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    Conley returns to ITV with diet trial

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Diet and fitness guru Rosemary Conley is making her TV comeback following a seven-year hiatus with a six-part primetime ITV series in which she helps overweight people shed the pounds.

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    Shine completes Firefly purchase

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Shine has finalised a deal to buy independent production company Firefly for what is understood to be£10m.

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    Vaughan in need of female company

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Capital Radio is considering adding a high-profile female co-host to Johnny Vaughan's breakfast show in a bid to increase its appeal to women.

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    Comment - Can TV unite the UK?

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Can the BBC continue to bring British viewers together, asks Stuart Cosgrove

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    Comment: My debt to telly

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Steven D Wright thinks he has learnt life's lessons from watching TV in his living room

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    Paramount Comedy hires Hutchison

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Paramount Comedy has hired Kathleen Hutchison as its head of new comedy, replacing Sarah Mahoney who is joining indie Baby Cow in a newly created role as new comedy executive.

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    Chrysalis tipped for overseas sale

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Foreign media groups are emerging as the most likely buyers to swoop on Chrysalis Radio's entire catalogue of stations following the launch of its strategic review earlier this week.

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    Golden hires Child

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Soho facility Golden Square has appointed award-winning visual effects artist Dave Child, previously head of 3D at One Post.

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    Sparrowhawk chiefs in management reshuffle

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Sparrowhawk, owner of Hallmark International, has removed chief executive David Hulbert and chief operating officer Tim Richards from the day-to-day running of the business and given them the brief of developing new ventures.

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    Commissioner's Q & A - Meredith Chambers

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries is looking for the right subject for a major doc series as well as more Cutting Edgetales and he's got around£145,000 an hour to spend.

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    Chicken and egg - or surfers catching a wave?

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned Silver River to make a landmark series about television and when I read the following quote from Daisy Goodwin, I knew I would have to think harder this week. 'It's a chicken and egg concept. What comes first: our obsession with house prices or the vast ...

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    Harries cites Queen in plea for film cash

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Andy Harries has called on ITV executives to invest more money in film.

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    Sky to carry games

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Portland TV, the broadcasting arm of Northern and Shell, has signed a carriage deal with BSkyB to air a new sports channel showing video game fans competing against each other live. XLeague.tv, which goes live in imd-May, will follow the launch of the online channel in mid-April. There is a£6.99 ...

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    UKTV wins EuroMillions in Camelot deal

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    UKTV has signed an exclusive seven-figure deal with National Lottery operator Camelot to air EuroMillions, poaching the rights from Challenge.

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    Digital builds team

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Digital Vision has hired several senior staff as part of an ongoing expansion to meet increased demand for services including HD mastering and archive restoration.

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    BT signs music deal

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    BT has signed a deal with music giant Universal Music to provide an on-demand music video service on its digital TV service, BT Vision.

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    Can Branson carry it off?

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Can Richard Branson really take on the Murdoch empire?

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    On the box: The Verdict? Imposters

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    The BBC's new reality series masqueraded as public service, while C4's Never Did Me Any Harmpretended to be a social experiment. Jon Farrar was not fooled.

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    Comic Relief cashes in on Car Booty

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Leopard Films is making a one-off special of long-running BBC1 series Car Bootyin aid of Comic Relief.

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    Daybreak deal boosts Target's drama output

    2007-02-15T08:00:00Z

    Distributor Target Entertainment has signed an output and development deal with Mentorn's newly formed drama arm Daybreak Pictures.