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Dream on Sky
Hewland International has secured the first ever two-series deal for a British-commissioned programme from BSkyB, writes Jon Rogers
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BBC Wales to film hearts of gold novels
BBC Wales is to turn the first of bestselling author Catrin Collier's eight Hearts of Goldnovels into a new two-part drama for BBC 1, in what could become an ongoing franchise worth£20m
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BT's scaly star
Artem is behind the star of BT's latest ad - the singing and dancing chameleon that has prompted 50,000 calls from potential customers wanting to buy one, writes Barbara Marshall
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BBC Broadcast hires DNE exec
BBC Broadcast, the corporation's latest commercial subsidiary, has appointed a senior executive from Discovery Networks Europe to head up its playout and media services division, writes Barbara Marshall
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BBC prime gets in first
BBC Prime is the first channel to use technology developed by interactive TV enabler Mindhouse that allows broadcasters to create and manage interactive content across all platforms
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Adobe loses court case
Macromedia last week won its first patent counterclaim trial against Adobe Systems and was awarded damages of $4.9m (£3.4m)
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IBC goes to Moscow
The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) has formed a strategic partnership with Moscow-based cable and satellite convention CSTB to facilitate cross-promotion within the European and Russian markets
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Mill buys analyser
The Mill is the latest facility to buy the flash and pattern analyser designed by Professor Graham Harding, which detects video sequences that could trigger epileptic fits
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TV Corp invests£1m in Molinare
Soho studio and post facility Molinare is spending£1m this year on new facilities and has headhunted Video London senior dubbing mixer George Foulgham in a bid to regain its position in the market, writes Barbara Marshall
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NewsTwo Bafta Craft Awards for The Blue Planet
The Blue Planet, The Way We Live Now and Othello each scooped two awards at the third annual British Academy Television Craft Awards which this year were dominated by freelancers rather than staffers, writes Barbara Marshall
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NewsChannel 5 to broadcast Party in the Park
Channel 5 has secured exclusive TV rights to broadcast Capital 95.8 FM's Party in the Park event, following ITV2's decision to pull out claiming the event had become too expensive, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsFootball League launches legal action
The Football League has filed a£178.5m High Court action against ITV giants Granada and Carlton in a last-ditch attempt to recover the money it is owed following the collapse of ITV Digital, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsGreen gets first terrestrial commission
Former Big Brother executive producer Conrad Green has scored his first terrestrial commission for the BBC since setting up his new 'reality television' entertainment division at the corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsWogan and crew still the nation's favourites
BBC Radio 2 has continued its domination of the airwaves for the eight consecutive time, pulling in both record reach and share figures in the latest set of Rajars, writes Georgina Lipscombe
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NewsITV drops 'On Screen Nexts' from drama
ITV's experiment of trailing programmes on screen before the current programme has finished has been axed from drama after complaints from viewers, writes Steve Aston.The Independent Television Commission (ITC) received a
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NewsSky subs reach 5.9 million
BSkyB has consolidated its position as the pay TV company of choice after revealing it has hooked up almost six million subscribers, writes Jon Rogers.Figures released by the company earlier today
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OFF THE RECORD - Naughty old man.
The spirit of Sid James lives on. During lunch at Pinewood Studios last week, OTR spotted
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OFF THE RECORD - Behind the times.
Still in Montreux, poor old ITV Digital managed to shed any last remnants of goodwill it
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OFF THE RECORD - Audiences flee from BBC comedy.
A pilot for a BBC radio comedy show recording had to be abandoned last Saturday (27
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TX - Turn of the screw.
Thirty years ago the Stanford University Prison Experiment appalled society and taught the scientific establishment a