scottish brothers are travelling the world taking on weird tasks set by the public, in a new 8 x 60-minute series planned for Channel 4.
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Gold Radio to put Capital's Cannon in the breakfast seat
GCap Media's national classic hits station, Gold Radio, has signed Capital 95.8's James Cannon to present its breakfast show as part of a new weekday line-up