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NewsMonster strikes deals for Planet Rock Profiles
Dublin-based distributor Monster Distributes has closed a number of new deals for ITV's music biography series Planet Rock Profiles.
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NewsBBC and IBM sign tech partnership deal
The BBC has signed a joint projects deal with technology firm IBM that will kick off with state-of-the art image video search technology being applied to CBeebies and CBBC content.
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NewsLife on Mars and Longford up for BPG gongs
BBC1 series Life on Marsand Channel 4 drama Longford lead the nominations for this year's Broadcasting Press Guild Awards with four nominations each.
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News4.5m enrol in Fame Academy
The returning Comic Relief Does Fame Academyhad a tough time of it on Saturday (3 March) with the opening show at 5.55pm managing 4.5 million (23.8%).
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NewsEndemol COO steps down
Endemol chief operating officer Tom Barnicoat has left the production company with immediate effect.
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NewsSmooth relaunch hits presenter snag
GMG Radio may have to wait until 2008 to secure the services of Graham Dene as the breakfast show presenter at its revamped Smooth station in London.
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Sports deals see North One head to Oz
Indie North One is opening an office in Australia on the back of securing two major sports contracts in the territory.
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NewsLast chance to win an iPod shuffle
Broadcastand Broadcast Freelancerare investigating the job-seeking habits of people working in television and they would like to get your opinions. Non-subscribers go here.
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NewsBroadcasters launch mentoring scheme
Sky, ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC have joined forces to launch a new youth mentoring initiative that brings together media professionals and youngsters at risk of behaving anti-socially.
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NewsSky One axes Vorderman's Big Brain Game
Sky One has ditched sudoku show Vorderman's Big Brain Gameafter just one series.
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NewsBlog: Join the debate about Pact
Nick Rosen has detailed the difficulties facing small independent producers. And Pact chairman Alex Graham thinks the alliance does a great job for its smaller members. But what do you think?
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NewsBabelgum in studio talks over content
Web TV provider Babelgum will offer users 100s of hours of programming when it launches later this year and is in talks with major studios about a flagship deal to secure high profile content.
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NewsMTV boss exits
MTV UK boss Michiel Bakker has become the latest high profile executive to leave the company.
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NewsVirgin Media: customers can cancel for free
Virgin Media will give its customers until the end of March to cancel their agreements because of the loss of the basic Sky channels - but insists that not offering those channels does not constitute a breach of contract.
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NewsVirgin welcomes NCC complaint threat
Virgin Media has welcomed the National Consumer Council's (NCC) threat to call on Ofcom or the Office of Fair Trading to investigate the loss of Sky's basic channels from the cable platform.
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NewsVirgin Media poll shows customer anger
Virgin Media customers have voiced their anger over the loss of the basic Sky channels in a web poll, with more than half of respondents threatening to leave the cable service.
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NewsBBC launches YouTube channels
The BBC is launching three branded entertainment channels on YouTube, including two that feature short form video from shows such as Doctor Who.
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NewsFive all hours share falls to 3.8%
Five's all day share of the viewing audience dropped to just 3.8% yesterday, its worst performance on a Thursday since Christmas Day 2003.
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NewsNickelodeon picks up Those Scurvy Rascals
Nickelodeon has acquired the multi-platform rights to animation series Those Scurvy Rascalsfrom entertainment rights company Entara.
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NewsConsumer council calls for Virgin and Sky review
The National Consumer Council (NCC) is threatening to make a formal complaint about the digital TV market after BSkyB's basic channels dropped off the Virgin Media platform earlier this week.