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NewsPilot shortage prompts call for change at LA Screenings
The lack of completed pilots made this year's LA Screenings a damp squib, prompting talk of changing the way that US studios do business.
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NewsHat Trick plans period crime for ITV
Hat Trick Productions has won a development deal from ITV to dramatise a non-fiction thriller about a child murder in 1860 that became a national obsession.
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NewsWhat the Papers Say faces axe after 52 years
The BBC has dropped What the Papers Say, putting the show's 52-year history in jeopardy.
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NewsC4 fuels Carr's success with Ding Dong reorder
Channel 4 has recommissioned comedy gameshow Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong amid talk of a bidding war for the comedian.
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NewsC4 declares war on Big Brother wannabes
Channel 4 and Endemol have declared war on “wannabe” Big Brother contestants and are promising a “funny but evil” series when the reality show returns for a ninth outing next week.
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NewsSky portal finds home for online alien series
Sky One's online series Abduct Me will finally debut as a flagship original web format this summer, appearing on the broadcaster's new entertainment portal a year after it was originally due to be launched.
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C4 to cover Cheltenham debate on science heroes
Channel 4 aims to uncover the heroes and villains of science as part of its online coverage of this year's Cheltenham Science Festival.
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Baker to run Friends Reunited
Trinity Mirror executive Andy Baker has joined ITV as managing director of social networking website Friends Reunited following its latest revamp.
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BBFC classifies downloads
Age restrictions on DVDs of TV shows are to be extended to on-demand downloads under a new voluntary scheme from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).
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ITN Source adds UTV clips
ITN Source has bought the rights to almost 50 years of news and regional programming from Northern Irish broadcaster UTV.
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Wright choice for Concrete
Concrete has appointed Andy Wright to the position of business development manager.
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Pepper adds to sales team
Pepper has secured two new senior executives for its broadcast and commercial sales department.
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Dash joins TC Group
TC Group has added the former head of 02 Duplication, Jean Paul Dash, to its sales team.
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NewsFirst Post scheme ends as funds dry up
First Post, the post-production training scheme for new recruits, is to close because of a lack of funds.
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NewsVideosonics goes to the wall after tough trading
Audio post-production facility Videosonics has been forced into liquidation as a result of difficult trading conditions.
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News2.8m get the Mary Whitehouse experience
BBC2 benefited from a nifty bit of scheduling at 9pm last night as Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story claimed an audience of 2.8m viewers (11.6%).
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NewsBBC ‘misallocates'£25m of funds
The BBC Trust has told the BBC to tighten its financial procedures after the corporation “misallocated” nearly£25m of bbc.co.uk funding to other divisions.
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NewsStan Collymore joins TalkSport
TalkSport has secured the services of ex-England striker Stan Collymore for its Euro 2008 coverage and the forthcoming 2008-09 football season.
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C4 to cover Cheltenham debate on science heroes
Channel 4 aims to uncover the heroes and villains of science as part of its online coverage of this year's Cheltenham Science Festival.
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NewsBBC agrees first-look comedy deal with Horgan
The BBC has agreed an exclusive deal with Sharon Horgan, the co-creator and star of BBC3's dark comedy series Pulling.