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    Profile: The plain truth about Betty

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Profile of Ugly Betty's rise to fame

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    Aardman hires Cockle for move into pre-school

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Wallace and Gromitproducer Aardman Animations is set to move into pre-school programming.

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    Films at 59 upgrade

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Bristol post-production house Films at 59 has upgraded one of its suites with an OmniTek XR as part of a rolling programme of improvements to its state-of-the-art facility.

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    Green Bay wins three S4C orders

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Cardiff indie Green Bay has won a trio of commissions from S4C. Cardiff's Cupis a 60-minute programme which recreates Cardiff City's 1927 FA Cup victory and is scheduled to air in March.

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    C4 looks at mothers who reject their babies

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Twenty Twenty will investigate what makes some mothers reject their babies in a two-part documentary for Channel 4.

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    3sixtymedia cables

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Post-production facility 3sixtymedia has installed high-quality audio cables at its Manchester studios as part of an ongoing technical upgrade.

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    Roman's Empire to conquer BBC2

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    BBC2 has commissioned Tiger Aspect to make a major new 6 x 30-minute comedy called Roman's Empire.

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    Broadcast Letters - Issue: 12 January 2007

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    The letters that featured in the 12 January 2007 issue of Broadcast.

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    BBC1 orders one-off drama for daytime

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    BBC1 has commissioned Southampton-based indie Resource Base to make Bloodlines, a daytime drama about family secrets and the relationship between nature and nurture.

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    ITV1 to show Elton John's 60th birthday concert

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    ITV1 is to air an exclusive Elton John concert marking the music legend's 60th birthday this March.

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    Ratings: Million pound giveaway can't buy ITV1 viewers

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    If you put the words 'million pounds' and 'giveaway' together in a programme title, should you expect people to tune in in their millions? It works when the word 'celebrity' is attached to 'Big Brother' - but for some reason ITV1's Fortune: Million Pound Giveawaydidn't ...

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    ITV1 to turn Buck House into West Wing

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    ITV1 is planning to substitute the White House for Buckingham Palace in a West Wing-style drama about the royal family made by Company Pictures.

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    CNN's Chris Cramer quits

    2007-01-10T16:30:00Z

    CNN international managing director Chris Cramer is retiring after 11 years at the rolling news channel. He will leave in April.

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    Hazlitt quits SMG as merger looms

    2007-01-10T16:10:00Z

    Radio industry insiders believe the merger of SMG and UTV is a done deal and that the departure of Fru Hazlitt as chief executive of Virgin Radio is the first part of the fallout from the merger.

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    Commissioner's Q & A - Layla Smith

    2007-01-10T14:29:00Z

    ITV's controller of alternative programmes is looking for factual entertainment programmes for 9pm, especially if they look new and unknown

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    ITV chief of news and regions quits

    2007-01-10T12:20:00Z

    ITV's chief executive of news and regions Clive Jones is leaving the broadcaster after 29 years. He will also step down as chairman of GMTV but continue in a part time role as editorial strategy advisor to ITN.

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    Unions to ballot over BBC news compulsory job cuts

    2007-01-10T10:35:00Z

    Unions will ballot BBC news staff over taking strike action after the corporation said it would push ahead with plans for compulsory job cut jobs within the department.

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    BBC ordered to publish Dyke documents

    2007-01-10T10:00:00Z

    The BBC has been ordered to publish minutes of the post-Hutton governors meeting at which it was decided to sack director general Greg Dyke.

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    Shameless welcomed back by 3.5m

    2007-01-10T09:55:00Z

    The fourth series of Channel 4 drama Shamelessstarted strongly at 10pm with 3.5 million (18.5%), the highest audience ever for the show.

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    Sky shares tipped to rise

    2007-01-10T09:25:00Z

    City analysts are predicting a marked improvement in BSkyB's share price in 2007 after three years of underperformance.