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NewsLord Burns rules out BBC Trust chair role
Lord Burns became the latest high-profile candidate to rule himself out of the running for the BBC chairman role this week.
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NewsTalent Group director joins Bedell at BBC
BBC entertainment commissioning group controller Elaine Bedell has recruited Talent Group director of entertainment Mark Linsey as executive editor responsible for mainstream studio entertainment and lottery shows.
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NewsCustomer care a key battleground for Virgin Media
Virgin Media managing director of marketing James Kydd has pledged that customer service will be the company's 'strongest weapon' in its battle with BSkyB.
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Bafta for Soundelux
Creative director Eddy Joseph and sound designer Martin Cantwell of audio facility Soundelux have won the 2007 sound Bafta for their work on Casino Royale.
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NewsPE backs Chart Show Group deal
Former BBC director of new media David Docherty has re-emerged as chief executive of the Chart Show Group following an investment in the company by private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson.
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Jetix secures rights to Iggy Arbuckle
Jetix Europe has secured the European pay-TV rights to kids animation series Iggy Arbucklefrom National Geographic in the US.
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North One opts for Apple to cover Rally
North One Television has ditched its Avid Unity and editing systems in favour of an Apple-based workflow for the host broadcast production of the next three seasons of the World Rally Championship (WRC).
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Hit poaches Copley to head Hot Animation
Hit Entertainment has hired Andi Copley as the new managing director of its animation studio Hot Animation.
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Lion gets to Entertain You again
Lion Television's BBC2 daytime variety show Let Me Entertain Youhas been commissioned for a second series.
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Corrie Confidential helps ITV's afternoon revival
Last week was half-term for many schools. If you spent it at home with the kids, did you check out ITV1's new afternoon shows? They're not kids programmes exactly, I'm talking about Coronation Street Confidentialwhich aired every day last week at 3pm and ...
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Dai4Films hunts new comics for BBC Wales
Dai4Films is to film untapped comic talent in clubs across Wales in Funny Business, a new four-parter for BBC Wales.
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C4 deals out poker foursome
Channel 4 is to cash in on the UK's poker boom with a deck of programmes dedicated to the game later this year.
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C4 Radio ties up one-year deal with John Peel's son
Channel 4 Radio has signed John Peel's son Tom Ravenscroft in an exclusive, one-year, talent agreement, which will see him working closely with the broadcaster to develop new programming and format ideas.
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NewsArenaP3 moves in Halo editors
ArenaP3 has linked up with online editing boutique Halo as part of a wider expansion within the Television Set Group.
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NewsBBC3 reporter sets off to find eternal youth
The woman who went on a 30-day drinking binge to demonstrate the effects of alcohol abuse will be the subject of a new BBC3 series exploring how far people are prepared to go in pursuit of eternal youth.
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NewsSky predicts 10m HD TVs before 2010
The fact that only a tiny minority of us are HD-ready was clearly demonstrated at Broadcast's HD Here and Now conference this week.
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Ladette to Lady gets third outing on ITV1
RDF has been commissioned to make a third series of Ladette to Lady, the ITV1 series which attempts to transform some of Britain's most unrepentant ladettes into perfect ladies.
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NewsDesperate Housewives to run until 2011
US studio ABC has signed up Desperate Housewivescreator Mark Cherry for a further four years. The eight-figure deal will secure the future of the hit US show until 2011.
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NewsSky One pulls Sport Uncovered
Sky One has pulled Sport Uncoveredfrom its Tuesday night schedule after the first episode of the series only attracted 60,000 viewers - less than a third of Sky One's slot average for Tuesdays at 10pm last year.