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NewsApprentice ends on a high
BBC2's hit business show The Apprenticecelebrated the end of its run last night, peaking with over 4 million viewers.
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Shorts showcase
UK short film makers are to be given the chance to showcase their work to a potential audience of 10,000 people at the Broadcast Production Show in June. Selected films will be screened at the Broadcast Freelancer stand throughout the show, giving exposure to new film-makers. The shorts, which must ...
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Virgin rock on Sky
Virgin Radio Classic Rock has extended its footprint onto Sky Digital in a bid to attract more listeners. The SMG-owned station launched last year to digital radio listeners in London and on the internet. It reported 165,000 listeners in the last set of radio audience figures. Virgin Radio Classic Rock ...
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Robinson new remit
ITV News political editor Nick Robinson has been given an expanded role, working across regional news programmes in England and Wales, as well as the national offering. ITV said the move is designed to create a more integrated approach to political coverage.
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Ofcom may label
TV shows, music downloads and web videos could be labelled according to their suitability under a scheme being considered by media watchdog Ofcom. The system would see a classification system brought in to help keep young and vulnerable people away explicit or obscene content.
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Winslet to judge
TCM has signed up Kate Winslet to judge its annual British short film contest, TCM Classic Shorts. Winslet joins fellow actors David Morrissey and Helen Mirren on the 16-strong judging panel for this year's event, which launches at next week's Cannes Film Festival. The winner, who receives£10,000 in prize money, ...
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Highsted job move
Evolutions has recruited Editbox operator Stuart Highsted to join its graphics department. Highsted joins from Molinare, bringing over 20 years' experience at facilities such as London Post and M2. Highsted's credits include titles for the Grand National 2004, last year's Five Nations Rugby Tournament as well as graphics on the ...
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GF's last hurrah
BBC1's Ground Forceteam are to get a final outing creating an African-themed garden for a one-off programme. The Endemol UK-made series was dropped in March after eight years, in the wake of comments by media secretary Tessa Jowell that the corporation should not 'play copycat' on ...
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Format focus: Soul Signs
Contestants enlist the help of an astrologer to find their perfect match in this dating show popular in Argentina.
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Web Film opens major new stage
Web Film Studios has completed the first stage in its£70m plan to create a film village in Manchester. ...
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Festival opening
The NERFF (No Egos Required Film Festival) opens next week as Rushes Soho Shorts Festival prepares to go regional for the first time. Soho Shorts screenings will take place from 30 July to 5 August at Vue cinemas in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Cambridge and new London locations. NERFF screens at the ...
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Queer Eye man move
Discovery Networks International has brought in Queer Eye for the Straight Guyproducer Robert Curran to develop shows for Discovery Lifestyle Networks outside the US. In the newly created position of vice-president, development for Discovery Lifestyle Networks Curran will be based in Discovery's headquarters in Maryland. Curran ...
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Kudos execs rise
The executive producer behind Spooksand Hustlehas been promoted to head of drama for indie Kudos Film & Television, which makes the two series. Simon Crawford-Collins started out as producer on Spooks in 2001, rising to become co-exec producer on both shows. He ...
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Electric Sky pushes one-offs to PBS
Factual documentary distributor Electric Sky has sold two one-off specials to US channel PBS. The broadcaster has bought the BBC's Last Chance on Thin Ice, which follows explorer David Hempleman-Adams on his journey to the North Pole, and Swimming the Zambezi, made ...
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Return of Dixon
Classic police drama Dixon of Dock Greenis to be revived for a new series on BBC Radio 4. Following a 30-year absence, a series of six plays, based on original scripts from the long-running television show, will air in mid-June.
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Discovery turns fiction into fact
The Discovery Channel's new channel director, Jill Offman, has made her first batch of commissions, including a new...
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School Dinners sells globally
Jamie Oliver's Channel 4 series promoting healthy eating to school children has been sold to several more countries including Japan and South Africa.
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West digital hire
Post-production facility West Digital has appointed Daniel Clee as business development manager to expand its work in the broadcast market.
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Enter the Dragon's Den
Indies seeking investment should be clear about what they want the money for and how they're going to pay it back. That was the message from a panel of investment specialists at the Pact Creative Strategies Conference - dubbed the 'Dragon's Den'.
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Death toll inquiry
BBC head of global news Richard Sambrook is to head an inquiry into the rising death toll among journalists after n...