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NewsC4 and Avalon launch Tinderbox
Channel 4 International and Avalon - the company behind Baddiel and Skinner Unplannedand The Sketch Show- have launched a joint venture to develop original TV formats for the UK and international markets.
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NewsAirey: ITV should adopt subscription
Dawn Airey, managing director of Sky Networks, believes that traditional commercial networks such as ITV could be heading for trouble if they don't shift to subscription-based business models.
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NewsFreeland quits BBC
Mark Freeland has quit his job as head of comedy commissioning at the BBC to join indie producer Hartswood Films.
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NewsITV1's new daytime look fails to impress
ITV1's new daytime schedule got off to a modest start yesterday with one of its key new shows Mum's On Strikeaveraging 900,000 viewers (15.7%) from 2.45pm-3.30pm.
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NewsBravo takes on The Ultimate Fighter
Men's digital channel Bravo has secured the rights to the martial arts reality series The Ultimate Fighter.
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NewsITV bags international Emmy
ITV is to be given an international Emmy award in recognition of its 50 years of broadcasting.
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NewsThompson meets with unions
BBC director general Mark Thompson will face union negotiators today in a bid to avert threatened strike action.
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NewsFive grabs rights to MTV's music awards
Five has poached terrestrial rights to broadcast the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) from Channel 4.
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NewsBBC moves closer to online clip archive
The BBC has taken another step towards making its massive archive of TV clips available online for free.
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NewsAlba bags History commissions
Military specialist indie Alba Communications has landed two commissions for the History Channel's global feeds, worth£1.5m.
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NewsBBC rapped for naming teacher
The BBC has been rapped over a documentary in which a gay man admitted a schoolboy 'crush' on one of his former teachers.
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NewsEndemol picks up baby format
Endemol has signed a deal with ID Distribution to take new format Don't Drop the Babyaround the world.
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NewsRoyal wedding beaten by National
The Grand Nationalproved more popular than The Royal Weddingon Saturday with a peak of 9.8 million (62%) at 4.15pm.
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News3m see Pope's funeral on BBC1
Viewers preferred BBC1's coverage of the funeral of Pope John Paul II with the corporation's audience reaching a peak of 3 million (38%) at 10.50am.
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NewsMip news round-up
Indie Black Diamond Films has launched a new division that will specialise in alternative Jackass-style youth programming.
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NewsKreiz buys into Smartjog
Ynon Kreiz, the former founder and chief executive of Fox Kids Europe, has bought a stake in Smartjog, a company that specialises in tapeless programme distribution.
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NewsITV1 dramatises royal romance
ITV1 is cashing in on last weekend's royal wedding with a docudrama about the early romance between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles.
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NewsScreenhouse launches Machinehouse
The team who built catapults, crossbows and a fort for BBC2's What The Ancients Did For Usare putting their skills up for hire.
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NewsFincham to start BBC1 post early
New BBC1 controller Peter Fincham will take over the running of the channel a month earlier than expected.