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NewsBBC Motion Gallery strikes mobile deal
BBC Motion Gallery, the footage sales arm of BBC Worldwide, has struck a deal with content aggregator Media Gateway to distribute BBC archive content to mobile phone and internet users in Europe and the Middle East .
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NewsMobile deal for Baby Cow world cup song
A teaser of Baby Cow's new animation Fulking Hillwill appear on mobiles ahead of a TV commission, following a deal brokered with Phones International Group by Target Entertainment.
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Mercury racks up sales for Animal X
UK distributor Mercury Media has secured a deal with Norway's TV2 for its 10-part series on crypto-zoology Animal X: The Natural Mystery Unit.
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NewsGranada America to make paranormal show for Discovery
Granada America has picked up a commission from Discovery Channel in the US for a new paranormal reality series which attempts to solve murder cases with the help of psychic sleuths.
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NewsBBC Buckingham Palace joke backfires
The BBC received over 100 complaints last night following a spoof newsflash which claimed a 'major incident' had occurred at Buckingham Palace.
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NewsRadio 1 boss to spearhead BBC's teen strategy
Controller of BBC Radio 1 Andy Parfitt has been handed the role of 'teen Tsar', charged with reaching out to 12 to 16 year olds - an age group the corporation feels it has been neglecting.
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NewsWorld Cup Watch: England victory hits peak of 18.2m for BBC1
England's 1-0 victory over Ecuador in the World Cup brought a bumper audience to BBC1 with a peak of 18.2 million (81.7%) in the final 15-minutes of the game.
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NewsUniversal Music sets up TV production arm
Days after announcing its intention to join Channel 4's consortium bid for radio spectrum, Universal Music has made further inroads into the broadcasting market by launching its own TV production company.
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NewsTV producer Aaron Spelling dies
Aaron Spelling, the legendary TV producer behind hits such as Charlie's Angels, Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 90210, has died aged 83.
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NewsFuturama to make TV comeback
Cult Channel 4 animated comedy Futurama is to be brought back from the dead, three years after the series from TheSimpsonscreator Matt Groening was axed.
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NewsCartoon Network to launch broadband channel
Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network is gearing up for the launch of a broadband TV service to be called SuperCartoonNetwork.co.uk.
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NewsItalians are the most devoted World Cup viewers
Over 20% of the UK population watched England's first World Cup match on TV at home, making them the third most patriotic nation behind Italy and Germany.
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NewsFlextech content chief has his say via podcast
Flextech's content chief Malcolm Wall is positioning himself as media pundit with the launch of his own video podcast.
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NewsBig Brother is cheered on by 4.1m
The sight of the Big Brotherhousemates dressed as majorettes appealed to the viewers with 4.1 million (17.3%) tuning to Channel 4 at 9pm.
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NewsOfcom chief hits out at health groups over TV ad ban
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has criticised health organisations, which are taking legal action against the regulator over its failure to consider a complete ban on junk food ads, claiming they are using the law for public relations ends.
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NewsPiers Morgan makes strong US debut
Piers Morgan is on track to repeat the American success of Simon Cowell, as the new talent show he judges on debuted with ratings of over 12 million on US network NBC.
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NewsHustle to be re-made by Fox as a US movie
Kudos Film & Television drama Hustleis set to move to the big screen after US studio 20th Century Fox picked up the film rights to the BBC 1 series.
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NewsFlextech hands out two promotions
Living TV boss, Claudia Rosencrantz has promoted senior commissioning editor Clare Hollywood to head of commissioning.
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NewsITV and BBC agree World Cup spoils
ITV and the BBC have agreed on how to divide the next round of World Cup games, which do not include England.
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News'Why we sold BBC Books to Random House'
The BBC Worldwide executive responsible for the deal to sell BBC Books to international publisher Random House has said redundancies will be kept to a minimum.