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NewsBlog: Work that makes us sick
Long hours and unpaid overtime are taken for granted in television - but when will the industry wake up to how unhealthy this is, asks Broadcasteditor Lisa Campbell. Non-subscribers go here.
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NewsOfcom confirms junk food ad ban
Ofcom has confirmed it will go-ahead with plans to ban junk food advertising to children under 16.
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NewsE4 plans mobile content
Channel 4's digital channel E4 is to become part of a 'converged network' featuring user-generated and mobile phone content.
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NewsTUC urges work to rule
Media workers have been urged to 'take a proper lunch break and leave work on time' today (Friday) after it emerged they work an average seven hours of unpaid overtime a week.
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Saudi TV rebrands
Saudi TV, Saudi Arabia's national broadcasting corporation, has appointed branding consultancy Turquoise to refresh its four TV channels, including flagship channel Saudi 1 and news channel Al Ekhbariya.
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Russian TV network takes Wedding show
All3Media International has secured pre-sales for the format to the upcoming BBC1 entertainment series Your Wedding in Their Hands.
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More Makeovers
ITV1 has commissioned a further 70 episodes of 60 Minute Makeover, the home improvement show hosted by former Hollyoaksactress Terri Dwyer.
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Magic parties online
Magic Lantern has developed the online component to BBC dramas Party Animalsand Life on Mars, working closely with their producers, World Productions and Kudos Film and Television.
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Lion reconstructs mummy
Lion Television's reconstruction of The Curse of the IceMummyrequired careful grading to splice recently filmed interviews with archive footage and stills taken from 1991.
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NewsLeader - Work that makes us sick
Long hours and unpaid overtime are taken for granted, says Broadcasteditor Lisa Campbell
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Novel takes Horrid Henry to market
Novel Entertainment has struck a deal with Canadian distributor Nelvana Enterprises to distribute kids animation series Horrid Henryinternationally.
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NewsPressure grows on Manchester move
The race is on for the BBC to move five departments to Salford by the 2012 London Olympics as contractual negotiations edge to a close.
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NewsRDF poaches Granada's Tremayne
Super-indie RDF has swooped on Granada America, poaching its executive vice-president, Charles Tremayne, and appointing him group creative director.
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Tori goes to Living
Living has acquired hit US reality show Tori and Dean: Inn Love, which follows Tori Spelling and her husband Dean risking everything trying to build a hotel empire.
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Sky One takes a Flutter on sports
Sky One has commissioned Silver River Television to make a 60-minute pilot in which celebrity guests wager their appearance fee in a new 'nonsense sports betting' show.
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NewsLime takes first step into reality
Hollyoaks producer Lime Pictures has teamed up with MTV to make a UK version of US fly-on-the-wall programme Laguna Beach - The Real Orange County- a move that marks the drama producer's first push into reality formats.
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Pepper finishes off Iran film
Pepper Post is behind the online and grade for 90-minute C4 documentary Once Upon a Time in Iran, which follows a devout band of Shia Muslims as they make a pilgrimage to the holy shrine in Karbala, across the border of war-torn Iraq.
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NewsPoker plays the European game
UK-based gaming channel The Poker Channel is preparing to expand into six European territories and is set to become the first dedicated poker channel in Scandinavia and France.
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DVB satellite service
The Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) has approved satellite services to hand-held's (DVB-SH) specification, which addresses delivery of multimedia content and data to mobile phones and PDAs via satellite.
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Fremantle develops ideas with Yang
Fremantle Media has signed a first-look development deal with former CNN correspondent Serena Yang to develop a raft of lifestyle programmes for the international market.